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Old 30-06-2003, 06:34 AM   #1
Mike
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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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Old 02-07-2003, 01:48 AM   #2
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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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