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I have a similar problem to Sonja. Same windows version,
same Exel. But my message says "setup cannot access required initialization file" hope you can help. Mike >-----Original Message----- >Sonja > >Below is a quote from a post by Harald Staff on this subject. > >Hi > >Share.exe doesn't do anything since ages ago. So something must be there with >that name and do nothing. No problem: > >Open notepad and save an empty textfile as "Share.exe" in C:\Windows (maybe >also C:\ and C:\Windows\system, can't remember which). >Enter "Share.exe" with quotes in the SaveAs Filename box on save to avoid a >..txt suffix. > >Excel 5 is pretty cool. Like a classic car. >-- >HTH. Best wishes Harald >Excel MVP > >Gord Dibben Excel MVP - XL97 SR2 & XL2002 > >On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:25:23 -0700, "Sonja" <shirtworks@screaminet.com> wrote: > >> I am trying to install Excel for Windows (Excel 5.0) on a >>computor with Windows 98. It has an error message >>of "setup was unable to find SHARE.EXE on your system. >>Please fix your system and rerun setup." >> How do I fix this? >> Thank you, Sonja > >. > |
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>-----Original Message----- >I have a similar problem to Sonja. Same windows version, >same Exel. But my message says "setup cannot access >required initialization file" >hope you can help. >Mike > > >>-----Original Message----- >>Sonja >> >>Below is a quote from a post by Harald Staff on this >subject. >> >>Hi >> >>Share.exe doesn't do anything since ages ago. So >something must be there with >>that name and do nothing. No problem: >> >>Open notepad and save an empty textfile as "Share.exe" in >C:\Windows (maybe >>also C:\ and C:\Windows\system, can't remember which). >>Enter "Share.exe" with quotes in the SaveAs Filename box >on save to avoid a >>..txt suffix. >> >>Excel 5 is pretty cool. Like a classic car. >>-- >>HTH. Best wishes Harald >>Excel MVP >> >>Gord Dibben Excel MVP - XL97 SR2 & XL2002 >> >>On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:25:23 -0700, "Sonja" ><shirtworks@screaminet.com> wrote: >> >>> I am trying to install Excel for Windows (Excel 5.0) on >a >>>computor with Windows 98. It has an error message >>>of "setup was unable to find SHARE.EXE on your system. >>>Please fix your system and rerun setup." >>> How do I fix this? >>> Thank you, Sonja >> >>. >> >. > |
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