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Article: Q85894
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 29-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 3.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you review a program icon's properties by choosing Properties from Program
Manager's File menu, and the group file (.GRP) is located on a read-only network
share, you will receive the following error message twice and the program icon
will be deleted until Windows is restarted:

  Cannot Open Program-Group File 'G:\TESTRO.GRP'

NOTE: This problem occurs when the network share is read-only. It does not occur
if only the group file (.GRP) is made read-only with the MS-DOS ATTRIB.EXE
command. This has been tested in a Microsoft LAN Manager 2.x environment.

WORKAROUND
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Do not place the group file (.GRP) in a read-only network share. Instead, make
the actual .GRP file read-only using the MS-DOS ATTRIB.EXE command. For
example:

  ATTRIB TESTRO.GRP +R

MORE INFORMATION
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Read-only groups are sometimes used in network environments to ensure consistent
Program Manager contents on all workstations. Other characteristics of a
read-only group include the inability to move icons within, and between groups.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.1 shared readonly read only

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1

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Q85894: Program Icon Disappears from Group on a Read-Only Share