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VF for Windows 95 v1.01 by Gisle Bjoerneseth
(Registration:$10 or NKr.50, see below for details)
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VF will make your day a little bit easier. Instead of filling your
desktop with loads of windows while you're looking for a specific
folder, just run VF and the folder magically appears, instantly.
VF for windows is easy to use, just follow the online directions.
Remember you must scan your'e drives in order for VF to work.
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Installing:
Just copy the executable (vfwin.exe) into your windows directory or
somewhere else in your dos path ,and create a shortcut to it wherever
you want. Preferrably on your desktop for easy access. Giving it a
shorcut key-combination will also speed things up. VFwin will leave
two files in your Windows directory.The first is VFWIN.DAT which is
the file containing the directory structure of your disks, the other is a
small file named VFWIN.INI. To uninstall VFwin, just delete these three
files: vfwin.exe, vfwin.dat and vfwin.ini.
VF does NOT change anything in your registry or configuration files.
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Opening an folder:
Type in the folder name, or part of the foldername in the textbox,
and press start. This will open the first folder found in the .DAT
file with that name. If you have several folders with similar names,
just press start again, and you'll open the next folder with that
name found in the .DAT file, and so on..
Typing enough of the foldername to make it unique, makes access
faster.
Note that VF uses the real-names of the folders, not the long
filenames, ex: 'MyGamesFolder' is really 'mygame~1'.
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Finding files or folders:
Select the 'Find File' radiobutton, and type in the name of the file
you are looking for and press start. You can use wildcards such as
myfile*.*. You will then be presented with a new window containg all
the files found matching the search string. By double clicking the
desired file or foldername, you can either open the folder where the
file is located, run the file with Win95's associated viewer, or both.
If it is a text file (*.txt), the default viewer will probably be notepad,
and the file will be opened with it. If it is an .exe file, Win95 will
react by running the program, etc .... If there is no associated
viewer configured, nothing at all will happen.
Note that the file find-option uses VFWIN.DAT.
Also note that VF will find every single file on your system, regard-
less of attributes. Which means if you enter '*.*' as the filemask,
you'll end up with ALL you files, including drive labels, the '.' and
'..' directories, in short EVERYTHING.
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Total free space:
By checking the radiobutton marked 'Total free space', VF will
report back the total amount of free space on all your drives.
Removable and network drives will not be reported.
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Scanning your disks:
To scan directory structures of your disk, select the desired
method and press start. Use 'Scan drives except' if you have
drives you're not interested in using with VF, Ex: your CDROM.
Scanning your disks will leave a datafile named VFWIN.DAT in
your windows directory. I found it practical and much faster to
use a datafile instead of scanning the disks every single time
I wanted to open a folder. Besides, in these days quite a few
Windows users have a multi drive system, and searching who
knows how many drives each time for a folder, would take ages.
That's why the .DAT file.
You can use multiple drive letters in the 'Scan all drives except'
option. The order of the drive letter is not important.
In the 'Scan drive and append you can only enter one drive letter.
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Other Commands:
The other commands feature is disabled in the unregistered version.
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Registration info:
This Utility is shareware, and written by Gisle Bjoerneseth 1995.
Address: Svartskaervn 10., 6017 AALESUND, NORWAY.
Internet mail: sting@mix.hive.no
http://mix.hive.no/~sting
The latest version of both VF for Windows 95 and VF for dos,
can always be found at my web page http://mix.hive.no/~sting.
To register please send $10 or NKr.50 to me on above address.
Add $2 (NKr. 10) for diskette and mailing costs if you want it by
mail. The alternative is to receive it through e-mail.
You will then receive the REGISTERED latest version, with some
new functions implemented, along with the latest unregistered
version of VF for Dos.
Please support by registering your versions of VF.
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