Microsoft KB Archive/119431

= SHARE Internal Error: RSC: SFT Not Found in SFT List =

Article ID: 119431

Article Last Modified on 5/6/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.01 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0a
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q119431



SYMPTOMS
The following error occurs while SHARE.EXE is loaded:

RSC: SFT NOT FOUND IN SFT LIST

SHARE INTERNAL ERROR



CAUSE
This error is caused by programs that attempt to gain access to the System File Tables (SFT), bypassing SHARE in the process. This problem occurs most often with small peer-to-peer network operating systems.

SHARE.EXE requires continuous communication between the sharing information tables that it maintains and the tables that the MS-DOS kernel maintains. SHARE adds tables that link SFTs to paths and locks records for all open files. When it searches the SFT and finds an entry for which it has no entry in its own tables, the above error is generated and the system may stop responding (hang) because SHARE is in an infinite loop.



RESOLUTION
If you do not use Windows, you must choose between SHARE and the other program that wants to have access to the SFT. No workaround is available.

For information about this error in Windows for Workgroups, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

115884 Err Msg in WFWG 3.11 w/LANtastic 5.x: RFC:SFT Not in SFT List.

Additional query words: 6.20 lock sharing nos lan tastic rsc:sft lantastic Artisoft machine workstation node wfwg wfw win31

Keywords: KB119431

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