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Default Directory Changes After Running Keybo
DocumentID: 615542
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:36:46 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: The default directory changed after the user ran a keyboard merge. Solutions: To correct the problem, the customer changed NWShareHandle=TRUE to NWShareHandle=FALSE in the [NetWare] section of the WIN.INI file.

How/Why:
The following paragraphs contain information on SYSTEM.INI options that pertain to the Microsoft Windows version 3.00 Novell NetWare driver:

The SYSTEM.INI is the Windows system configuration text file. It is located in the user's personal directory on the network and stores information about system level device options. The [NetWare] section lists information specifically related to the NetWare Windows driver; for example, [NetWare] RestoreDrives=TRUE/false.

The RestoreDrives= parameter controls how NetWare drive mappings are treated when Windows is exited. In the default mode (RestoreDrives=TRUE), when Windows is exited, all drive mappings are restored to their previous state before Windows was executed. If a user performs additional drive mappings while within Windows, those mappings are removed when the user exits Windows. Setting RestoreDrives=FALSE preserves or holds all drive mappings made while Windows is running when the program is exited. Setting RestoreDrives=TRUE deletes or forgets the drive mappings made while Windows was running when the program is exited.

The NWShareHandles= parameter determines how drive mappings affect VMs. If NWShareHandles=FALSE is typed, each VM has independent drive mappings. Drive mapping in one VM does NOT affect another. If NWShareHandles=TRUE is typed, all drive mappings are global. Changes in one VM affect all others.

The following parameter controls how resource visibility is treated in enhanced-mode Windows on a NetWare system:
      [NetWare] NWShareHandles=true/FALSE

In the default setting (NWShareHandles=FALSE), the NetWare system behaves with the inherited-visibility method. The optional NWShareHandles=TRUE setting makes the enhanced-mode NetWare driver use the Global visibility method instead.


Note: Mapping is the procedure Novell uses to assign a drive letter to a chose directory on a server volume. Please refer to the Novell documentation for further explanation.

See memo ALL_8669K in the WINDOWS and WP51 infobases for additional information regarding running Windows in Enhanced Mode on a Novell network.

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