Copyright: Master Help File - Copyright © 1997 Creative Formats


Contents

Installation, Use, and Uninstallation

Many Tips Help File

Appearance Schemes

Startup and Shutdown Logos

Desktop Wallpaper

Web Links Web Page

Creating Your Own

Appearance Schemes

Startup and Shutdown Logos

Desktop Wallpaper


Many Tips Help File

After installation, click on the Start button, highlight Programs, then Windows 95 Collection One, then click on Many Tips Help File.

You should keep the installation file just in case you ever want to install the Windows 95 Collection again. Or you can delete it for now just to save hard drive space, then download it again later on.

You can find the actual help file Manytips.hlp by opening Explorer. The help file is located in:

C:\Program Files\Creative Formats\Windows 95 Collection One\Many Tips

If you don’t see the folders right away after opening Explorer, press F5 on your keyboard to refresh Explorer.

TO UNINSTALL:

Click on the Start button. Highlight Settings, then click Control Panel.

Double click on Add/Remove Programs. Scroll down to Windows 95 Collection One and double click on it.

Click Yes to go ahead with the Uninstall. After the Uninstall process, close all the open windows. If you still see the files and folders in Explorer, press F5 to refresh Explorer.

Important: If you installed other elements of the Windows 95 Collection, those will be uninstalled as well.


Appearance Schemes

After Installation

You should keep the installation file just in case you ever want to install the Windows 95 Collection again. Or you can delete it for now just to save hard drive space, then download it again later on.

Entering the Appearance Schemes into your Win95 Registry

The Schemes.reg file can be located in Explorer:

C:\Program Files\Creative Formats\Windows 95 Collection One\Schemes

If you don’t see the folders and files right away after opening Explorer, press F5 on your keyboard to refresh Explorer.

To install the schemes, highlight the Schemes.reg file. Right click on it and click Copy.

Close Explorer. Right click on the Desktop, click on Paste.

Double click on the Schemes.reg file. A message box will appear telling you that the schemes have been entered into your Registry. Delete the copy of the Schemes.reg file.

Using the Schemes

Right click on the Desktop. Click on Properties. Then click on the Appearance tab.

Scroll through the list of new schemes and use the arrow drop-down list to choose the one that you like the best. If you want to change any pre-defined scheme, make sure you save the new scheme with a different name. To learn more about using schemes, and to create your own Appearance Scheme settings, click here .

TO UNINSTALL:

The uninstall program will only delete the files, folders, and Start menu entries. It will not delete the actual scheme entries.

Deleting Schemes

Right click on the Desktop, click Properties, then click on the Appearance tab. Highlight a scheme that you want to delete using the arrow drop-down list. Then click the delete button.

Deleting All the Schemes

Click on the Start button. Highlight Find, then click Files or Folders. Type Regedit.exe in the Named space, then click the Find Now button. When the Regedit.exe file comes up, click the Stop button. Double click on the Regedit.exe file to open the Registry Editor.

Double click on the following entries in this order: HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Control Panel, Appearance. Highlight Schemes. Highlight the first new scheme on the list. It should be:

++++ Autumn

Now scroll down. Press and hold down the Shift key on your keyboard. Click once on the ++++ Yellow scheme. All the new schemes should be highlighted. Make sure you don’t highlight any of the existing Windows 95 default schemes. Right click on one of the highlighted entries. Click Delete. Click Yes to confirm. After the entries have been deleted, close all the open windows.

Uninstalling Appearance Schemes

Click on the Start button. Highlight Settings, then click Control Panel.

Double click on Add/Remove Programs. Scroll down to Windows 95 Collection One and double click on it.

Click Yes to go ahead with the Uninstall. After the Uninstall process, close all the open windows. If you still see the files and folders in Explorer, press F5 to refresh Explorer.

Important: If you installed other elements of the Windows 95 Collection, those will be uninstalled as well.


Startup and Shutdown Logos

After Installation

You should keep the installation file just in case you ever want to install the Windows 95 Collection again. Or you can delete it for now just to save hard drive space, then download it again later on.

The Startup and Shutdown logos that you see when you enter and exit Windows 95 are actually bitmap images in disguise. The only difference is the filename and the .sys file extension, as opposed to the bitmap (.bmp) extension.

Locate the Startup and Shutdown Logos in Explorer:

C:\Program Files\Creative Formats\Windows 95 Collection One\Startup Logos

If you don’t see the folders and files right away after opening Explorer, press F5 on your keyboard to refresh Explorer.

