Publisher: SHARE.EXE Not loaded with Windows for Workgroups
PSS ID Number: Q104628
Article last modified on 09-29-1993
PSS database name: W_MSPub

2.00

WINDOWS


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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Publisher version 2.0
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SYMPTOMS
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Publisher Setup will not load SHARE.EXE in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file if
you are using Windows for Workgroups. Windows for Workgroups utilizes
a virtual device driver called VSHARE.386. Windows for Workgroups only
loads VSHARE.386 while Windows is running in enhanced mode. As a
result, if you run Windows for Workgroups in standard mode, you will
receive a message that Publisher needs SHARE.EXE.

RESOLUTION
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If you want to run Windows for Workgroups in standard mode and run
Publisher, you must load SHARE.EXE before starting Windows. To execute
SHARE.EXE from the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press
ENTER:

   C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE /L:100

SHARE.EXE will then be loaded and you can start Windows for Workgroups
in standard mode and open Publisher.

MORE INFORMATION
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The Windows for Workgroups file sharer, VSHARE.386, contains several
improvements over the MS-DOS file sharing utility, SHARE.EXE. These
improvements allow Windows for Workgroups to share files in a manner
similar to other network operating systems. VSHARE.386 is intended as
a drop-in replacement for SHARE.EXE. Because VSHARE.386 is an enhanced
mode virtual device driver (VxD), it has features that improve file
sharing under enhanced mode. Because it was designed to work with
Windows for Workgroups, VSHARE.386 has features to make it
"friendlier" than SHARE.EXE, especially in the area of access control.

For more information about VSHARE.386, query on the following words in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   windows and workgroups and VSHARE.386 and file and sharing

Additional reference words: 2.00 mspub

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.