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Q112025: Updated VSHARE.386 for Windows/Windows for Workgroups

Article: Q112025
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 3.x Retail Product
Version(s): 3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): win31
Last Modified: 14-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 
- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 
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SYMPTOMS
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The WW1000.EXE file contains VSHARE.386 version 3.11.0.402. This version of
VSHARE.386 is compatible with Microsoft Windows version 3.1 and Windows for
Workgroups versions 3.1 and 3.11.

  NOTE: Microsoft Office versions 4.2 and 4.3 install version 3.11.0.401 of
  VSHARE.386.

This version of VSHARE.386 differs from the version included with Windows for
Workgroups 3.11 (version 3.11.0.300) in the following ways:

- This version of VSHARE.386 supports Windows version 3.1.

- This version of VSHARE.386 corrects a problem than can cause Windows for
  Workgroups 3.11 to stop responding (hang) when you start your computer.

USING VSHARE.386
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MORE INFORMATION
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If you are using applications that support OLE 2.0, you must run either
SHARE.EXE or VSHARE.386. VSHARE.386 eliminates the need to run SHARE.EXE when
you run Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups in 386 enhanced mode. If you run
Windows 3.1 in standard mode, you must run SHARE.EXE. If you run applications
that are not compatible with SHARE.EXE and you are running Windows 3.1 in 386
enhanced mode, the applications may work with VSHARE.386 instead of SHARE.EXE.

INSTALLING THE UPDATED VSHARE.386 FILE
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To install VSHARE.386 version 3.11.0.402, follow these steps:

1. Download the WW1000.EXE file from the Microsoft Software Library.

2. Double-click the WW1000.EXE file you downloaded in step 1.

3. Quit Windows.

4. At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following command and then press
  ENTER

  copy <source>:\vshare.386 <location>

  where <source> is the directory containing the file you downloaded from
  online services, and <location> is the path to your Windows\SYSTEM
  subdirectory.

  For example, if you downloaded the WW1000.EXE file from online services to
  C:\DOWNLOAD and C:WINDOWS\SYSTEM is the path to your Windows\SYSTEM
  subdirectory, type:

  copy c:\download\vshare.386 c:\windows\system

5. Use any text editor (such as MS-DOS Editor) to edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
  Remove the SHARE.EXE command from the AUTOEXEC.BAT file and then save and
  close the file.

6. Edit the [386Enh] section of the SYSTEM.INI file to add the following line:

  device=vshare.386

7. Save and then close the SYSTEM.INI file.

8. Restart your computer.

The following file(s) are available for download from the Microsoft Software
Library:

  Ww1000.exe
  (http://download.microsoft.com/download/win31/Update/3.11.0.402/WIN/EN-US/ww1000.exe)

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : win31 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbWFWSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311
Version           : :3.1,3.11
Issue type        : kbprb

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