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PC Tools Deluxe Version 6
IMPORTANT
New Information
This README file is intended to supplement the manuals.
PC SETUP
========
You need to run PC Setup to install PC Tools because some of the files
are compressed and PC Setup will automatically decompress them.
New Environment Variable
------------------------
PC Setup will install an environment variable, PCTV, in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file if you select an LCD or monochrome monitor during the
install process. The PC Tools Deluxe programs use this variable to set
the appropriate colors on black and white or LCD systems.
PC-CACHE
========
The /WRITE=nn parameter as documented in the manual has been modified
to simplify ease of use. The new values for this parameter are
/WRITE=ON
/WRITE=OFF
/WRITE=ON turns on delayed writing, /WRITE=OFF disables delayed
writing. The default is /WRITE=ON.
PC BACKUP
=========
PC Backup now supports the Tecmar QT-40i tape drive.
This version of PC Backup is NOT compatible with versions of PC Backup
included with PC Tools prior to Version 6. Version 6 uses a newer and
faster compression method.
PC Setup will automatically create a directory called OLDPCT and place
all Version 5.x PC Backup files it encounters into this directory
during the installation of Version 6 files.
If you have a Version 5 backup set, you must use PC Backup Version 5 to
restore it. To do so, simply type the following:
CD \PCTOOLS\OLDPCT
PCBACKUP
Note that if you installed PC Backup to a directory other than
"PCTOOLS", please substitute that name for PCTOOLS in the above
instructions.
Using PC Backup for the First Time
----------------------------------
After you have configured PC Backup for your system, a Backup
Confidence Test is performed which tests your computer for the speed
setting that will give you the best performance and reliability. You
will need a blank or otherwise unimportant floppy disk or tape for the
test.
The Backup Speed Command (Configure Menu)
-----------------------------------------
As described above, PC Backup performs a speed test during the initial
configuration process to determine the best speed for your system. If
you want to run the test again, use the Backup Speed Command in the
Configure menu and select the TEST command button.
Stack Failure
-------------
The default number of stacks set up by DOS 3.x or 4.x may not be
sufficient for some systems that have controllers which support 1-to-1
interleave. If you receive an "Internal Stack Failure" message or if
PC Backup locks up during a backup, restore, or compare, make the
following change to your CONFIG.SYS file:
STACKS=x,128
Use a value for x equal to the number of sectors per track of your hard
disk.
The following table shows some typical values:
Drive Type Sectors per Track
---------- -----------------
MFM 17
RLL 25 or 26
ESDI 34
Backing Up to Tape
------------------
If you are using tape, additional selections appear in the Backup
Method dialog box:
Full/Append to Tape
Full/Erase Tape
The Full/Append to Tape option does a Full backup to a tape immediately
following the last backup on that tape.
The Full/Erase Tape option does a Full backup to a tape at the
beginning of the tape, regardless of any other backups on that tape.
All previous backups made to that tape will be lost.
The tapes created by PC Backup are written in a proprietary format to
provide enhanced speed, compression, and error recovery. You will not
be able to read tapes created by another backup program nor will they
be able to read PC Backup tapes. However, any backup tape made by PC
Backup can be read by PC Backup, even on a different brand tape drive
(with the exception of Irwin brand drives.)
The Backup Confidence test, done during initial configuration of PC
Backup, will totally overwrite any data on the tape you insert for the
test. Be sure it is a blank, formatted tape or one that contains
expendable data.
PC Backup and Compressed Files
------------------------------
PC Backup will back up, but not further compress, already compressed
files with the following extensions:
.ZAP .PAK .ARC .SQZ .SEC
Compare Report
--------------
If the Reporting command (found on the Options menu) is set to send a
backup report to a text file on disk or to a printer, then Compare will
automatically send a report to the same source if it finds any files
that do not compare. If the report is sent to a text file, it is named
COMPARE.RPT.
Print Directory
---------------
This command, found on the Restore menu, allows you to generate a
directory report to a printer or text file from the last disk or tape
of a backup.