There are three system files and three bitmap images included:

Logo.sys is the Startup logo.

Logow.sys is the “Wait” Shutdown screen.

Logos.sys is the “Safe” Shutdown screen.

Using the Logos

First be sure to move or backup your original Windows 95 Startup and Shutdown Logos.

Logo.sys is located in your hard drive folder ( usually C:\ )

Logow.sys is the “Wait” Shutdown screen, and it is located in your C:\Windows folder.

Logos.sys is the “Wait” Shutdown screen, and it is located in your C:\Windows folder.

After you have moved or backed up these files to a floppy disk, you can copy the new files into the proper folders. Go back to the Startup Logos sub-folder and right click on the new Logo.sys file. Click Copy, then go to the C:\ folder. Paste the file into the folder.

Go back to the Startup Logos sub-folder, highlight both of the new Shutdown logo files (highlight one file, press and hold the Shift key, then highlight the other one), copy them, and place them into your C:\Windows folder.

The next time you exit and enter Windows 95, you will see the new Startup and Shutdown Logos. Logo4.bmp, Logo5.bmp, and Logo6.bmp are “blank” logos that you can customize to create your own Startup and Shutdown Logos. Click here for more info .

TO UNINSTALL:

The uninstall program will only delete the files, folders, and Start menu entries. It will not delete the new Startup and Shutdown Logos in your C:\ and C:\Windows folders.

Deleting the New Logos and Returning the Original Logos

To delete the new logos, just highlight them and delete them in the C:\ and C:\Windows folders. Then move the original logos back into their proper folders.

Logo.sys goes into the C:\ folder

Logow.sys and Logos.sys go into the C:\Windows folder.

Uninstalling Startup and Shutdown Logos

Click on the Start button. Highlight Settings, then click Control Panel.

Double click on Add/Remove Programs. Scroll down to Windows 95 Collection One and double click on it.

Click Yes to go ahead with the Uninstall. After the Uninstall process, close all the open windows. If you still see the files and folders in Explorer, press F5 to refresh Explorer.

Important: If you installed other elements of the Windows 95 Collection, those will be uninstalled as well.


Desktop Wallpaper

After Installation

You should keep the installation file just in case you ever want to install the Windows 95 Collection again. Or you can delete it for now just to save hard drive space, then download it again later on.

Using the Wallpaper

The 16 wallpaper bitmaps are located in Explorer:

C:\Program Files\Creative Formats\Windows 95 Collection One\Wallpaper

If you don’t see the folders and files right away after opening Explorer, press F5 on your keyboard to refresh Explorer.

To copy them to your C:\Windows folder, highlight 001.bmp. Press and hold Shift, then highlight 016.bmp. Right click on one of the highlighted files, then click on Copy. Scroll down to the C:\Windows folder, right click, and Paste the files into the folder.

Go to the Desktop and right click on it. Choose Properties. Under the Wallpaper box, you can select which image you want to display as your Desktop Wallpaper. You can also create your own Desktop Wallpaper using Paint Shop Pro. Click here for more info .

TO UNINSTALL:

The uninstall program will only delete the files, folders, and Start menu entries. It will not delete the new Wallpaper bitmap images in your C:\Windows folders.

Deleting the Wallpaper Bitmap Images

In Explorer, locate all the new bitmap images in the C:\Windows folder. Highlight 001.bmp through 016.bmp (Highlight 001.bmp, press and hold down the Shift key, then highlight 016.bmp). Right click on one of the highlighted files and click Delete.

Uninstalling Desktop Wallpaper

Click on the Start button. Highlight Settings, then click Control Panel.

Double click on Add/Remove Programs. Scroll down to Windows 95 Collection One and double click on it.

Click Yes to go ahead with the Uninstall. After the Uninstall process, close all the open windows. If you still see the files and folders in Explorer, press F5 to refresh Explorer.

Important: If you installed other elements of the Windows 95 Collection, those will be uninstalled as well.


Web Links Web Page

After Installation

You should keep the installation file just in case you ever want to install the Windows 95 Collection again. Or you can delete it for now just to save hard drive space, then download it again later on.

Using The Web Links Web Page

Make sure you have a web browser installed on your computer. Click on the Start button, highlight Programs, then Windows 95 Collection One. Click on Web Links Web Page. The web page will open in your default web browser. Sign on to America Online or your Internet service provider. Use the web page like you would any other.

