The file, taskmanr.exe, is provided as a optional replacement for the
taskman.exe supplied with Micorosoft Windows 3.0.

Microsoft's taskman.exe file is responsible for displaying the Task List
when you either double-click the screen background, type CTRL-ESC, or
select the Switch To... menu item.

Command Post's replacement will simply bring up Command Post when any of
the above actions are taken.

As Command Post has a built-in task list (in the system menu, along with
the Restore, Maximize, Minimize stuff), many people prefer to use
Command Post's replacement.  (One neat thing about having the task list
in the system menu is that simply clicking on the Command Post icon will
bring up the task list.

To replace Microsoft's taskman.exe with the Command Post version...


1) In the Windows directory, rename taskman.exe to taskmang.exe
2) Copy taskmanr.exe to the Command Post installation directory...and
   then rename it to taskman.exe.


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It is also possible to make Command Post the primary shell in Windows 3.0
If you wish to replace the Program Manager completely with Command Post...

1) In the Windows directory, edit the SYSTEM.INI file.
2) Just a few lines down from the top, you will find a line that reads...

      shell=progman.exe

3) Change that line to read...

     xshell=progman.exe

4) And add a new line that looks like

     shell=cmdpost.exe

5) So when you are done, the it looks like

     xshell=progman.exe
     shell=cmdpost.exe

You do not *really* need the xshell=progman.exe line, but if on some
far distant date, you need to use the Program Manager as the shell for
some obscure reason, then you can edit the SYSTEM.INI file to make it
look like....

      shell=progman.exe
      xshell=cmdpost.exe