PRB: Test Container Requires SHARE.EXE or VSHARE.386

ID: Q122237

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft OLE Control Development Kit (CDK), version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

After attempting to launch the 16-bit version of Test Container, a dialog is displayed with the following message:

Test Container could not properly initialize.

CAUSE

Test Container uses OLE structured storage, which requires file sharing support to be available. If SHARE.EXE or VSHARE.386 is not available, Test Container cannot initialize, so it terminates.

RESOLUTION

You can resolve this problem by using one of these techniques:

Add a line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to load SHARE.EXE when the computer is started. You might use a line similar to this:
```
      LOADHIGH C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE /L:100 
```

Add a line to the Windows SYSTEM.INI file to load the VSHARE.386 virtual device driver. In the section titled [386enh] add this line: device=vshare.386
NOTE: Before making this change, check your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory to make sure VSHARE.386 is available. If you do not have VSHARE.386 on the computer, you can obtain it by downloading WW1000.EXE from the Microsoft Software Library. WW1000.EXE is a self extracting file that contains the VSHARE.386 driver and an Application Note that describes the installation and use of the VSHARE.386 driver.

MORE INFORMATION

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

WW1000.EXE

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

REFERENCES

This problem is mentioned briefly in Chapter 4 of the README.WRI file that resides in the \BIN directory of the OLE CDK. For an example, see:

C:\MSVC15\CDK16\BIN\README.WRI.

Additional query words: 1.00 softlib kbfile


Keywords          : kberrmsg kb16bitonly 
Version           : 1.00
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        :

Last Reviewed: July 30, 1999