The web page is located in Explorer:

C:\Program Files\Creative Formats\Windows 95 Collection One\Web Links

If you don’t see the folders and web page file right away after opening Explorer, press F5 on your keyboard to refresh Explorer.

TO UNINSTALL:

Click on the Start button. Highlight Settings, then click Control Panel.

Double click on Add/Remove Programs. Scroll down to Windows 95 Collection One and double click on it.

Click Yes to go ahead with the Uninstall. After the Uninstall process, close all the open windows. If you still see the files and folders in Explorer, press F5 to refresh Explorer.

Important: If you installed other elements of the Windows 95 Collection, those will be uninstalled as well.


Creating Your Own Appearance Schemes

Right click on the Desktop. Click on Properties, then click on the Appearance tab. Choose a scheme that is close to what you want. Click the Save As button and give your new scheme a name. Start with 3D Objects, and choose a color that you like. Most of the changes that you make can be seen within the preview area, but some of the changes can only be seen by looking elsewhere. Click the Apply button to see your changes take effect. Remember to click the Save As button whenever you want to save a Scheme Setting.

Changes of Scheme Items Seen Within the Preview Area:

3D Objects, Active Title Bar (affects font size and style for both the Active Title Bar, the Taskbar, and the minimized buttons on the Taskbar), Active Window Border, Caption Buttons, Desktop, Inactive Title Bar, Inactive Window Border, Menu, Message Box (affects Message Box text color and Windows font color), Scrollbar, Selected Items (affects highlighting on the Menu bar and highlighting of text in most applications), Window.

Changes of Scheme Items Not Seen Within the Preview Area:

Application Background - To see how the application background color will look, you can open America Online, Cardfile.exe, or if you have it installed, Paint Shop Pro. Some applications use a background color, while others use the chosen Window color.

Icon - Look at the icons on your Desktop to see the changes. When you change the size and style of fonts for the icons, you simultaneously change the size and style of fonts used by Explorer.

Icon Spacing (Horizontal) - Look at the space on the left and right of each icon on the Desktop.

Icon Spacing (Vertical) - Look at the space above and below each icon on the Desktop.

Palette Title - Don’t feel bad if you can’t figure this setting out. According to Microsoft Technical Support, this Scheme setting does not affect anything. To their knowledge, it is a Scheme setting that was originally created and then later abandoned by the Win95 Design Team. At present there is no word of when or if this Scheme setting will ever be put into use.

ToolTip - Open Explorer and hold the mouse pointer over any of the buttons on the toolbar to see the color changes. If you cannot see the toolbar, click View on the Menu bar, then click Toolbar.


Creating Your Own Startup and Shutdown Logos

To create Startup or Shutdown Logos, you will need a graphics program such as Windows 95 Paint, Paint Shop Pro, or Adobe Photoshop. These instructions are based on procedures using the Windows 95 4.14 version of Paint Shop Pro. You can download the latest version of Paint Shop Pro from the JASC web site: http://www.jasc.com

Any graphic image can be used to make Startup and Shutdown Logos, as long as it is in the Windows bitmap format. If you have a graphic in another file format, you can use Paint Shop Pro (PSP) to convert it to the Windows RGB Bitmap format.

The Startup and Shutdown Logos from The Windows 95 Collection come with 3 bitmaps that you can use. Look for Logo4.bmp, Logo5.bmp, and Logo6.bmp. Be sure to save the files using the proper filename and file extension as shown below.

1.	Load the image using PSP. Click on Colors / Increase Color Depth to increase the number of colors to 16 million. Next resample the graphic image to 640x480. Click on Image, then Resample.

2.	If you like you can add titles or text to the image. The quality of the text will be somewhat lost when you resample the image again. Try using bold text, and reapply the text again to “strengthen” the quality of the text.

3.	When you have the graphic the way you like it, resample it to 320x400. All Startup and Shutdown Logos must be in this size. If the size is not correct, the logo will not be displayed. After resampling you may want to sharpen the image. Click on Image / Normal Filters / Sharpen.

4.	Click on Colors / Decrease color depth. Reduce the image to 256 Colors. The logo will not be displayed at the 16 million (24-bit) color depth. When you select 256 colors, also select Optimized, Error Diffusion, and Reduce Color Bleeding.

