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- Thank you for trying one of Open Windows' programs! This disk
- contains three of my programs - WinUpD8R 3.0, WinFlash 2.1 and
- BailOut. Before using a program you'll need to create a new
- directory on your hard disk to hold the program's files, copy
- the program to your hard disk, UNZIP it and install it as an
- application into Windows. If this makes perfect sense to you -
- excellent - go to it! If it doesn't, the step-by-step example
- below may help you work through the process. Please forgive me
- if this is overly detailed, but I've tried to make this usable
- by a complete newcomer to both DOS and Windows.
-
- If you're planning to use the step-by-step instructions, print
- out this file so that you'll have hard copy handy for reference.
- Let's assume you want to install WinUpD8R 3.0. All the necessary
- files to run this program are contained in "compressed" form
- inside the file UPD8R-30.ZIP on this disk. To install the
- program, follow the steps below:
-
-
- 1. Start Windows 3.1. If Windows is already running and you've
- been working on something in Windows, save and close your files
- and close your applications so that if we reach a point where we
- need to turn the machine off and then back on we won't lose any
- data.
-
-
- 2. One of your program groups (probably the UTILITIES group)
- should contain an ICON with the title "MS-DOS Prompt". Double-
- click the mouse on this ICON. This action should start up a
- full-screen DOS session - a black screen with a box at the top
- whose first statement is "Type EXIT and press ENTER to quit this
- MS-DOS prompt and return to Windows".
-
- The last line on the screen should look something like:
-
- C:\WINDOWS>
-
- with a flashing bar following the >. Letters that you type will
- appear at the position of the flashing bar.
-
- For the remainder of the instructions, I'll be using the
- following conventions:
-
- If I want you to type something, I'll enclose WHAT I want you to
- type in square brackets - [ ]. If one of the keys isn't a
- regular character, such as the Enter key (the large key on the
- right of the main section of keys - it generally has a left-
- facing arrow and the word "Enter" on it), I'll indicate a press
- of this key by enclosing its name in angle brackets - < >.
- Finally, I'll isolate that line from the rest of the text by
- putting a row of asterisks above and below the line.
-
- For example, if I want you to type the word CAT and press the
- enter key, I'll indicate this as
-
-
- *****************************************************************
- TYPE [CAT<Enter>]
- *****************************************************************
-
-
- 3. Our first step is to create a directory on the hard drive for
- the WinUpD8R files. We'll call the directory WINUPD8R (or
- WINFLASH or BAILOUT depending on which program we're installing -
- if you're installing one of the other programs, remember to
- substitute WINFLASH or BAILOUT from now on whenever you see
- WINUPD8R) and place it on the C drive as follows:
-
- *****************************************************************
- TYPE [MKDIR C:\WINUPD8R<Enter>]
- *****************************************************************
-
-
- 4. Insert the Open Windows floppy disk into the proper drive.
- Make sure that the disk-retaining arm is closed correctly if the
- disk is a 5 1/4" disk (turn the arm 1/4 turn clockwise after
- inserting the disk). If you have two floppy disk drives, make
- sure the other drive is empty.
-
- If you know the correct letter designator for the drive in which
- you've placed the Open Windows floppy (it will be A or B), use
- that letter in step 5. If you don't know, start with A, as I've
- indicated, and follow through the instructions.
-
-
- 5.
- *****************************************************************
- TYPE [A:<Enter>]
- *****************************************************************
-
- The computer should come back with
-
- A:>
-
- If so, move on to step 6.
-
- If, instead, it says something like:
-
- Not ready reading drive A:
- Abort, Retry, Fail?
-
- it means that the disk is really in drive B. To recover
-
- *****************************************************************
- TYPE [f]
- *****************************************************************
-
- the computer should respond with:
-
- The current drive is no longer valid>
-
- *****************************************************************
- TYPE [B:<Enter>]
- *****************************************************************
-
- the computer should respond with:
-
- B:>
-
-
- 6.
- *****************************************************************
- TYPE [DIR<Enter>]
- *****************************************************************
-
- At this point there should be a list of files appearing on your
- screen that looks something like:
-
- BAILOUT ZIP 13332
- FLASH-21 ZIP 62438
- README TXT 12070
- UNZIP EXE 30226
- UPD8R-30 ZIP 76260
-
- along with some other dates, times and numbers.
-
-
- 7. Now we'll copy the files we need to the directory that we've
- created on the hard drive in step 3:
-
- *****************************************************************
- TYPE [COPY UPD8R-30.ZIP C:\WINUPD8R<Enter>]
- *****************************************************************
-
- (If you're installing WinFlash or BailOut, substitute
- FLASH-21.ZIP or BAILOUT.ZIP for UPD8R-30.ZIP above and WINFLASH
- or BAILOUT for WINUPD8R - remember to continue with these
- substitutions in the following steps...)
