CodeWarrior Pro 3 PC Installation

Here's how to install CodeWarrior Pro 3 on Windows 95/NT with enough options to support Java and C/C++ programming for CS classes. If you want to install only Java, just ignore directions dealing with C or C++.

CodeWarrior Pro 3 (for Windows only) requires that Internet Explorer 4 be installed to support Java debugging. One doesn't have to install the "active desktop" update with IE4, just the browser itself.

On NT machines, CodeWarrior and Explorer both require that NT Service Pack 3 be installed first.

  1. Uninstall old Codewarrior versions. Completely uninstall any previous version of CodeWarrior. (There's an installer/uninstaller program in CodeWarrior's folder, or the add/remove programs control panel should work.) Leave Internet Explorer 4 in place --it doesn't have to be uninstalled. If there are any CodeWarrior or Metrowerks folders left around after the uninstall, it is a good idea to delete them.
  2. Install Internet Explorer. Install Internet Explorer 4 if not already present. An appropriate installer is on the CodeWarrior Pro 3 Windows 95/NT Tools CD. Insert the Tools CD. Then
    1. Click Explore CD (don't click the "launch setup" button)
    2. Double click Doc Viewers
    3. Double click Internet Explorer 4
    4. Double click Win95 or WinNT as appropriate
    5. Double click browser only
    6. Double click IE4setup and click yes, next, agree, finish, etc. in the various dialog boxes that come up. If you get a dialog box asking if you want the windows desktop update, click no (unless you want it). You may not get a dialog box about this.

    That should install IE4 and may launch it with the active desktop interface. If you're superstitious, you might want to restart windows at this point to be sure everything is cleaned up.

    Next, remove the active desktop stuff if it was installed and you don't want it (strongly suggested). An easy way to tell if the active desktop is installed is to double click on the "My Computer" icon at the upper-left corner of the screen. If this launches Internet Explorer, you've got it; if you get the regular Windows view of the computer, you're safe. (The CodeWarrior IE4 installers seem to install the active desktop on Windows 95, but not on Windows NT). To get rid of the active desktop stuff if it's there:

    1. open the add/remove programs control panel
    2. select Internet Explorer 4.0
    3. select the "remove windows desktop update component but keep Internet Explorer 4.0 as the web browser" option. Click OK.

    When the uninstall is done, restart windows. Remnents of the IE4 desktop interface may still appear. Close them after selecting any "don't open this automatically again" options that are present.

  3. Install CodeWarrior. Insert the CW Pro 3 Windows 95/NT Tools CD and launch setup. Click yes/next/ok/etc. until the Installation Type window appears. Select Custom and click next until you get to the Choose Options window.

    The Pro 3 installer has one scrollable list of the major options. If one of these has sub-options, the Choices... button on the options dialog is enabled. Select Choices... to open another window with the suboptions. Although it isn't entirely obvious, these are scrollable lists, and you'll need to scroll down to find all the possibilities.

    Here are the options and sub-options to select:

    1. Core DLL's
    2. IDE
    3. Headers & Libraries: Select only the following
      • Java Libraries
      • Win32 Libraries
      • MSL C - x86
      • MSL C++ - x86
    4. Languages: Only the following
      • C-C++ Language x86
      • Java Language
      • (remember to scroll down and turn off the Pascal option)

  4. Windows Project Stationery: Select only the following
  5. Java Project Stationery (no subchoices here)

Click ok/next/yes/finish until the installation begins. This will use up about 125MB disk space. Restart the machine if requested.