Sharing Violation Using NetWare 3.x FILER.EXE

• Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you use the FILER.EXE file management utility from Novell NetWare version 3.x to copy files from a NetWare server, you may receive a sharing violation error message.

CAUSE

The sharing violation occurs because FILER.EXE opens the destination file in an exclusive mode and then attempts to set the file attributes of the open file.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem:

• Copy the files manually.

  -or-

• Use a later version of FILER.EXE. This behavior does not occur with the version of FILER.EXE that ships with Novell NetWare 4.x.

MORE INFORMATION

This behavior is not limited to Windows 95; it occurs if you perform the same function in MS-DOS with SHARE.EXE loaded.

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