Microsoft KB Archive/68495

Word: Program Doesn’t Find MW.INI on Novell Network PSS ID Number: Q68495 Article last modified on 05-13-1993 PSS database name: D_WorD

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Summary:

When running Microsoft Word from a Novell file server, if the user does not have SEARCH rights for the directory above the Word workstation directory (the directory that the MSWNET variable is pointing to), Word will not be able to find the MW.INI when Word is started from any other subdirectory.

Example
If the MSWNET variable is pointing to the following subdirectory:

F:

And the MW.INI is located in the following subdirectory:

F:

The user will need to have SEARCH rights to F:, in order for Word to find the MW.INI file when the program is started from F:.

Without SEARCH rights to F:, the Word program will search for the MW.INI file in the current subdirectory (the subdirectory that Word is started from). When exiting the Word program, a MW.INI file will be written in the current subdirectory (F:).

Additional reference words: wdnovell

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.