Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!boulder!seri!wind55!marshall From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: SHARE and Excel 2.1C upgrade Summary: SHARE prevents installation of Excel 2.1C upgrade. Message-ID: Date: 31 Jul 90 19:46:11 GMT Sender: news@seri.gov (news) Distribution: na Organization: Solar Energy Research Institute Lines: 31 Maybe I can save someone a little time with this post. I just got my Excel 2.1C upgrade kit from MS. I started the installation process, but when SETUP went to read the second disk, it said it was defective. I tested it with Norton Disk Doctor. I copied it to another disk. No problems. Then I remembered that I couldn't create a permanent swap file when I had SUBSTituted drives, so I got rid of them. That didn't help either. Then it dawned on me that MS can't create a Setup program that will run when their own SHARE program is loaded. I renamed SHARE.EXE to S.EXE and rebooted. Everything worked fine. Why the hell can't MS warn people about this when they send out the upgrade? This cost me nearly an hour - not counting this flame. @#$%!& I HATE SHARE!!! Hope this helps. PS. The rumor that MS will send a copy of Win3 when you ask for the free Excel upgrade without Win3 is not true - at least not anymore. I only got two Excel floppies. 8-( -- Marshall L. Buhl, Jr. EMAIL: marshall@seri.gov Senior Computer Missionary VOICE: (303)231-1014 Wind Research Branch 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401-3393 Solar Energy Research Institute Solar - safe energy for a healthy future