OSWASHAR - SHARING VIOLATION WHEN STARTING WINDOWS APPLICATIONS IN
           OS/2 WARP
01/15/96

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   Sharing Violation when Starting Windows Applications in OS/2 Warp
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DESCRIPTION

When opening a new document, a template file, an existing file, or an 
existing document from the File menu option, a sharing violation occurs.

RESOLUTION

Note: In the following procedure:

* <WinDir> is the directory where Windows is installed. For OS/2 2.1
  for Windows and OS/2 Warp, it is probably x:\WINDOWS. For OS/2 2.11
  and OS/2 Warp Fullpack, it is probably x:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2.

* x is the drive where OS/2 is installed.

 1. Start an OS/2 Window or OS/2 Full Screen session.

 2. At the command prompt, type E AUTOEXEC.BAT and press Enter.

 3. Add the following after the PATH statement:

       SET TEMP=x:\<WinDir>\TEMP

 4. Select File and then Save.

 5. If no file type is associated with the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, select
    Type, and Plain Text, and then Set.

 6. Start a DOS Full Screen session.

 7. At the command prompt, type CD <WinDir> and press Enter.

 8. Type COPY CON SHARE.EXE and press Enter twice.

 9. Make sure no Windows applications or WIN-OS/2 sessions are running;
    then press F6.

10. At the prompt, type DEL *.TMP and press Enter.

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