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Exit - Error "Invalid Device Request Reading.
DocumentID: 654268
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:29:30 PM

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

Problem

Solutions: The message "Invalid Device Request Reading Device CON" appeared when the user exited WordPerfect. The user was running WP on a Novell network and had only been given Read, Open, and Search rights to the directory holding the users' .SET files. Once the user was given all rights but Parental to the SETUP directory, the error was eliminated.

One user received this error when exiting Tutor. Typing SET WP=/U-xxx at the DOS prompt corrected the problem.

FYI:
A user on a Banyan network also received this error message while exiting Tutor. The user found that the attribute on the LEARN directory was set to Non-Sharable. The customer eliminated the problem by using the SETTATTR program (a Banyan-specific utility program) and changing the default attribute on the directory to Sharable.

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