Microsoft KB Archive/66741

Word: Autosaved Files Are Not Locked Under Windows

PSS ID Number: Q66741 Article last modified on 01-24-1995

5.00 5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

Autosaved files are not locked when Word is run under the Windows operating environment. Starting a second instance of Word will result in a prompt for the recovery of autosaved files if an autosaved file was created by the first instance of Word.

Example
  Start a session of Word under Windows.   Enable the autosave feature in Word 5.00 by indicating a value (in minutes) in the “autosave:” field in the Options menu. In Word 5.50, indicate the autosave value (in minutes) in the “frequency:” field of the Utilities Customize Autosave box.   After the autosave feature has saved your document once, start a second session of Word. If the DOS SHARE utility was not loaded before running Windows, the following error message will result: Autosave backup files exist enter Y to recover files, or Esc to ignore. 

Word does not lock the autosaved files when running under the Windows/DOS environment (autosaved files are locked when Word is running under OS/2). This allows the user to recover the autosaved files when the second instance is run (pressing Y will recover the autosaved file from the first instance of Word).

If SHARE.EXE is run before starting the Windows session, the autosaved files will be locked and Word will not recover the autosaved files when the second instance of Word is started (pressing Y will not recover the autosaved file created by the first instance of Word).

= MORE INFORMATION =

The Share command allows files to be shared by more than one program. SHARE.EXE is usually loaded through the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

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