Automating PC Backup
--------------------
The Appointment Scheduler in PC Tools Desktop can load and run PC
Backup using a setup file allowing you to schedule a backup to occur at
a predefined time by setting an appointment. This is especially useful
if you want to perform an unattended backup to a PC Backup supported
tape drive using a setup file. For example, if you want to do a full
backup of your hard drive on Friday evening at midnight using the setup
file WEEKLY, you would set the following appointment:
|PCBACKUP.EXE WEEKLY
Be sure Desktop is loaded resident. When the alarm goes off, PC Backup
will be run and your entire hard drive will be backed up to tape. Make
sure that you insert a tape in the drive before leaving work on Friday.
For more details please refer to the Appointment Scheduler chapter in
the Desktop Manager manual.
PCBDIR
------
The manual incorrectly states that PCBDIR will optionally generate a
directory report from the last disk of a backup. If you want to
generate a report from a set of backup disks or tapes, select the
Choose Directories command from the Restore menu. You will be
presented with the Select Directory dialog box that includes an option
to print a directory. Or select the Print Directory command from the
Restore menu.
PC SECURE
=========
Version 5.x of PC Secure cannot decrypt files made using Version 6.
However, Version 6 can decrypt files encrypted with Version 5.x.
You may encrypt a file multiple times, but you must decrypt the same
number of times in reverse order.
Command line options for PC Secure:
----------------------------------
/P: if you press the Escape key, it aborts the current password and
allows you to type another. You may use Escape multiple times. If you
make a mistake in typing, you may use Escape to start over or Backspace
to delete one character at a time. Pressing Enter accepts the
keystrokes to that point.
/K: doesn't prompt you to enter your key. If you press the Spacebar or
Enter immediately after typing /K, you do not have a valid key.
If you encrypt a file from the command line, it is encrypted without
the benefit of a master key.
DISKFIX
=======
If you choose to send a report to a file, that file is saved in the
directory from which Diskfix was run.
PC SHELL
========
Clear File Command
------------------
The Clean file command documented in the manual has been renamed Clear
File. This command deletes the selected file(s) and writes the same
byte pattern in every cluster that occupied the file, thus removing any
of the data contained in the file. When the command is selected it
presents you with a dialog box which allows you to select the byte that
will be written and the number of times that the file will be written.
If you select the U.S. Government Standard option, the clusters
contained in the file will be written multiple times with a predefined
pattern.
Quick Run Command
-----------------
The Quick Run command is available on the Options pull-down menu only
when you are running PC Shell in non-resident mode. If you are running
PC Shell memory resident, this command will not appear on the menu.
Choosing Quick Run toggles this setting on or off. When ON (the
default setting), the word "ON" will appear to the right of the
command. Applications in the Applications menu have independent Quick
Run control on an application-by-application basis.
The Quick Run command works as follows: When ON, PC Shell does not
free up memory prior to running an application from the DOS Command
Line or by double-clicking or pressing CTRL-ENTER on a file name not
associated with an application in the Applications menu, such as an
.EXE, .COM, or .BAT file. Memory is freed when you leave PC Shell with
the Exit command.
PC Shell takes about 208K of memory when active as a DOS shell. As
long as the programs you are running do not need all available memory,
the Quick Run command allows programs executed in this manner to be
started much faster since no memory swapping takes place prior to
running them. If your programs do not run or you do not have enough
memory to load a large data file, choose the Quick Run command to turn
it OFF. The memory is then freed prior to running your application.
There will be a slight pause before it is run, but nearly all of your
computer's memory will be available to the program.
Hide Windows Command
--------------------
The Hide Windows command doesn't automatically display the DOS Command
Line as documented in the manual. If the DOS command is on, it will
stay on, but if you did not have it turned on, PC Shell will not
automatically turn it on when you hide windows.
The Short Cut Keys Line will be turned off if you have it on as some of
its functions are not available when windows are hidden.
LapLink Quick Connect
--------------------
The name of the LapLink Quick Connect program that runs on the server,
or Laptop machine, has been changed from LL, as stated in the manual,
to LLS.
Shift-Function Key
------------------
Pressing the Shift key along with a function key will perform the
specified function on the file the highlight bar is on. Without the
Shift key, the function is performed on all selected files. For
example, if you have several files selected in the File List Window,
but want to Quick View only the highlighted file, press the Shift key
along with the F2 key and the file the highlight bar is on will be
displayed.
Hotkeying in PC Shell
---------------------
An additional file is created by PC Shell called PCSHELL.RMG when you
hotkey into PC Shell from another application, then run an application
from Shell. The PCSHELL.RMG file contains a memory image of the first
application.
