Share.exe Is Not Supported in Windows 95 OSR2

 Last reviewed: August 25, 1997
Article ID: Q161619
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2

SUMMARY

The Share.exe tool is not included with Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2). File sharing and locking capabilities are provided by APIs in OSR2's IFSManager and are not supported in MS-DOS mode. You may not be able to install or run some MS-DOS-based programs or 16-bit Windows-based programs that require Share.exe in OSR2.

MORE INFORMATION

Before OSR2, Share.exe was used only in real-mode MS-DOS. In order to support the FAT32 file system, Share.exe support has been disabled in the real-mode MS-DOS kernel regardless of whether or not you have any drives using the FAT32 file system.

Some programs look for a file named Share.exe in either the root folder or the DOS folder. This file can be a zero-byte file created with a text editor (such as Notepad). Other programs may simply look for the string "share" in the Autoexec.bat file.

Additional query words: 95
Keywords : osr2 win95 kbtool
Version : 95
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: August 25, 1997
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