Garbage Can
File Garbage Can

 A Windows program by Denam Systems to delete those sensitive file

 The following is a list of available topics:

 General

 Program Menu


Exit
This menu option allows you to quit the program.


Help! Menu Selection
The Help! top line menu selection takes you to this help file.


Denam Systems
Denam Systems is the one that brought you this program.

 We would be more than willing to custom design a program for you.  Contact us for details.


Freeware
Freeware is software that the author is giving away.  It doesn't cost you anything.  "Garbage Can" is NOT Freeware.


Commercial software
Commercial software is the high priced stuff but not necessary high powered . Sometimes it fits your needs and sometimes it doesn't.  Most of the time, you don't get a chance to take it for a test drive before you plunk down your bucks.


General

 Introduction

 Basics

 Archived File

 Boot Time

 Hotkeys

 Disclaimer

 Upgrades

 Newest Version Of Garbage Can

 Contacting Us Through EMail

 Garbage Can Registration


Garbage Can Registration

 Registering By Mail

 Registering Through CompuServe


Program Menu

 File

 Delete

 Exit

 Options

 Comfirm Delete

 Start As Icon

 Security Level

 Info

 About

 Shareware

 Caveat Emptor

 Help!


Hotkeys

 Hotkeys (Accerlerator Keys) are shortcuts to the normal menu functions.  They allow you to enter a 1 or 2 keystroke combination that takes you directly to a "Garbage Can" function.  The following hotkeys are defined:

 	F1 	Brings up this help file.

 	F3 	Delete

 	Alt+X 	Exit


Delete

 When you select the "Delete" menu option, a file selection dialog box appears.  From the dialog box, you can select the file you want to delete.

 Pressing the [image] button will delete the file.

 Pressing the [image] button will cancel the process.


Caveat Emptor

 The Caveat Emptor (Let the buyer beware) menu selection appears only if you are NOT using the "Program Manager'"shell program (progman.exe) that Microsoft supplies with the Windows system.

 Your installed shell program provides the base that the rest of your Windows applications operate from.  You can change to other shell programs but if they are not 100% compatible, they may cause strange things to happen to other applications.

 You can tell what shell program is being used by looking at your SYSTEM.INI file.  For example, if you are using Microsoft's "Program Manager", you will find the line:

 	shell=progman.exe

 We have made "Garbage Can" compatible with the Microsoft "Program Manager".  If you are using an alternate shell program and experience a problem with "Garbage Can", please drop us a line, describing the problem and your setup.  We may be able develop a solution.


Start As Icon

 When this option is active (indicated by a checkmark in the menu) "Garbage Can" will run in the minimized (icon) form each time it starts.


About

 This provides general information about the program, such as, production date, and copyright information.


Security Level

 The 'Security Level' indicates what type of function will be used to delete your files.  The levels available are:

 Confidential - This is the lowest level of security but the fastest acting.  Your file will be deleted as if you used the DOS "Erase" command.  Your file and its data may be recoverable using the DOS "Undelete" command.

 Secret - This has a medium level of security and speed.  Any data in the deleted file is guaranteed NOT to be recoverable.  The file name may be recoverable using the DOS "Undelete" command.

 Top Secret - This is the highest level of security and the slowest speed.  Any data in the deleted file is guaranteed NOT to be recoverable.  The file name and file creation date are also scrambled.  While the DOS "Undelete" command may determine that something once existed, there will be nothing worth looking at.


Confirm Delete

 When the "Confirm Delete" option is active (indicated by a check mark in the menu), you will be asked to confirm that you want to delete each file, before it is actually deleted.  When inactive, each file is deleted without confirmation.


Basics

 When you save a file on a disk, the data is place in a location, on the disk, called a "track".  The operating system then saves the "track's'" location in the FAT (File Allocation Table).  When you ask for the disk's directory, the operating system looks for the filename in the FAT,  so its knows which "track" to read.