Resizing the Windows to the Default Size
----------------------------------------
If at any time you want to resize the Tree and File List to their
default sizes press Del. For example, you may have resized the Tree
and/or File List and now you want to return them back to their default
size.
Application List Only Mode
--------------------------
If you are running an application from the Application List Only mode,
the 'Run With Selected File' and 'Keystrokes' options will be ignored
since there are no selected files.
Viewing Files
-------------
Pressing the F9 key or clicking on the NextFile command will view the
next selected file if there is one. If no files are selected, it will
view the next file in the file list. If you are viewing the last file
in the directory, it will stay on that file.
Pressing the Shift key in a viewer shows an alternate set of functions.
PC TOOLS DESKTOP
================
Databases
---------
When you edit field names in a Database the edited field name in
brackets in your current form file is automatically adjusted to reflect
the changed field names. Databases will also automatically create a
new default form file called NEW.FOR which contains the changed field
names.
Modem Telecommunications
------------------------
The Read CompuServe Mail script does not create a 'TODAYS.CIS' file as
indicated in the manual. This option will place you in CompuServe's
EasyPlex mail service where you can read your mail using CompuServe's
own menus.
The CPS BBS script does not have options for reading or sending E-mail
as indicated in the manual. After log on, you will be placed at the
BBS's own menu.
There is now an option to send telexes using the installed EasyLink
service.
Running PC Shell and PC Tools Desktop with Desqview
===================================================
Use the following procedures to install PC Tools Desktop and PC Shell
into Desqview.
First select Desqview's "open Window" menu, then select "Add a
Program", then press "O" for "Other (Add Program Not in List)".
Desqview will then prompt you for the path in which it can find PC
Tools Desktop, for example C:\PCTOOLS. After entering the path
Desqview will display the following menu. Set the Parameters to the
values shown. Note: Paths shown are for drive C, your path may be
different:
Specify Program Information
Program Name ...........: PC Tools Desktop
Keys to Use on Open Menu: DT Memory Size (in K): 350
Program...: C:\PCTOOLS\DESKTOP.EXE
Parameters:
Directory.: C:\PCTOOLS
Options:
Writes text directly to screen.......: Y
Displays graphics information........: N
Virtualize text/graphics (Y,N,T).....: Y
Uses serial ports (Y,N,1,2)..........: N
Requires floppy diskette.............: N
Press F1 for advanced options
Press F1 to go into the advanced Desqview options, and set the advanced
options to the values shown:
Specify Program Information Advanced Options
System Memory (in K)...: 0 Maximum Program Memory Size (in K)...:
Script Buffer Size.....: 1000 Maximum Expanded Memory Size (in K)..:
Text Pages: 1 Graphics Pages: 0 Initial Mode: Interrupts: 00 to FF
Window Position:
Maximum Height: 25 Starting Height: 25 Starting Row...: 0
Maximum Width.: 80 Starting Width.: 80 Starting Column: 0
Shared Program
Pathname...:
Data.......:
Close on exit (Y,N,blank)......: Y Uses its own colors............: Y
Allow Close Window Command.....: Y Runs in Background (Y,N,blank).: N
Uses math coprocessor..........: N Keyboard conflict (0-4)........: 0
Share CPU when foreground......: Y Share EGA when
foreground/zoomed..: Y
Can be swapped out (Y,N,blank).: N Protection level (0-3).........: 0
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To set PC Shell up to run with Desqview follow the same procedures used
for PC Tools Desktop and use the following settings:
Specify Program Information
Program Name ...........: PC Shell
Keys to Use on Open Menu: SC Memory Size (in K): 250
Program...: C:\PCTools\PCShell.exe
Parameters:
Directory.: \PCTools
Options:
Writes text directly to screen.......: Y
Displays graphics information........: N
Virtualize text/graphics (Y,N,T).....: Y
Uses serial ports (Y,N,1,2)..........: N
Requires floppy diskette.............: N
Press F1 for advanced options
Press F1 to go into Desqview Advanced options, set the values to the
same as you used for Desktop.
Note: Do not run PC Shell or Desktop resident from inside Desqview as
Desqview uses memory mapping techniques which PC Tools does not
support.
If you have any questions please call our Technical Support Department
at (503) 690-8080. We hope you enjoy using the product!