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Start Menu Changer'97 Readme file.
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ATTENTION!: If your Windows 95 version is not United States (US), Pan
European (PE), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish,
Portuguese, Russian or Swedish DON`T RUN this program.
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This program is SHAREWARE. It is provided "AS IS". The authors takes no
responsibility for any damage caused by this program. You can copy it as many
times as you like. Give it to anyone as long as all the files in the
distribution are included and no changes are made to any files. If you like it
you can register it.
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The files which should be included:
Setup.exe - The installation.
StartMC.ex_ - The program.
Remove.ex_ - The uninstallation.
Readme.txt - The program information. (This file).
Readme.fra - French translation of this Readme file.
Sharewre.txt - The concept of Shareware.
History.txt - Start Menu Changer history.
File_id.diz - Small program description.
Alexey\Icon16.ic_ - Cool Mac icon (Size 16x16 with 16 colors)
Alexey\Index.sm_ - index file with options
Alexey\Logo.bm_ - My Win98 logo, height = 100
Win98\Icon16.ic_
Win98\Index.sm_
Win98\Logo.bm_
Sample\Icon10.ic_ - Icon sample (Size 10x10 with 16 colors)
Sample\Icon12.ic_ - 12x12
Sample\Icon14.ic_ - 14x14
Sample\Icon16.ic_ - 16x16
Sample\Icon22.ic_ - 22x22
Sample\Icon32.ic_ - 32x32
Sample\Index.sm_ - Index file with all allowed options
Sample\Logo.bm_ - Logo sample, height = 76
Q: How to register the software?
A: 1. Send cash by mail in your own currency (no coins) for a value of $5 USD.
Also include your own email adress so that I'll know where to send the
registration code. When I recieve your payment , you will recieve (only by
email) your registration password.
Alexey Vasilyev
Poruka 13-68
Ventspils
Latvia, LV 3600
2. You can try to send money by using credit card and after that send me
email.
Alexey Vasilyev 016716445 Unibank of Latvia SWIFT - UNLALV2X
Q: What is the icons limit?
A: The Start button size has to be 10x10, 12x12, 14x14, 16x16, 22x22 or 32x32
with 16 colors. By default, Windows 95 uses 16x16 icon. You can change this
by resizing active title bar (click right mouse button on desktop, select
properties/appearence).
Q: What does Start Menu Changer modify and how to remove changing?
A: Start Menu Changer modifies Explorer.exe and User.exe files.
Backup files are stored as Explorer.sav in your Windows directory and
User.sav in your Windows system directory. It also modifies registry.
To restore your original files press button Restore.
To enable your changes you have to restart your Windows 95.
Q: I have trouble with starting Windows 95.
A: If you have problems with starting Windows 95 or restoring your orgiginal
settings, boot into command line and copy these *.sav files to *.exe files.
If you still have problems then extract Explorer.exe and User.exe from your
Windows 95 installation.
( For example: EXTRACT /A /L C:\TEMP WIN95_02.CAB EXPLORER.EXE
USER.EXE )
Q: How can I change start menu vertical logo?
A: First of all, you have to create bitmap file (21x130 with 16 colors). Run
Windows Paint, choose size 21x130, draw what you like and then save
picture as 16 colors bitmap file. Then you can run Start Menu Changer
and there press 'Load logo' button to load picture. Anyway, after
rebooting your vertical logo size will be small. To correct this problem
you have to compress your picture file in RLE compression. Windows Paint
doesn't support RLE compression, so choose another graphic editor,
for example, Paint Shop Pro ( http://www.jasc.com/psp.html ). The best
program that compress BMP I've seen is Borland Resource Workshop.
Q: My vertical logo is cuted and after it are some incorrect colors.
A: To correct colors run Start Menu Changer and there decrease logo height.
Anyway, there always will be cuted logo because Start Menu Changer rewrites
exisitng logo in Explorer.exe file with existing size.
Q: How can I create my own Theme Pack?
A: First of all, see Sample Theme Pack. Index.smc is ini-type file so you can
easly modify it in Windows Notepad. If any ICON or BMP file (or sections in
index.smc) isn't included in your theme then this picture (or options) will
not be changed in Windows.
NOTE: Unchecked Run, Find, Settings and Shutdown will not appear in
Explorer at all until you'll again check them in Start Menu Changer'97.
This happens because Start Menu Changer'97 also modifies registry.
KNOWN BUGS: -> In Russian version is not removing Run from start menu
(Microsoft's bug).
-> Doesn't determine PE version because Explorer.exe file is the
same as in US version, anyway, check PE version if you are using it.
-> Dosn't support IE 4.0 shell integration. 'Read beyond end of
file' message occurs.
If you have any suggestions or any questions contact me or if you have cool
Theme Packs for Start Menu Changer send them to me with ,if you have, link to
your page where these Themes pack will be located.
Email -------------------------> servent@apollo.lv
Home page ------------------> http://www.halyava.ru/aaalexey
Start Menu Changer page -> http://www.halyava.ru/aaalexey/StartMenu.html