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For those of you who've been trying to locate Version 2.21 of MSCDEX.EXE, I have good news and [maybe] bad news. The good news is that v2.21 is available in the Microsoft Software Library here on CompuServe. Just GO MSL-1 and search on the keyword MSCDEX. This will pop up MMEXT.EXE which is the self-extracting archive containing MSCDEX.EXE 2.21. The possible bad news is that this version may not work on your system. It sure doesn't work with my MITSUMI internal CD-ROM drive, whereas the MSCDEX v2.20 that came with the drive works faultlessly, from MS-DOS 5.0 (with SETVER.EXE) and from both Windows 3.0 and 3.1. V2.20 works in conventional RAM or loaded high with and without the /E switch. V2.21 doesn't work on my system no matter what I do. Any attempt to access the CD-ROM drive results in an immediate system lock-up requiring a re-boot. It is quite possible that other CD-ROM drives with different drivers may be OK. I'd be interested in hearing any success stories. Tom