QuickRun v1.43 Shareware Version Copyright ©1996-1997 Partridge Software All Right Reserved Partridge Software 536 Fairhaven Street Deltona, FL 32725 josephp@totcon.com http://www.partridgesoft.com Written by Joseph Partridge SUMMARY Provides a quick way of accessing commonly used applications by placing an icon in the system tray, that when clicked, displays a menu of those applications. Easily customizable. REQUIREMENTS Requires Windows 95 or NT 4.0. INSTALLATION 1. Extract the archive using a decompression utility (PKZIP or WinZip). 2. Start QUICKRUN.EXE. REGISTRATION Registration is $10 (US dollars). The registration fee has been raised from 8 dollars to 10 dollars due to processing fees and updates to the program. To register, send $10 (check or money order), along with your name, address, and e-mail address, to: Joseph Partridge 536 Fairhaven Street Deltona, FL 32725 You will be sent a registration code that will convert the shareware version of QuickRun into a registered version. Your registration code will be sent to you via e-mail. Registration codes will no longer be sent via postal mail. If you don't have an e-mail address, you can get one from several of the free e-mail services available on the Internet. Listed below are just a few of those services. HoTMaiL http://www.hotmail.com Juno http://www.juno.com RocketMail http://www.rocketmail.com NetAddress http://www.netaddress.com GeoCities http://www.geocities.com If you provided a fax number, your registration code will be sent via fax. Listed below are the steps to convert the shareware version into a registered version. 1) Run QuickRun. When the About box is displayed, click on the Register button. 2) Enter the Name and Code in the registration dialog EXACTLY as shown in the information sent to you. 3) Click the OK button to complete the registration process. RESTRICTIONS The Hover Mode option is only available in the registered version of QuickRun. HISTORY 1.43 Increased the speed at which the QuickRun menu appears when the icon is clicked. Also corrected a bug that caused the filename to become garbled after a Browse. 1.42 Arguments can now be placed on the command line and the program name is now put in quotes after a Browse. 1.41 Fixed a bug that caused the list box in the Programs tab of the Customize dialog to flicker when items were moved or added. Changed the QuickRun icon not to display tooltips when it is in Hover mode. Also added support for accelerators in the menu with the ampersand. 1.4 Separators can now be added to the menu and the order of the programs can be changed. Added information to the help file on how to use QuickRun. Also changed the look of the menu and fixed a bug that caused the menu icons to overlap. 1.3 Added an option for having the menu items sorted or unsorted. Fixed a bug that caused the icons to disappear when a file could not be found. Also fixed a bug that caused some registration codes to be invalid. 1.2 Fixed a bug in the Customize Quickrun Dialog. 1.1 The program can now run .LNK(Win95 Shortcut) files, and several other interface changes. 1.01 Fixed a bug that caused the program names to be sorted incorrectly. 1.0 Program Release