 When you use the ordinary DOS or Windows file delete feature, the operating system marks the filename in the FAT as being unused but it does nothing with the data in the "track".  The data in the "track" remains intact until some other data happens to overwrite it.

 There are many freeware , shareware , and commercial disk scanner programs then allow the user to directly read the "tracks", while bypassing the FAT.  You can just imagine how embarrassing or bothersome it could be, if some of your so called, 'deleted data'  was being viewed by the outside world.

 Assuming you are using the "Secret" or "Top Secret" Security Level option, "Garbage Can" is guaranteed to make your data completely unrecoverable.  Someone may be able to recover (using the "Undelete" DOS program) the filename but the data in the file is gone forever.


Shareware

 This informs you that this program is Shareware and provides information on ordering the program.


Testing
Testing The Program

 You can test "Garbage Can" without having access to a disk scanner program.

 Create a text file using the Windows "Notepad" program.  Enter a couple of lines of text and save the file.  Now delete the file using the Windows "File Manager" or the DOS "delete" command.

 Now use the DOS "undelete" command to recover the deleted file.  Reload the file into the "Notepad"  program.  You will find that the text you entered is still present.

 Again, delete the file but this time, use "Garbage Can".  Make sure the "Secret" or "Top Secret" Security Level option is active.  Now use the DOS "Undelete" to recover the filename.  When you reload the file into the "Notepad" program, you will find that the text lines you entered, are gone.  This action works on ANY type of file.


Introduction

 "File Garbage Can" is an application for Microsoft's Windows 3.x. It provides a way to make sure the files you delete are truely gone.  It is marketed as Shareware so you get a chance to evaluate its usefulness before purchasing it.


Archived File

 The "Garbage Can" archived file (GCxxxx.ZIP) contains several files.  Most of them are self-explanatory but 3 of them could use some additonal explanation.

 GARBAGE0.EXE This is your basic "Garbage Can" program.  It is designed to operate in either Windows 3.0 or Windows 3.1.

 GARBAGE1.EXE This is the extended version of "Garbage Can".  It is designed to take advantage of Windows 3.1 "Drag & Drop" feature.  You can drag files from the Windows "File Manager" program and drop them into the "Garbage Can" program.

 BWCC.DLL This is Borland's DLL (Dynamic Link Library) that gives you the fancy looking "Chiseled Steel" dialog boxes.  You can install this file in your WINDOWS SYSTEM directory where it can be found by all programs that use this DLL.


Windows StartUp Folder

 In Windows 3.1, you can place a program in a folder called 'StartUp'.  Any program in this folder is automatically run each time the Windows system is started.


Boot Time

 You can run the "Garbage Can" program every time Windows is activated by including that information in your WIN.INI file.  To do this, edit the WIN.INI file with a text editing program (do not use a word processing program that will not save a file as an ASCII file).

 Load the WIN.INI file and look for the 'Windows' section.  In the 'Windows' section, add the following line :

   run=garbage1.exe

 Now the WIN.INI file will contain these two lines (plus a lot more lines).

   [Windows]

   run=garbage1.exe

 After doing this, "Garbage Can" will automatically run each time Windows is activated.

 For those of you that are using Windows 3.1, you can drop the "Garbage Can" program into the ' StartUp ' folder.  This eliminates the process discussed above.


Shareware Info

 This program is distributed as Shareware. This is a simple concept.  Basically, we retain all rights to the software under the Copyright laws but allow distribution to your system to be done freely.  You may look at, copy, etc. this type of software, but if you use it, you are expected to register.

 The advantage of Shareware is real.  You get a chance to test the software on your computer to make sure it is compatible with your system and to make sure it works to your satisfaction before you 'buy' it with your registration fee.


CompuServe

 For help or for submitting suggestions, you can contact us by mail or phone but the best way we feel, is by contacting us through CompuServe Email. Mail has a long turnaround period and if you call, you may only get a recording.  EMail will most likey get a quicker response.

 We usually check in with CompuServe on a daily basis.  We try to respond to your questions on the same day they are received.  With EMail you don't end up playing phone tag and you can even ask CompuServe to notify you when the message has been delivered.