-
- The computer should respond with:
-
- 1 file(s) copied
-
- *****************************************************************
- TYPE [COPY UNZIP.EXE C:\WINUPD8R<Enter>]
- *****************************************************************
-
- Again the computer should respond with:
-
- 1 file(s) copied
-
-
- 9. Now, we'll move back over to the hard drive:
-
- *****************************************************************
- TYPE [C:<Enter>]
- *****************************************************************
-
- the computer should come back with:
-
- C:\WINUPD8R>
-
- or:
-
- C:\WINDOWS>
-
- or perhaps just
-
- C:>
-
- In any case, as long as what comes back STARTS with C:, you're
- in good shape.
-
- *****************************************************************
- TYPE [CD C:\WINUPD8R<Enter>]
- *****************************************************************
-
- the computer should come back with:
-
- C:\WINUPD8R>
-
- or, again, perhaps just
-
- C:>
-
- To be sure we're in the right place and everything we need is
- here:
-
- *****************************************************************
- TYPE [DIR<Enter>]
- *****************************************************************
-
- The two files we copied should now appear on your screen in a
- list looking like:
-
- UNZIP EXE 30226
- UPD8R-30 ZIP 75748
-
- along with some other dates, times and numbers.
-
- If one or both of the files is missing, return to step 5 and
- carefully go through the instructions again. Be VERY careful not
- to insert extra spaces and that you type EXACTLY what is shown.
-
-
- 10. Next, to start the unzipping process:
-
- *****************************************************************
- TYPE [UNZIP UPD8R-30<Enter>]
- *****************************************************************
-
- This will produce the following eight files in the WINUPD8R
- directory:
-
- WINUPD30.EXE - The executable program file
- WINUPD30.HLP - The help file supporting WinUpD8R
- WINUPD30.REG - Information on shareware in Windows Write
- format - called by registration procedure
- WINUPD30.FRM - Registration form in Windows Write
- format - called by registration procedure
- REGISTER.TXT - Registration form in ASCII format
- README.WRI - The help documentation in Windows Write
- format
- VENDOR.TXT - Information of interest to shareware
- distributors and BBSs in ASCII format
- FILE_ID.DIZ - Program description supporting automatic
- extraction of description text by BBSs
-
- To see these files listed:
-
- *****************************************************************
- TYPE [DIR<Enter>]
- *****************************************************************
-
- If the computer lists the files shown, plus the two files that we
- started with, we've completed the hard part of the job!!
-
- (Similar files will appear if we're working with WinFlash and a
- smaller list if we're working with BailOut)
-
-
- 11. Before returning to Windows, let's remove the files we no
- longer need:
-
- *****************************************************************
- TYPE [DEL UPD8R-30.ZIP<Enter>]
- *****************************************************************
-
- *****************************************************************
- TYPE [DEL UNZIP.EXE<Enter>]
- *****************************************************************
-
- *****************************************************************
- TYPE [DIR<Enter>]
- *****************************************************************
-
- The list should now only include the "new" files listed above, as
- we've DELeted UPD8R-30.ZIP and UNZIP.EXE.
-
-
- 12. To return to Windows:
-
- *****************************************************************
- TYPE [EXIT<Enter>]
- *****************************************************************
-
- We should now be back in Windows.
-
-
- 13. Select, by double clicking on it with the mouse, the program
- group which you want to hold the WinUpD8R ICON for running the
- program.
-
-
- 14. Open the Program Manager's File menu by clicking once on the
- word "File" (at the top of the screen) with the mouse.
-
-
- 15. Click once on the word "New" on the menu which appears with
- the mouse.
-
- This will bring up a "dialog box" labeled "New Program Object"
- with two circles in it, one of them blackened.
-
-
- 16. If it is not blackened already, click in the circle next to
- the words "Program Item" with the mouse so that the circle
- becomes blackened.
-
-
- 17. Click the OK button with the mouse
-
- This will bring up another dialog box labeled "Program Item
- Properties".
-
-
- 18. Click the mouse inside the box following the word
- "Description" and:
-
- *****************************************************************
- TYPE [WinUpD8R]
- *****************************************************************
-
- (or WinFlash) If you're installing BailOut, open the BAILOUT.WRI
- file with the Windows WRITE editor for further instructions. You
- may wish to install BAILOUT in the WIN.INI file rather than as a
- regular application.
-
- Click the mouse inside the next box down and:
-
- *****************************************************************
- TYPE [C:\WINUPD8R\WINUPD30.EXE]
- *****************************************************************
-
- (Remember to replace WINUPD8R and WINUPD30.EXE with their
- proper counterparts if installing one of the other applications)
-
- Click the OK button with the mouse.
-
-
- 19. The ICON for WinUpD8R (a red disk with UpD8R on it in yellow
- letters) or other application you are installing should now
- appear in the program group you selected in step 13. If so,
- congratulations!! - you've successfully installed WinUpD8R 3.0!!
-
- 20. To use WinUpD8R, double-click on its ICON and take some time
- to read through the on line help provided to learn how to use the
- program.
-
- If you have comments or suggestions on how to improve these
- instructions, or questions relating to their use, please write me
- at the address below or send me a note on CompuServe.
-
-
- Dick Bryant
- Open Windows
- P.O. Box 49746
- Colorado Springs, CO 80949-9746
-
- CompuServe 75236, 3243
-
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