D M E X B a r - Explorer Toolbar Extension
Upgrade your Windows Explorer to a full-featured file manager!
copyright (c) 2002-04 by André Rübel

Includes: DMEXCpl, DMEXCol, DMEXDrop and DMEXMenu.

Please carefully read the instructions below:

Disclaimer:

The program is provided to you "as is," without warranty. there is no warranty for the program, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for aparticular purpose and noninfringement of third party rights. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the program is with you. Should the program prove defective, you assume the cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction. In no event unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing will licensor, or any other party who may modify and/or redistribute the program as permitted above, be liable to you for damages, including any general, special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the program (including but not limited to loss of data or data being rendered inaccurate or losses sustained by you or third parties or a failure of the program to operate with any other programs), even if such holder or other party has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Information:

Version:	8

Language:	English

Operating System:	Windows ME/2000/XP
Might also run on older versions of Windows (95/98/NT) if the Internet Explorer 4 is installed including the desktop enhancements.
 
Installation:	DMEXBar supports full installation and uninstallation via the standard Windows setup routines.
For installation instructions read below.

Price:	This software is free to use for anyone.

Distribution note:	You may pass the program to anyone else or even distribute the program on the internet, or on CD, as long as the following two restrictive conditions are fulfilled:
	1.) The whole package remains unchanged (including this readme file).
	2.) You are not allowed to take money for this program or to make any profit by distributing it.

Contact:	via e-mail to
	mailto:andre.ruebel@web.de?subject=DMEXBar

	Hey! Send me an email! I like to know who is using DMEX out there!
	Any hellos, hints and bug reports and of course also milka chocolate bars are very welcome.

The newest version is available from simtel.net
http://www.simtel.net/
Direct download location:
http://www.simtel.net/product.php?url_fb_product_page=59298

Installation instructions:

1.)	Execute the setup program called dmexbar.exe.
If you update DMEXBar with a newer version you should have administrator privilege. Otherwise you may get an error message it the installation program tries to replace libraries which are in use. In some cases the installation program will ask to close all explorer windows.
Choose the tools you like to install from the components list. DMEXBar always has to be installed. DMEXCpl and DMEXDrop are only available on Windows XP or newer.
In some cases you will have to reboot to replace libraries which are in use.

In most cases this will be all you have to do. In some cases: 

2.)	After finishing the installation an explorer window is opened if you have this option checked. In case that DMEXBar is not visible by default in the explorer toolbar area after installation you have to do a right mouse button click in the explorer toolbar area or choose 'Toolbar' from the 'View' menu. A popup menu is shown with a list of all available toolbars. There you should see a new menu item named "Dmex Toolbar".
Check this entry.
If DMEXBar is not visible in the list of available toolbars, try to reboot windows to update that list.

3.)	In some cases only the first button of Dmexbar is visible at the right border of the explorer toolbar. Move DMEXBar leftwards to see all buttons. If you have Internet Explorer 6 installed (standard on XP and later) there exists an option to lock the Toolbars so they can't be moved and the grip of the toolbar is greyed, then. In that case, to move DMEXBar you first have to uncheck the option 'Lock Toolbars' (or 'Fix Toolbars').

4.)	For the other programs:
DMEXCpl:	To use DMEXCpl open the Control Panel and choose DMEX (with the strawberry on the side).
DMEXCol:	Right click on the column headers in the detail view of the explorer. From the list choos 'Ext'.
DMEXDrop:	Drag and Drop any file from on directory to another on the same drive. The new Drag&Drop option apperas in the menu.
DMEXMenu:	Right click any file object in the explorer. Choose the new item DMEX (with the strawberry on the side).

More information about DMEXBar can be found in the help file dmexbar.hlp.
This information can be found in the file readme.rtf.

4. Features:

DMEXBar is an extention of the explorer toolbar.
DMEXBar appears in the toolbar area of the windows explorer showing some new buttons to extend the explorer by a wide range of new features like:

- 	Open two explorer windows aligned side by side.
- 	Tile all open explorer windows on the screen.
- 	Rename, change date or change attributes of multiple selected files at once either directly via the toolbar or via dialog.
-	Split and reassamble large files.
- 	Creating “Hot Paths”, which are like the “Favourites” in the Internet Explorer, for simple and fast change to these directories
- 	Create new subdirectories - only one mouseclick away
- 	Fast copying and moving of files between two aligned explorer windows by shortcuts. 
-	Synchronise files and directories between two aligned windows.
- 	Open DOS shell windows or run any other user-specified programs using the current directory or selected files as parameters
- 	Select and deselect files with wildcards
- 	Expand and collapse partial tree branches in the tree view of the explorer
- 	Substitute directories as drives (NT compatible OS only)
- 	Copy path and filename information of the selected files to the clipboard
- 	Calculate the total size or used disk space of directories including all subdirectories
- 	… and some more

