Microsoft KB Archive/115979

“Microsoft Project requires VSHARE.386” Error with DR DOS

PSS ID Number: Q115979 Article last modified on 10-20-1995

4.00

WINDOWS

= SYMPTOMS =

In Microsoft Project, when you open or save a project file, you receive the following error message if you are running DR DOS version 6.0 or 7.0:

Microsoft Project requires VSHARE.386 to be installed.

= CAUSE =

This error message occurs because DR DOS version 6.0 requires SHARE.EXE, even when you are running Windows for Workgroups version 3.11, which supplies VSHARE.386. When you install Microsoft Project, the Setup program installs the Share program, either SHARE.EXE, or VSHARE.386 if you are running Microsoft Windows version 3.11.

= WORKAROUND =

To avoid receiving this error message when you are running DR DOS version 6.0 or 7.0, you must exit Windows, run SHARE.EXE from the MS-DOS prompt, and start Microsoft Windows again.

To run SHARE.EXE each time you start your computer, add the following line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file

.exe /l:500 /f:5100

where is the drive and directory where the SHARE.EXE file is located (usually the MS-DOS directory). For example, if your MS-DOS directory is called DOS and is on drive C, add the following line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

c:.exe /l:500 /f:5100

= MORE INFORMATION =

Microsoft Project requires file range-locking functionality of SHARE.EXE, or in Windows for Workgroups, VSHARE.386. Range locking allows an OLE server application to lock a certain range of a document that contains the OLE object to be edited.

For more information about applications that conflict with SHARE.EXE, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

third-party and conflict and share.exe and vshare.386

DR DOS is manufactured by a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product’s performance or reliability.

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= Additional reference words: 4.00 drdos DR-DOS novell err msg share 3rdparty =

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