RUN WINDOWS 95 AND WINDOWS 3.1
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I had DOS 6.22 and Windows for Workgroups on my computer when I upgraded to Windows 95. I installed WIN95 to the Windows directory so it wrote over WFWG. Later, I discovered that my hand-held scanner and an older 'C' compiler would not work properly under WIN95. I created a directory called 'OLDWIN' on my 'D:' drive (could have been on my 'C:' drive) and installed Windows 3.1.

Everything works fine including my scanner and compiler and I have had no problems with the booting system or anything else. Below are examples of my 'config.sys', 'autoexec.bat' and others. Hope this helps.
config.sys - this shows a menu and allows 5 seconds to decide
[MENU]
MENUCOLOR=15,1
MENUITEM=W95	Windows 95
MENUITEM=W31	Windows 3.1
MENUITEM=DOS	DOS
MENUDEFAULT=W95, 5

[W95]
INCLUDE STANDARD

[W31]
INCLUDE STANDARD
DEVICEHIGH=C:\HANDSCAN\M1904.SYS D3 I5 A2AB S4
DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\IFSHLP.SYS
FILES=50
BUFFERS=40,0

[DOS]
INCLUDE STANDARD
DEVICEHIGH=C:\SC400\DRIVERS\CDMKE.SYS /D:MSCD000 /P:630
DEVICEHIGH=C:\ROCKET.BIN /M=8,16 /W=1, /S
STACKS=9,256
FILES=50
BUFFERS=40,0
LASTDRIVE=G
FCBS=16,0

[STANDARD]
DEVICE=C:\DOS\KBDBUF.SYS 150
autoexec.bat - the %CONFIG% gets its value from config.sys
@ECHO OFF
VERIFY OFF
PROMPT $p$g
SET TEMP=C:\TEMP
SET TMP=C:\TMP
SHARE
GOTO %CONFIG%

:W95
PATH=C:\BIN;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\DOS;C:\NBIN;C:\;C:\BAT;C:\PKZIP;C:\OMGUI;D:\NETMANAG;
SET TZ=CST6CDT
SET PGPPATH=D:\WINPGP4
CLS
WIN
GOTO END

:W31
PATH=C:\BIN;D:\OLDWIN;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\DOS;C:\NBIN;C:\;C:\BAT;C:\PKZIP;
LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000
LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DOSKEY
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T3
SET GALAXY=A220 I5 D1 K10 P530 T6
SET SOUND=C:\SC400
CLS
OLDWIN		<----- this is my call to start WIN3.1
GOTO END

:DOS
PATH=C:\BIN;D:\OLDWIN;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\DOS;C:\NBIN;C:\;C:\BAT;C:\PKZIP;

:END
oldwin.bat - starts WIN3.1
@echo off
d:
cd\
cd oldwin
win
oldwin.bat
dosonly.bat - I use this to edit 'msdos.sys'
@echo off
ATTRIB -R -H -S MSDOS.SYS
edit MSDOS.SYS
ATTRIB +R +H +S MSDOS.SYS
msdos.sys
-------> BootGUI=0 - this is 1 to autostart WIN95 and 0 to stop in DOS
                     where you have to enter 'WIN' to start WIN95
-------> Logo=0    - this is 1 (or not even in msdos.sys) to show the
                     WIN95 logos and 0 to not show them
[Paths]
UninstallDir=C:\
WinDir=C:\WINDOWS
WinBootDir=C:\WINDOWS
HostWinBootDrv=C

[Options]
BootGUI=0
Logo=0
BootMulti=1
DoubleBuffer=1
Network=1
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;The following lines are required for compatibility with other programs.
;Do not remove them (MSDOS.SYS needs to be >1024 bytes).
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