ADT2: Setup Wizard Cannot Find VSHARE.386 with Windows NT (121782)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit 2.0
This article was previously published under Q121782
Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

SYMPTOMS

When you are using the Setup Wizard to create installation disks for your custom application on a computer running Microsoft Windows NT, you may receive the following error message:
Can't find file 'C:\NT\SYSTEM\VSHARE.386'

CAUSE

VSHARE.386 is a file-locking management file included with Microsoft Access version 2.0. The Setup Wizard requires that this file be included on your application's custom Setup disks in order for your run-time application to work on a computer running Microsoft Windows version 3.1 or Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.1 or 3.11. However, because Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 95 provide their own form of file locking, Microsoft Access Setup does not install the VSHARE.386 file to computers running these operating systems.

RESOLUTION

To work around this behavior, install the VSHARE.386 file from your original Microsoft Access disks to your computer's NT\SYSTEM subdirectory. To install the VSHARE.386 file, follow these steps:

  1. Copy the DECOMP.EXE file from Disk 1 of your Microsoft Access disks to your Windows NT directory.
  2. Insert Disk 4 in a floppy drive, type the following line, and then press ENTER: 
    DECOMP <drive>:\VSHARE.38_ <drive>:\<directory>
    For example, to decompress the file from a disk in drive A to the NT\SYSTEM subdirectory on drive C, you would type the following line: 
    DECOMP A:\VSHARE.38_ C:\NT\SYSTEM\VSHARE.386
The size of the VSHARE.386 file when expanded should be 14,933.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/25/2002
Keywords:kberrmsg kbprb kbsetup KB121782
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