Microsoft KB Archive/831503

= You receive a &quot;Network setup error&quot; error message when you share a folder =

Article ID: 831503

Article Last Modified on 12/8/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Virtual PC 2004

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SYMPTOMS
When you start a Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11 guest operating system, you may experience the following symptoms:  When you try to share a folder by using the Connect Network Drive command on the Disk menu in File manager, you receive the following error message:

Network setup error

 In File Manager, all the drive letters are assigned to unknown shared folders



CAUSE
This issue may occur if you have Microsoft Virtual Machine Additions for MS-DOS installed. The MS-DOS shared folder driver (Fshare.exe) that is installed with the Virtual Machine Additions for MS-DOS is not compatible with Windows for Workgroups 3.11 or EMM386.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, do not use the MS-DOS shared folder driver with a Windows for Workgroups 3.11 guest operating system.

To prevent the MS-DOS shared folder driver from loading when you start the Windows for Workgroups 3.11 guest operating system, remove the line from the Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Autoexec.bat file that loads Fshare.exe. To do so, remove a line that is similar to the following line:

C:\VmAdd\Fshare.exe

For example:  At the MS-DOS command prompt, type:

edit c:\autoexec.bat

 Press ENTER. Delete the line that loads Fshare.exe. Save the file, exit MS-DOS Editor, and then restart the guest operating system.</li></ol>

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