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Microsoft Windows Enhanced Mode Temporary Fil
DocumentID: 633480
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 3:03:17 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: The filename used for temporary virtual memory swap files under Microsoft Windows version 3.00 in enhanced mode is WIN386.SWP.

The location to which paging occurs must meet the following parameters:
1.      The directory must not have a DOS read-only attribute
2.      The user must have Create and Write access if on a network. WIN386.SWP is created in a location determined by the following factors:
            A.      If no PagingDrive= setting is present in the SYSTEM.INI, the file is created in the startup location of WIN.COM. When running on a network, users should have their own copies of WIN.COM, SYSTEM.INI, and WIN.INI in their own directories. Note that paging to a network drive, while certainly possible, is extremely slow and is not recommended.
            B.      If a PagingDrive= setting is present in the [386enh] section of the SYSTEM.INI file, the swap file is created in the root directory of the specified drive. An example of setting the paging drive to a local drive D: would be PagingDrive=D:

Note that on Novell networks the root of a network drive is the root of the server. This is because the network drives are not MS-NET redirector compatible. Do not set PagingDrive= to a Novell network drive. If this is done, and multiple users run Windows 3.00 in enhanced mode, the user's systems will crash. The systems go down since the swap files are all created in the root directory on the server and, therefore, delete (or write over) one another. There is currently no way to specify a directory in the PagingDrive= parameter.

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