PRB: Sharing Violation Error Message When Accessing EXE File

 Last reviewed: April 30, 1996
Article ID: Q125417
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0
  • Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.6a

SYMPTOMS

When more than one user attempts to invoke a EXE file created with the Microsoft FoxPro Distribution Kit, the "Sharing Violation" error message may occur.

CAUSE

The Sharing Violation error message may occur for a variety of reasons. For a list of the known reasons why this error message occurs, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

ARTICLE-ID: Q112567 

TITLE     : FoxPro 2.6 for MS-DOS: Most Frequently Asked Questions

RESOLUTION

Review the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

ARTICLE-ID: Q112567 

TITLE     : FoxPro 2.6 for MS-DOS: Most Frequently Asked Questions
Sometimes this error message may be caused by a version of SHARE.EXE that is included with Novell DOS 7.0. If Novell DOS 7.0 is running on the local workstation, and SHARE is loaded in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, and the version of SHARE being used was included with Novell DOS 7.0, then it may be necessary to obtain an updated version of SHARE.EXE from Novell. It is possible to obtain an updated version of SHARE.EXE from the Novell.

Additional reference words: VFoxWin 3.00 FoxWin 2.60a novel
KBCategory: kbnetwork kb3rdparty kbprb kberrmsg
KBSubcategory: FxprintFont

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Last reviewed: April 30, 1996
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