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Q92466: File Manager RAM Drive Icon Changes Due to Stacker

Article: Q92466
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 25-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 
- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11 
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SYMPTOMS
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Windows for Workgroups and Windows File Manager represent a RAM drive as a RAM
chip icon on the toolbar. If the RAM drive is compressed by Stacker 2.0, Windows
for Workgroups and Windows display the icon as a local hard disk drive icon.

MORE INFORMATION
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Windows and Windows for Workgroups File Manager use drive icons for quick access
to the available drives. There are five types of drive icons that File Manager
uses:

- Floppy disk drives

- Hard disk drives

- RAM drives

- CD-ROM drives

- Network drives

If Stacker disk-compression software is used on a RAM drive, File Manager does
not display the normal RAM chip icon for the RAM drive. It uses a local hard
disk drive icon for the RAM drive. This does not have any affect on the
functionality of the RAM drive.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.11 Windows Ramdrive Stacker Screate.sys Icon

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbWFWSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311 kbWFW310 kbWFW311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11

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