The Ultimate Game Collection 


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ERRORS

If you receive the following error:

"Another VB application running..."

Please close the The Ultimate Game Collection menu and any other program written in Visual Basic
then you can run that particular game


Running The Ultimate Game Collection

For 32-bit setup program (under Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0):
Ultimate Windows Collections is "Autoplay" enabled. Therefore, 
it will run automatically after you inserted the CD into your CD-ROM drive. 
If it did not run automatically (probably auto insert notification is off for your CD-ROM drive),
click on the "START" button and the "RUN" menu item. Then, please type "d:\ultimate.exe"
where "d" is your CD-ROM drive.
For 16-bit setup program (under Windows 3.1)
Click the "FILE" menu and "RUN" menu item in the Program Manager. In the "RUN" dialog box,
 enter "d:\setup31.exe" where "d" is your CD-ROM drive.


The Main Window
1) Applications categories
2) Applications under the current category
3) The current application description
4) Execute the current application. Available only if the application can be run directly
5) Copy the current application to hard drive. Available only if the application does not have
an installation program.
6) Execute the installation program of the current selected application.
7) View the information of the current selected program.
8) About the Ultimate Game Collection
9) Show this file
10) Quit the Ultimate Game Collection


The Select Folder dialog box will pop up if you clicked the "COPY" button in the main window.

1) Destination location where the application will be copied to.
2) Create icon in the Program Manager for Windows 3.1 or in the Program menu for Windows 95 or 
Windows NT 4.0
3) The program group name where the icon should be created in.
4) Start copying
5) Cancel copying


How to backup files:

    Before editing any system files, it is always a good idea to backup files.  This is so that
 if anything goes wrong with your system as a result of the changes you make, you can simply
 restore the file.  To backup your system.ini file (the first file you need to make changes to),
do the following:
1)  Go to a DOS prompt.
2)  Type in "cd\" (without the quotations) and hit Enter.
3)  Type in "cd windows" and hit Enter.  You should get the c:\windows> prompt.
  
4)  Type in "copy system.ini c:\windows\system.bku" and hit Enter.  You will now have a new file,
 system.bku, in your windows directory.  It's contents will be exactly the same as your
 system.ini file.  With this file backed up, it is now safe to edit your system.ini file.
	       
To edit your system.ini file, do the following:
1)  Go to a DOS prompt.
2)  Type in "cd\" and hit Enter. 
3)  Type in "cd windows" and hit Enter. 
4)  Type in "edit system.ini" and hit Enter.  
  	       You should now get a blue screen with writing on it.  
5)  Notice how this file is divided up into different sections, with the headings of the various
sections being in square brackets ( ie [ ] ).  Scroll down this file ( you can use the down
arrow key on your keyboard ) and see if you can find a section with the heading: [386Enh].
If you find this heading, look through this section carefully and see if it has a line that
says: Device=vshare.386  If this line is missing, add the line to the beginning of this section
of the system.ini file (right under the [386Enh] heading).   
Now save the file by hitting Alt-F and choosing Save.  Then exit the file by hitting Alt-F and
choosing Exit.  Reboot your system and try The Ultimate Game Collection once more.  If you are 
still getting the same error message, go to Step 6.
6)  Open your system.ini file again, following steps 1 to 4 above.  Go to the [386Enh]
section of the file again.  Look through this section of the file again to see if it has a
line that says: Device=*vshare  If this line is missing, add the line to this section of the
system, under the line that says device=vshare.386.  Now save the file again.  Exit the file.
Restart the computer and try The Ultimate Game Collection.  If it still is not working, go to
Step 7.
7)  Go to a DOS prompt.
8)  Type in "cd\" and hit Enter.
9)  Type in "copy autoexec.bat c:\autoexec.bku" and hit Enter.  This will backup your
autoexec.bat file.
10)  Type in "edit autoexec.bat" and hit Enter.  You should now get a blue screen with writing
on it.
11)  Look for a line that has the word "share" in it.  If you do not see it, add the following
new line to your autoexec.bat file: c:\dos\share.exe /L:500  Once this line has been added, save
the file and then exit the file.
12)  Reboot your system and try the The Ultimate Game Collection again.  It should now work.

If you are having problems with your system as a result of the changes you made and want to
restore your original system files, do the following:  To restore your system.ini file:
1)  Go to a DOS prompt.
2)  Type in "cd\" and hit Enter.
3)  Type in "cd windows" and hit Enter.
4)  Type in "copy system.bku c:\windows\system.ini" and hit Enter.  If you are prompted to
Overwrite, choose "y" for yes.  Your original system.ini file will be restored and you can
reboot your system.

To restore your autoexec.bat file:
1)  Go to a DOS prompt.
2)  Type in "cd\" and hit Enter.
3)  Type in "copy autoexec.bku c:\autoexec.bat" and hit Enter.  If you are prompted to
Overwrite, choose "y" for yes.  Your original autoexec.bat file will be restored and you can
reboot your system.

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