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# NetWare Administrator Does Not Work with NWREDIR Loaded

Article ID: 124712

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q124712

## SYMPTOMS

When you run the Novell NetWare Administrator program (Nwadmin.exe) on a computer running Windows configured with the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks, an MS-DOS window may open and display the following error message:
This program must be run under Microsoft Windows
When you run Nwadmin.exe on a computer running Windows configured with the Microsoft Service for NetWare Directory Services (NDS) you may receive one of the following error messages:
Invalid Context
Unknown Object Type
Cannot read object's information
Program Error
Your program is making an invalid dynamic link call to a .DLL file

## CAUSE

### Client for NetWare Networks

The NetWare Administrator program does not work with the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks. The NetWare Administrator program works only with Novell VLM (the NetWare MS-DOS requester).

### Microsoft Service for NetWare Directory Services (NDS)

The error messages stated above may occur if Netware.drv, Nwadmin.exe, and all the required .dll files do not match.

## RESOLUTION

### Client for NetWare Networks

You must use the real-mode VLM instead of the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks in order to use the NetWare Administrator program. Contact Novell Technical Support if you need technical assistance configuring VLM.

### Microsoft Service for NetWare Directory Services (NDS)

Perform the following steps to run Nwadmin.exe with the Microsoft Service for NetWare Directory Services (NDS):

1. Make sure that the Netware.drv file you are using is the one included with the Microsoft Service for NetWare Directory Services (NDS).
2. Make sure that you have at least version 4.10.2 of Nwadmin.exe and its required .dll files. These .dll files are supplied by Novell and should be located in the public folder from which you are running Nwadmin.exe.
3. Make sure that you have the latest .dll files from Nwdll2.exe in your Windows\System folder. The most recent version of Nwadmin.exe is in Nwamn2.exe and is available on Novells FTP site. Nwdll2.exe is also available at this location.

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