WW1000: Updated VSHARE.386 for Windows/Windows for Workgroups

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.1, 3.11
• Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11

Microsoft has an Application Note titled "Updated VSHARE.386 for Windows and Windows for Workgroups" (WW1000). 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.

You can obtain this Application Note from the following sources:

• Microsoft's World Wide Web Site on the Internet
• The Internet (Microsoft anonymous ftp server)
• Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)
• Microsoft Product Support Services

THE TEXT OF WW1000

  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

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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 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 <source>:\vshare.386 <location>
   

   where <source> is either the letter of your floppy disk drive or the directory containing the file you downloaded from online services, and <location> 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.

TO OBTAIN THIS APPLICATION NOTE

You can find WW1000.EXE (size: 22455 bytes) 
                       , a self-extracting file, on the following

• Microsoft's World Wide Web Site on the Internet

        On the www.microsoft.com home page, click the Support icon.
        Click Knowledge Base, and select the product.
        Enter kbfile WW1000.EXE (size: 22455 bytes) 
                               , and click GO!
        Open the article, and click the button to download the file.
  
  

• Internet (anonymous FTP)

        ftp ftp.microsoft.com
        Change to the Softlib/Mslfiles folder.
        Get WW1000.EXE (size: 22455 bytes) 
  

• Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)

        Dial (425) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
        Download WW1000.EXE (size: 22455 bytes) 
  

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   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online
               Services