Other utilities:
DMEXCpl adds a new item to the control panel. With DMEXCpl you can add any other program you may need to the control panel. An example is the DirectX Diagnose utility.
DMEXCol adds a new column to the explorers detail view which shows the current file extension. You can sort programs also by their extension.
DMEXDrop adds a new item to the drag & drop menu. With DMEXDrop you can create Hard links to files and directories.
DMEXMenu adds a context menu to the explorer giving some of the options of the DMEXBar tool. DMEXMenu brings the "Change directory" tool even to "File Open" dialogs. If you know the former DMEXMenu tool, this is not the same and does not include as many options as the old one.

More information about DMEXBar can be found in the help file dmexbar.hlp.

If you like DMEXBar or...
you have any questions, troubles or complains:
send me an e-mail: mailto:andre.ruebel@web.de?subject=DMEXBar

Now go out, have a nice day and let the sun shine on your face.
Bye, bye and many greetings from me to you

André

This is the end of the file as we know it.

Oh, not yet.
In the former DMEXMenu times I always added a few lines of lyrics from a song I like to the end of the readme file.
So here is a poem of Kurt Schwitters, a german artist who lived from 1887 to 1948. An english translation by the author follows below.
For everyone who likes it...

AN ANNA BLUME 
	Kurt Schwitters

Merzgedicht I

O du, Geliebte meiner siebenundzwanzig Sinne, ich
liebe dir! - Du deiner dich dir, ich dir, du mir.
- Wir?
Das gehört (beiläufig) nicht hierher.
Wer bist du, ungezähltes Frauenzimmer? Du bist?
- bist du? - Die Leute sagen, du wärest - laß
sie sagen, sie wissen nicht, wie der Kirchturm steht.
Du trägst den Hut auf deinen Füßen und wanderst
auf die Hände, auf den Händen wanderst du.
Hallo, deine roten Kleider, in weiße Falten zersägt.
Rot liebe ich Anna Blume, rot liebe ich dir! - Du
deiner dich dir, ich dir, du mir. - Wir?
Das gehört (beiläufig) in die kalte Glut.
Rote Blume, rote Anna Blume, wie sagen die Leute?
Preisfrage:	1.) Anna Blume hat ein Vogel.
	2.) Anna Blume ist rot.
	3.) Welche Farbe hat der Vogel?
Blau ist die Farbe deines gelben Haares.
Rot ist das Girren deines grünen Vogels.
Du schlichtes Mädchen im Alltagskleid, du liebes
grünes Tier, ich liebe dir! - Du deiner dich dir, ich
dir, du mir. - Wir?
Das gehört (beiläufig) in die Glutenkiste.
Anna Blume! Anna, a-n-n-a, ich träufle deinen Namen,
Dein Name tropft wie weiches Rindertalg.
Weißt du es, Anna, weißt du es schon?
Man kann dich auch von hinten lesen, und du, du
Herrlichste von allen, du bist von hinten wie von
vorne: "a-n-n-a".
Rindertalg träufelt streicheln über meinen Rücken.
Anna Blume, du tropfes Tier, ich liebe dir!

EVE BLOSSOM (Translation by the author Kurt Schwitters) 

Oh thou, beloved of my twenty-seven senses, I love thine! Thou thee thee thine, I thine, thou mine, we? 
That (by the way) is beside the point!
Who art thou, uncounted woman, Thou art, art thou?
People say, thou werst, 
Let them say, they don't know what they are talking about. 
Thou wearest thine hat on thy feet, and wanderest on thine hands, 
On thine hands thou wanderest
Hallo, thy red dress, sawn into white folds,
Red I love Eve Blossom, red I love thine,
Thou thee thee thine, I thine, thou mine, we?
That (by the way) belongs to the cold glow!
Eve Blossom, red Eve Blossom what do people say?
PRIZE QUESTION:	1. Eve Blossom is red,
	2. Eve Blossom has wheels
	3. what colour are the wheels?
Blue is the colour of your yellow hair
Red is the whirl of your green wheels,
Thou simple maiden in everyday dress,
Thou small green animal,
I love thine!
Thou thee thee thine, I thine, thou mine, we?
That (by the way) belongs to the glowing brazier!
Eve Blossom,eve,
E - V - E,
E easy, V victory, E easy,
I trickle your name. 
Your name drops like soft tallow.
Do you know it, Eve?
Do you already know it?
One can also read you from the back
And you, you most glorious of all,
You are from the back as from the front,
E-V-E.
Easy victory.
Tallow trickles to stroke over my back
Eve Blossom,
Thou drippy animal,
I
Love
Thine!
I love you!!!!