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How to remove Win32s
To remove Win32s follow the 5 steps below:

1. Remove the line from the [386Enh] section in the SYSTEM.INI file:
device=<WINDOWS>\<SYSTEM>\win32s\w32s.386

where <WINDOWS> and <SYSTEM> are where the Windows and System directories are, respectively.
2. Modify the following line from the [BOOT] section in the SYSTEM.INI file:
drivers=mmsystem.dll winmm16.dll

to the following (remove winmm16.dll):

drivers=mmsystem.dll
3. Delete the following files from the <WINDOWS>\<SYSTEM> subdirectory:
WINMM16.DLL
W32SYS.DLL
WIN32S16.DLL
WIN32S.INI
WINHLP32.EXE
WINDOWS.HLP
WINHLP32.HLP
WINHLP32.CNT
Note: It may not be possible to delete W32SYS.DLL while Windows is running. This occurs if you are running any Win32 applications. Boot into DOS and then remove W32SYS.DLL.

4. Delete all the files in the <WINDOWS>\<SYSTEM>\WIN32S subdirectory. Then delete subdirectory itself.

5. Restart Windows.

WARNING: before deleting or modifying any files make sure you make copies of the files that are going to be modified or deleted. If your Windows system fails to operate properly after making the changes above you will be able to restore the files needed.