====================================================================== Microsoft(R) Product Support Services Application Note (Text File) WW1000: UPDATED VSHARE.386 FOR WINDOWS(R) AND WINDOWS FOR WORKGROUPS ====================================================================== Revision Date: 3/95 1 Disk Included The following information applies to Microsoft Windows and Windows for Workgroups, versions 3.1 and 3.11. -------------------------------------------------------------------- | INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT AND ANY SOFTWARE THAT MAY | | ACCOMPANY THIS DOCUMENT (collectively referred to as an Application | | Note) IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER | | EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED | | WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR | | PURPOSE. The user assumes the entire risk as to the accuracy and | | the use of this Application Note. This Application Note may be | | copied and distributed subject to the following conditions: 1) All | | text must be copied without modification and all pages must be | | included; 2) If software is included, all files on the disk(s) | | must be copied without modification (the MS-DOS(R) utility | | diskcopy is appropriate for this purpose); 3) All components of | | this Application Note must be distributed together; and 4) This | | Application Note may not be distributed for profit. | | | | Copyright (C) 1995 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. | | Microsoft, MS-DOS, and Windows are registered trademarks of | | Microsoft Corporation. | --------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION ------------ The WW1000 disk included with this Application Note contains VSHARE.386 version 3.11.0.402. This version of VSHARE.386 is compatible with Microsoft Windows version 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1 and 3.11. NOTE: Microsoft Office versions 4.2 and 4.3 install version 3.11.0.401 of VSHARE.386. The version of VSHARE.386 included with this Application Note differs from the version included with Windows for Workgroups 3.11 (version 3.11.0.300) in the following ways: - The version of VSHARE.386 included with this Application Note supports Windows version 3.1. - The version of VSHARE.386 included with this Application Note corrects a problem than can cause Windows for Workgroups 3.11 to stop responding (hang) when you start your computer. USING VSHARE.386 ---------------- If you are using applications that support OLE 2.0, you must run either SHARE.EXE or VSHARE.386. VSHARE.386 eliminates the need to run SHARE.EXE when you run Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups in 386 enhanced mode. If you run Windows 3.1 in standard mode, you must run SHARE.EXE. If you run applications that are not compatible with SHARE.EXE and you are running Windows 3.1 in 386 enhanced mode, the applications may work with VSHARE.386 instead of SHARE.EXE. INSTALLING THE UPDATED VSHARE.386 FILE -------------------------------------- To install VSHARE.386 version 3.11.0.402, follow these steps: 1. Quit Windows. 2. If you received a disk with this Application Note, insert the disk in the appropriate floppy disk drive. If you downloaded this Application Note from an online service, skip to step 3. This procedure assumes that you have already downloaded and extracted the compressed file. 3. At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following command and then press ENTER copy :\vshare.386 where is either the letter of your floppy disk drive or the directory containing the file you downloaded from online services, and is the path to your Windows\SYSTEM subdirectory. For example, if you are installing from a floppy disk that you inserted in drive A, and C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM is the path to your Windows\SYSTEM subdirectory, type: copy a:\vshare.386 c:\windows\system Or, for example, if you downloaded the WW1000.EXE file from online services to C:\DOWNLOAD and C:WINDOWS\SYSTEM is the path to your Windows\SYSTEM subdirectory, type: copy c:\download\vshare.386 c:\windows\system 4. Use any text editor (such as MS-DOS Editor) to edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Remove the SHARE.EXE command from the AUTOEXEC.BAT file and then save and close the file. 5. Edit the [386Enh] section of the SYSTEM.INI file to add the following line: device=vshare.386 6. Save and then close the SYSTEM.INI file. 7. Restart your computer.