Error Message: "Cannot Find SHARE..." During Word Setup |
Q106557
The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Word for Windows, version 6.0
SYMPTOMS
The Word for Windows Setup program may display the following error
message if Setup cannot find the SHARE.EXE file on your system:
Setup was unable to find SHARE.EXE on your system. It is
required to run this application. Please fix your system
and rerun Setup.
This may happen even if SHARE loads successfully from the MS-DOS
command prompt and is already running on your computer.
TWO CAUSES
- Word cannot find SHARE.EXE if you used the MS-DOS SUBST command to
substitute a drive letter for a path, even if the substituted drive
is in your PATH statement. For example, if you substitute X: for
your C:\DOS directory (MS-DOS command: SUBST X: C:\DOS) and then
include X: in your PATH statement, Word does not find SHARE.EXE,
and the error message occurs.
- Word cannot find SHARE.EXE if your PATH statement lists the
directory where SHARE.EXE is located but does not include the drive
(for example, "\DOS" instead of "C:\DOS").
For information about this error message when you install Word on a
network workstation, query on the following words in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
diskless and workstation and 6.0 and word and share.exe
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, use the appropriate method for your operating
system.
Method 1: For systems running Windows 3.x
Before you run Word Setup again, modify the PATH statement in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file so it includes the complete path, including the
drive, to SHARE.EXE. Then restart your computer so the change can
take effect. For example, if SHARE.EXE is located in the C:\DOS
directory, make sure your PATH statement contains the following:
path c:\dos
Word Setup adds SHARE to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file with the following
parameters:
c:\dos\share.exe /L:500 /F:5100
NOTE: If you are running MS-DOS version 4.01, Setup places SHARE in
your CONFIG.SYS file instead.
Method 2: For systems running Windows 95 or Windows 98
You should contact Microsoft and obtain Word for Windows 6.0c.
MORE INFORMATION
The Setup program used by Word uses the following search hierarchy to
locate SHARE.EXE on the system:
- If there is a SHARE command already in the CONFIG.SYS or
AUTOEXEC.BAT file, Setup looks in the location stated.
- If this fails or if SHARE is not in either file, Setup searches
the PATH statement in the AUTOEXEC.BAT for the location of
SHARE.EXE.
If Setup still cannot find SHARE.EXE, it displays the "Unable to find
SHARE.EXE..." error message.
REFERENCES
For more information about Share.exe errors, see the following articles in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q166673 "Cannot Find Share.exe" Installing MS Office Under Windows 95
Additional query words:
6.0 msdos windir word6 winword rerun again exit restart