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- WARNING DANGER
- ==============
-
-
- Two program's in this package (CHECKINI.EXE and WPSBKP.EXE) extract
- information from the workplace shell. Since there is no known method of
- doing this on a documented way, they interpret the ini-files themselves.
-
- Although undocumented, it works properly for the following versions of
- OS/2 2.0 (or OS/2 2.1)
-
- o The original version (GA) as was released in spring 1992
-
- o The OS/2 2.00.1 (2.01) BETA version that was released in autumn 1992
-
- o The original version in combination with the service pack released
- october, 1992 (GA + SP).
-
- o The OS/2 2.1 BETA's with the following revisions:
- 6.479, 6.498, 6.514.
-
- o The GA release of OS/2 2.1. (rev. 6.514)
-
- o OS/2 2.11 (OS/2 2.10 + SP)
-
- o OS/2 3.0 (Warp)
-
- o Are there more yet ...?
-
-
- IBM could at any point in time decide to change the way the workplace shells
- data is stored in the ini-files.
-
- Therefore a new release of OS/2 or even a small update in one of the
- workplace shell's programfiles or dll's could cause the two programs
- mentioned above to fail or even to corrupt your workplace shell.
-
-
- The best way to test this is run CHECKINI WITHOUT the /C option!
- (Optionally use the /W option to write out all checkini's findings and
- inspect the logfile)
- If Checkini reports un unusual amount of errors, the internal structure of
- the workplace shells data inside the ini-files might have changed.
- Look in CHECKINI's logfile at the
- "PM_Abstract:Objects & PM_Abstract:FldrContents" section with special care.
- If this section contains a lot of errors while your workplace shell seems to
- function properly there might have been a change, so:
-
-
- DO NOT USE CHECKINI.EXE or WPSBKP.EXE then!
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-
-
- Note: The warning above does not apply to WPSREST.EXE and RESETWPS.EXE
- REPLINI.EXE since these programs only use FULLY DOCUMENTED CALLS!
-
- Henk Kelder, 2:280/801.339@fidonet.org
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