5.	Save the image as a bitmap. The image should be 320x400x256 colors. Go to the file in Explorer and change the image to a system file.

The Startup Logo must have this filename: Logo.sys

The Shutdown Logo that usually states “Please wait until Windows 95 shuts down” must be called Logow.sys

The Shutdown Logo that usually states “It is now safe to turn off your computer” must be called Logos.sys

Make sure you don’t overwrite your current Startup and Shutdown Logos.

The Logo.sys file goes in the C:\ folder.

The Logow.sys and Logos.sys files go in the C:\Windows folder.

By selecting Shut down the computer, you can quickly see Logow.sys, then Logos.sys. To get a longer look at Logow.sys, select Restart the computer. When your computer reboots, you can see the Logo.sys Startup screen.


Creating Your Own Desktop Wallpaper

You can turn any graphic image into Desktop Wallpaper. Both Internet Explorer and Netscape allow you to convert any image that you see on a web page into wallpaper. Right click an image that you see in your browser, then click Set as Wallpaper. The image file will be located in the Windows folder. Internet Explorer will create a graphic file called Internet Explorer Wallpaper.bmp. Netscape will produce an image called Netscape Wallpaper.bmp. With either borwser, only one wallpaper image can be created at one time. The new image will overwrite the old one.

Desktop Wallpaper can be either tiled or centered. Right click on the Desktop, click Properties. The Display can be set to either Tile or Center. When you Tile an image, it is repeated continuously over the entire desktop. Using the Windows 95 version of Paint Shop Pro, you can create seamless wallpaper that is perfect for tiling.

These instructions are based on procedures using the Windows 95 4.14 version of Paint Shop Pro. You can download the latest version of Paint Shop Pro from the JASC web site: http://www.jasc.com

Create Seamless Pattern – Auto

1.	Click Colors / Increase Color Depth. Change the image to a 24-bit (16 million colors) image.

2.	Click the Selection button and drag the mouse pointer to make a frame around the area that you want to make seamless. Try not to come too close to the edges of the image.

3.	Click Image / Special Effects. Click on Create Seamless Pattern. If you didn’t make the selection too close to the edges, the image will be reduced to a seamless pattern.

4.	If the message box appears stating that the selection is too close to the edges, try selecting an area that is smaller and in the center of the image.

5.	Save the image to the Windows folder, and save it as a bitmap. You can also save the image as a 256-color or 16-color bitmap.

Create Seamless Pattern – Manual

1.	Click Colors / Increase Color Depth. Change the image to a 24-bit (16 million colors) image.

2.	Click Image / Resample. Save the image to 200x200.

3.	Click on the Selection button and select an area in the upper left corner of the image (or any corner of the image that has the most interesting colors or details). Look at the status bar on the bottom of the screen and make a selection that is (100x100). If you start in the exact upper left corner, you’ll see (0,0). Move the mouse pointer over the image until the second set of numbers are (100x100).

4.	Clip the Copy button. Right click on the image to make the selection lines go away. Then click the Paste as New Image button. When the new smaller image appears, click Image, then Mirror. Click the Copy button again.

5.	Close the smaller 100x100 image. Now click on Paste As New Selection. Position the new mirrored image on top of the 200x200 image, in the opposite right corner. Look at the numbers on the status bar and make sure it rests in the exact position (100x100). Right click on the image to make the selection lines disappear.

6.	Now move the mouse pointer to the upper left corner again. Select an area that includes the exact top half of the image. Start from (0,0) and go to (200x100). Click on the Copy button. Right click on the image to get rid of the selection lines.

7.	Click Paste as New Image. With the new image click Image / Flip. Copy the flipped image, then close it. Click Paste as New Image and paste the new image to the bottom section of the original image. The status bar will read (200x200) = (200x100). Right click to get rid of the selection lines.

8.	Now you have a graphic that is the same on its bottom and on its left and right sides. Save the image to the Windows folder, and save it as a bitmap image. You can also decrease the number of colors to either 256 or 16.

9.	Go to the Desktop and right click on it. Choose Properties. Scroll through the list of wallpaper and highlight the image that you just made. Make sure that Tile is checked. Click OK and you’ll see your new seamless pattern tiled on the Desktop.

10.	You can alter your image in Paint Shop Pro to add special effects and different colors and shapes. You can use any other graphics program as well, such as Photoshop, Lview Pro, or Windows Paint.