MULTILAUNCH (VERSION 1.00) 
Copyright (c) 1995 Ziff Davis Publishing Company
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MULTILAUNCH by             First Published May 28, 1996
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ABOUT MULTILAUNCH
                  MultiLaunch lets you associate more than one 
application with a file extension. It is a Windows 95 shell extension 
that you access through a file's context menu-the menu that pops up 
when you right-click on its icon. MultiLaunch adds a section to the 
context menu that lists programs you can use to load the document. 
It also adds a page to every file's property sheet that lets you 
configure the list of programs to use with this type of file.

USAGE
      Since MultiLaunch is a shell extension, it is in the form of a 
dynamic link library rather than an executable, and it must be 
"registered" in the Windows 95 Registry. The MultiLaunch setup program
contains the DLL in compressed form and does the registration for you. 
When you run SETUP.EXE, the installation program will ask you where you
want to install the MultiLaunch DLL (MLAUNCH.DLL). The default location
is your Windows system directory, but you can store the DLL anywhere you
like. Select the location, click OK, and you're ready to run.

To add multiple file associations for a given file type, right-click on
a file icon of that type and select the Properties menu item at the 
bottom of the context menu. This will bring up the Properties dialog 
box. In addition to the ubiquitous General tab, which provides you with
standard file information such as the size and creation date, you will 
see a MultiLaunch tab. Click on this tab to bring up the MultiLaunch
association page. When you add an association to a file's context menu,
the association applies to all files with the same extension.

You can use the Add and Delete buttons to add and remove applications 
that are associated with this file type. Click the Add button and you 
will get a standard Windows 95 Open dialog box that you can use to 
browse for applications. When you have finished making associations, 
click OK, and you're ready to launch.

If you want to remove MultiLaunch from your system, use the Unregister
MultiLaunch utility that comes with MultiLaunch (UNREGML.EXE). This will
safely remove all the MultiLaunch keys from your Registry. After running
UNREGML.EXE, you must reboot Windows 95 before you can delete the 
MLAUNCH.DLL file.

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John Lam is the director of software development for Continuum Research,
a company that specializes in creating OLE- and OCX-based tools for
developers.
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