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- SHORTER NAME FOR WINDOWS APPLICATIONS GROUP
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-
- Have you ever been annoyed by the VERY long name used by the SETUP program to
- store newly installed applications? The default name of this group is
- "Windows Applications" which is long enough to usually block out any
- neighbouring groups which have been minimised in the bottom of the program
- manager window.
-
- I have tried to get around the problem by renaming the group name, but setup
- will then create a new group called "Windows Applications".
-
- This is about the time I decided to patch setup.exe to get rid of the problem.
-
- You will need a method for doing a binary edit to an executable file; I used NU
- from Norton Utilities. Other editors such as BED should also work....
-
- Procedure...
-
- 1. copy SETUP.EXE SETUPNEW.EXE (This is IMPORTANT in case you mess up! You
- should only edit the copied file.)
-
- 2. Use your binary editor to patch the copied version of the program.
-
- eg. NU SETUPNEW.EXE (or equivalent command for other binary editors)
-
- 3. Proceed to location 0x2fcec and display this area. You will find the string
- "Windows Applications" followed by 0x00, followed by 0x07. (There is also a
- string "Non-windows Applications" or similar just prior to here. This may
- work for non-windows setups but I have not tried it, so I can't comment)
-
- 4. This is the string to change. I modified the string to "Win App" which fits
- quite snugly under the icon.
-
- 5. The characters which remain after "Win App" has been entered are
- " Applications". These 13 characters should be converted to NULLs. (0x00)
- Save the modified sector to disk and exit the editor.
-
- 6. Within windows, highlight the "Windows Applications" group. Skip this step
- and the next one if this group does not exist.
-
- 7. Select the "Properties..." item under the FILE menu. Change the description
- to "Win App" or whatever you called this group. Press OK.
-
- 8. Highlight the Setup program icon.
-
- 9. Select the "Properties..." item under the FILE menu. Change the Command Line
- to point to your new patched program, ...\SETUPNEW.EXE and press OK.
-
- 10. The changes are now complete.
-
- From now on, whenever you install a new windows application, it will be placed
- into a group with whatever name you chose for it. There may be an easier way to
- do all this (a parameter in win.ini perhaps) but I could not find it.
-
- No warranties provided. :) Good luck.
-
- Steve
-
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