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<p><big>Netlaunch Information and Release Notes</big></p>
<p><a href="revision.htm">Revision History</a></p>
<p><a href="faq.htm">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.primenet.com/~simpson/netlaunch.html">Netlaunch Homepage</a></p>
<p>First release: April 2, 1997<br>
3.0 Release : April 25, 1997<br>
3.06 Release : May 1, 1997<br>
3.10 Release : May 9, 1997<br>
3.14 Release : Mar 13, 1998<br>
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NetLaunch is a very small system tray application that can significantly enhance the
Windows Dial-Up Networking (DUN) services. It is designed specifically for Windows 95 and
NT 4.0, though many of the features are either unnecessary for Windows NT, or are geared
specifically toward Windows 95.</p>
<p>The goal in writing this application was to develop a program that could do the
following:
<ul>
<li>Monitor Dial-Up Networking connections and disconnections</li>
<li>Launch and close applications when a connect or disconnect occurs</li>
<li>Provide easy yet powerful scheduling, to make and break connections</li>
<li>Provide a method to bypass the "Connect To" dialog box, redial a disconnected
session, and enhance the DUN error dialogs.</li>
</ul>
<p>One of the first things you may ask is "What makes this program unique?"
There are (as one person put it in e-mail to me) a zillion apps that do exactly what
NetLaunch is doing. This is both true and false. If any of those zillion offered what
NetLaunch offers, I'd have never spent the time to write it.</p>
<p>NetLaunch is unique in a great many ways. First, it is the smallest of any of the utils
that perform the same comparitive functions. This was a primary goal, keeping it very
small and not using a lot of resources while running. Nobody wants a 1meg + runtime DLL's
program running in the background when all it does is "watch and launch".</p>
<p>NetLaunch also gives you a much easier and simplified interface, while allowing you
maximum power. There are no limitations to the number of Dial-Up connections you may
configure, no limits to the number of applications NetLaunch can run/close, and no
limitations to the number of schedules you may configure for each DUN connection. In
addition, no other utility offers the kind of application closing features that NetLaunch
offers. E-Mail programs can be closed "nicely" so you don't lose e-mail if
disconnected, and other background programs like FTP servers or Finger servers can be
closed more forcefully to get around annoying "Are you sure?" prompts.</p>
<p>Finally, NetLaunch is free! Most programs that even come close to NetLaunch in features
and power are shareware and nagware. You may use, distribute and abuse NetLaunch to your
heart's content with absolutely no thought to the mental harm you may cause me. Don't
worry, I'll be OK.</p>
<p><font color="#408080"><big>Archive Contents</big></font></p>
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<td width="37%">UNINST.EXE</td>
<td width="63%">Un-Installer.</td>
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<td width="37%">LAUNCH.EXE</td>
<td width="63%">Main executable program</td>
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<tr>
<td width="37%">PLAYWAV.EXE</td>
<td width="63%">A tiny program to play .WAV files</td>
</tr>
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<td width="37%">NLUNLOAD.EXE</td>
<td width="63%">A small program that unloads NetLaunch</td>
</tr>
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<td width="37%">LAUNCH.HLP</td>
<td width="63%">NetLaunch Help File</td>
</tr>
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<td width="37%">LAUNCH.CNT</td>
<td width="63%">Help File Contents</td>
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<td width="37%">INDEX.HTM</td>
<td width="63%">Installation Instructions & Links</td>
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<td width="37%">FAQ.HTM</td>
<td width="63%">Frequently Asked Questions</td>
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<td width="37%">REVISION.HTM</td>
<td width="63%">Revision History Information</td>
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<td width="37%">SKIN.JPG</td>
<td width="63%">Background graphic for HTM files</td>
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