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>I have windows 98 installed in a virtual machine running on windows
>vista. I have simple file sharing enabled on windows vista and I have
>the option requiring passwords turned off. My problem is when I am in
>the 98 machine trying to access a shared folder on the vista machine.
>I can access and browse the shared folder, until I select an exe file.
>As soon as I single click on or use the directional keys to highllight
>any exe file, the window freezes for several minutes. I can select or
>open other file types just fine.
>If I try to execute the exe file then after several minutes of waiting
>I get an error message that the file is not a valid win32 application.
>I can copy the same files over to an xp machine and run them from the
>98 machine just fine.
>Ive tried reinstalling windows 98 on virtual pc 2007 and vmware 5.5.
>Ive tried 2 different windows 98 disks.
>
>are there any tricks to get windows 98 and vista to share fileswith
>each other?
Microsoft doesn't support File and Printer Sharing between Vista and
98. That capability wasn't part of Vista's design, coding, or testing.
I've been trying to make Vista/98 sharing work for months, and I've
discussed it with people inside and outside of Microsoft. To the best
of my knowledge, no one has found a way to make it work reliably.
I wish that I had a better answer for you. :-(
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