Running the Visual Workbench from a Network Drive

ID: Q97672

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SUMMARY

On occasion, you may need to access components of the Microsoft Visual C++ from a remote network connection. Even though Visual C++ was not designed for access from a network server, you can use the Visual Workbench from a remote workstation that has Microsoft Windows, version 3.1 or later, installed.

The information below has been tested on only a few systems. You may need to modify the setup shown below for some installations.

NOTE: Microsoft Visual C++ was not developed as a network shared application. The information provided below has been tested minimally and may not be complete; it may be necessary to place additional files on a writable disk. Visual C++ is licensed on a single-user basis. A validly licensed copy of Microsoft Visual C++ is required for each computer that uses the product as outlined below.


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To run Visual C++ from a read-only network drive or a CD-ROM, you must have a writable directory that contains certain .EXE and .DLL files.

In addition, your SYSTEM.INI file contain entries that enable the Visual Workbench to properly initialize itself. The following lines must appear in the [386enh] section of the SYSTEM.INI file: 


   WinExclusive=0
   device=*vmcpd
   device=<path>dosxnt.386
   device=<path>mmd.386
   device=<path>cvw1.386
Replace <path> with the complete drive and directory path to the location of the .386 device files. These files may be on a read-only drive. The CVW1.386 device is provided with the Professional Edition and is required only if you use CodeView for Windows.

You must be sure that no other line in the SYSTEM.INI file loads another device file with the same name. One example is DOSXNT.386, a component of both the Microsoft Macro Assembler, version 6.1, and of Microsoft Visual C++, version 1.0. If more than one line specifies a device, Windows fails on initialization and returns the user to the MS- DOS prompt.

The easiest method to add the correct entries to your SYSTEM.INI file involves running the Visual C++ Setup program with the /F switch. Doing so creates a SYSTEM.INI file and a Visual C++ program group, but it does not copy any files from the installation disks. To use the /F switch, choose Run from the Program Manager File menu, enter "setup /F" (without quotation marks) in the Command Line field of the Run dialog box, and choose OK. The /F switch must be capitalized. After you run Setup, edit your SYSTEM.INI file to specify the correct path for the installed devices and modify the properties of the program icons to specify the correct path. (To change the property of an icon in Program Manager, select the icon, then choose Properties from the File menu.) Because the MSVC.EXE file must be installed on a writable disk, the Visual C++ icon will be different from the path to the other applications. The /F switch for versions 1.51 and 1.52 apply to the SETUP program that is located in the \msvc15 directory only.

Some files must be installed into your Windows and Windows system directories (by default, C:\WINDOWS and C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM, respectively). The .INI files must be on a writable drive. These files are listed below.

When you first run the Visual Workbench (MSVC.EXE) from the writable disk, you must specify the directories that MSVC searches for various files. Choose Directories from the Options menu and enter appropriate values. The first entry in the Executable Files Path parameter must be a drive and directory on a writable disk followed by the MSVC\BIN directory on the read-only disk.

The following files must be installed on a writable disk: 

   MFCAPPWZ.EXE
   MSVC.EXE
   WINTEER.EXE
   CLONEDBG.DLL
   CVWIN.DLL
   DBWIN.DLL
   EED1CAN.DLL
   EED1CXX.DLL
   EEW0CAN.DLL
   EEW0CXX.DLL
   EEW0CXXV.DLL
   EMD1D1.DLL
   EMW0W0.DLL
   EMW0W0V.DLL
   HOOK.DLL
   MFCCLSWZ.DLL
   MSCOPTS.DLL
   MSVCHELP.DLL
   MSVCVER.DLL
   NMD1PCD.DLL
   NMW0PCD.DLL
   RCDLL.DLL
   SHD1.DLL
   SHW0.DLL
   SHW0V.DLL
   STRESS.DLL
   STRESSHK.DLL
   STRESSLG.DLL
   TLD1LOC.DLL
   TLW0LOC.DLL
   TLW0NCL.DLL
The following files must be installed in the Windows system directory (by default, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM): 

   HLPTAB.DLL
   GRID.VBX
   VC.LIC
   TECHNOTE.DLL
   MFC200.DLL (MFC250.DLL in versions 1.5 and later)
   MFC200.SYM (MFC250.SYM in versions 1.5 and later)
   MFC200D.DLL (MFC250D.DLL in versions 1.5 and later)
   MFC200D.SYM (MFC250D.SYM in versions 1.5 and later)
The following files must be installed in the Windows directory (by default, C:\WINDOWS): 

   MSVC.INI
   TECHNOTE.INI
   APSTUDIO.INI

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Last Reviewed: August 2, 1999