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- SMASH100.EXE is not shareware or freeware. By purchasing
- this CDROM, you have been granted a license to use the
- program with this disk. This software is provided
- on an "AS-IS" basis. Softkey will not make any
- warranties or have any liabliity as to the software's
- operation or the results it produces or fails to produce.
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-
-
- I.Installation Problems.
- (All references to C: refer to the drive where windows
- is installed. D: refers to your CDROM drive)
-
-
- 1) SMASH100 is written using Microsoft(R) Visual Basic(tm) v3.0.
- Microsoft(R) and other Visual Basic(tm) custom control (VBX) makers
- insist that to preserve the license of these controls
- they be installed in the Windows\System directory. Many
- shareware or other programs do not follow these guidelines
- and hence are in violation of the distribution agreements for
- these controls. In addition, they cause problems for those
- who do follow the rules. In order to maintain the license
- agreement, SMASH100 installs the Visual Basic controls from
- each of the programs included on this CD ROM to the
- Windows\System directory during the setup of SMASH100.
-
- If during installation or operation of the SMASH100 program
- you encounter "cannot copy", "Invalid property", or "Invalid
- file format" messages or any other problems, please perform
- the following steps.
-
- 1. Exit Windows
- 2. At the DOS prompt enter the following commands:
-
- copy c:\windows\*.vbx c:\windows\system
- erase c:\windows\*.vbx
-
- 3. (optional) type: dir c:\*.vbx /s /p
- Locate all vbx files and copy them to the windows\system
- directory then delete them from the original location.
-
- 4. Restart windows and reinstall the Softkey 100 Smash Windows
- Games CDROM by choosing
- file/run from Program Manager or File Manager and type d:\setup
-
- In addition, some programs copy VBRUN300.DLL and other VBX files to
- other areas besides Windows\System directory. It is advisable to
- search your entire machine for VBRUN300.DLL and delete any occurance not
- in your windows\system directory before installing Softkey 100 Smash
- Windows Games.
-
- This can be done by using the FileManager's search under File\Search.
-
-
- 2) In the unlikely event that the setup routine fails, manual installation
- can be done by the following instructions: [Remember, this is ONLY as
- a last resort, and should not be done until ALL other options have
- been tried and have failed.]
-
-
- 1. EXIT WINDOWS
-
- 2. At the dos prompt ( C:\> ) type:
-
- C:\> CD \
- C:\> MD \SMASH100
- C:\> COPY D:\SMASH100\*.* C:\SMASH100
- C:\> COPY D:\SMASH100\SYSTEM\*.* C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
- C:\> COPY D:\SMASH100\SMASH100.INI C:\WINDOWS
- C:\> COPY D:\SMASH100\SMASH100.HLP C:\WINDOWS
-
- 3. If your CDROM drive is not "D:" then edit the SMASH100.INI and
- change the line "Path=D:\" replacing D: with your drive
- i.e. "Path=E:\"
-
- C:\> EDIT C:\WINDOWS\SMASH100.INI
-
- 4. Restart Windows and create a Smash 100 group and
- icon in Progam
- Manager by following the instructions below:
-
- 1. From the Program Manager menu, select File then New
- 2. Select Program Group option and click Ok.
- 3. In the Group Name type: Smash 100
- 4. Click Ok to create the group.
- 5. From the Program Manager menu, select File then New
- 6. Select Program Item option and click Ok.
- 7. In Description, type: Softkey 100 Smash Windows Games
- 8. In Command Line, type: C:\SMASH100\SMASH100.EXE
- 9. In Working Directory, type: C:\SMASH100
- 10. Click OK to create the Icon.
-
- 5. If you have further problems, please read the notes above.
-
- 3) DISK SPACE - SMASH100 takes up less than 1 megabyte of hard disk when
- installed on your computer. During installation, Setup.exe copies
- about 500K of files to a temporary directory. These files are
- required to install SMASH100 but are deleted after the setup is
- finished. It can require 2.5 megabytes to install. If you get the
- message that you do not have enough free space to install SMASH100,
- move some files to a floppy or decrease the size of your swap file
- until you have completed the installation then you can put them back.
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- II. Sample SMASH100.INI file
-
- [Content]
- file=c:\smash100\smash100.lst <= where the SMASH100 data file is
- path=d:\ <= where the stuff on the CD is
-
- [Machine]
- Home=c:\smash100 <= where SMASH100 is installed
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- III. Technical Support
-
- If after reading this file and trying these things you still have problems,
- call Support Solutions at (900) 555-7827.