 Please use the following addresses to send EMail to us:

 CompuServe

 	70405,1422

 Internet

 	70405.1422@compuserve.com

 MCI

 	To : Dennis R. Fischer

 	EMS : CompuServe

 	MBX : p=csmail

 	MBX : d=id=70405,1422

 ATTMail X.400

 	mns/c=us/ad=compuserve/pd=csmail/d.id=70405.1422

 	or

 	mns!csmail!70405.1422

 AT&T EasyLink X.400

 	IPM

 	Primary

 	Country US

 	ADMD COMPUSERVE

 	PRMD CSMAIL

 	DDA ID-70405.1422

 Sprint

 	Country=US

 	ADMD=CompuServe

 	PRMD=csmail

 	DDA=70405.1422

 Telex

 	Send to machine number 3762848

 	TO : 70405,1422

 An additional benefit of being a CompuServe user is that you can register your "Garbage Can" program through CompuServe and have the registration fee billed to your CompuServe account.


Newest Version Of Garbage Can

 You can always find the newest version of "Garbage Can" on CompuServe .  It can be found on the "Windows Users Group Network" forum.  Get there by entering

 	GO WUGNET

 after you have connected with CompuServe.

 Since the names of the libraries change from time to time, we can not tell you exactly which library "Garbage Can" is in but you can search on the keyword:

 	DENAM

 to help you find the file.  You can also register your "Garbage Can" program by using CompuServe.


Disclaimer

 Denam Systems makes no warranties, either express or implied, with respect to this documentation or with respect to the software described in this documentation, its quality, performance, or fitness for any particular purpose.

 Denam Systems software is sold 'as is'.

 The entire risk as to its quality and performance is with the buyer.  Should the program prove defective following its purchase, the buyer (and not Denam Systems, or distributor) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, or correction and any incidental or consequential damages.

 In no event will Denam Systems be liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software, even if Denam Systems has been advised of the possibility of such damages.


Upgrades
Program Upgrades

 1991 First release of program.

 October 1992 (GC1092) First Upgrade of program. Add Windows "Drag & Drop" feature.

 April 1992 (GC0493) Change to updated BWCC.DLL file.

 August 1993 (GC0893) Do some clean-ups.  Make minor change to Security Level feature.  Add help file but then forget to include it in the ZIP file.

 September 1993 (GC0983) Add another level of security to the Security Level feature.  Remove command-line feature.  Add initialization file (nag.ini) feature that replaces the need for command-line.


Registering Garbage Can By Mail

 You can register this program by merely printing out the order form and sending the required  payment.  You can print the form by going to the Order Form topic and then selecting the 'Print Topic' option of the 'File' menu selection.

 You can also register "Garbage Can" by using CompuServe and having the registration fee billed to your CompuServe account.


Registering Garbage Can Through CompuServe

 You can register your "Garbage Can" program through CompuServe's Shareware Registration Program by typing

 	GO SWREG

 after connecting with CompuServe.  Then just follow their instructions.  You can do a search on the keyword

 	DENAM

 to help you find the correct registration form.  Once you have completed the form, the registration fee will be billed to your CompuServe account.

 You can also register "Garbage Can" by mail .  You want to make sure you do order by mail, if you are registering 5 or more programs, since there is a discount for large quantity orders.


Order Form

 Remit to: 	From:

 Denam Systems 	_____________________________

 1115 Madison St NE 	_____________________________

 Suite 226 	_____________________________

 Salem, Oregon  97303 	_____________________________

 	Contact Individual

 	____________________________

 	____________________________

 	Email Address

 	____________________________

 Quantity of Computers 	Per Computer

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

 1-4 	$5.00

 5-9 	$4.75

 10-14 	$4.50

 15-19 	$4.25

 20+ 	Agreed Price

 Qty                                                     Per Computer          Total

 ____  Garbage Can Software   X      __________      =   __________

 Note that GC0993 Software has been delivered and accepted by the customer.