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Network Sharing Violation Errors
DocumentID: 637385
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 3:04:35 PM

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

Problem

Solutions: Every time this user tries to access a network drive either by saving or retrieving, he gets the error message "Share Violation on Drive x" (x means any drive he is trying to access). However, he can save and retrieve the files just fine after he has clicked on OK to clear the error message off his screen.

"Sharing Violation" Error - Check Path
The customer was getting the error message "Sharing Violation: WPC2DLL.EXE" when running WordPerfect for Windows on a 3Com 3+ open network. He had a reference to a network copy and a local copy of WPWin in his path. Removing one of these references corrected the problem.

"Sharing Violation Errors - Increase Files In SHARE.EXE"
Share violation errors will appear if additional files need to be opened to run Microsoft Windows 3.0. The files are provided by SHARE.EXE. The default number of files in SHARE.EXE is 20. Adding /L:500 after the SHARE.EXE command in the CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT files will eliminate the share violation errors. When using DOS 4.01, the command INSTALL=C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE /L:500 can be added to the CONFIG.SYS file. When this command does not eliminate the share violation errors, users can also increase the file space. This can be done with the command INSTALL C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE /L:500 /F:4000.

NOTE: Users who are using DOS 5.0 have received this error message if the above driver is installed in the CONFIG.SYS. This is just the opposite of the information for DOS 4.xx. However, users who have had the line INSTALL=C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE /L:500 /F:4000 in the DOS 5.0 version are getting the same message as those users who did not have the line added in the DOS 4.xx version.

"Sharing Violation With Concurrent Users"
A "Sharing Violation" would occur when executing WPWin 5.1 on a Nondedicated PowerLan file server. The same "Sharing Violation" would occur when retrieving a file.

This happens because Performance Technology's PowerLAN version 2.1 when it runs in nondedicated mode which masks DOS. When this occurs, information is returned to WPWin by the operating system is incorrect when a file is executed and or opened. When an executable file was placed in a Read-Only directory and executed by multiple users, PowerLan would return a sharing violation each time the file was executed.

In dedicated mode, PowerLan masks DOS. This masking prevents several DOS applications from running correctly. When the server is not running in dedicated mode, DOS is NOT MASKED therefore WP 5.1 and QUATTRO PRO ran correctly. Because WP does not check for a NULL file, WP may interpret this as a sharing violation.

Updating to PowerLAN version 2.2 will solve the problems.

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