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- Welcome to FM History
- For Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 3.1, 3.11
- and Windows for Workgroups(tm) 3.11
- Version 1.0
- Last updated: December 26, 1996
- Copyright (c) 1996, Stephen Yost
- All rights reserved.
- =================================================================
- This file contains instructions for setting up File Manager History
- to run with the Microsoft Windows File Manager.
- IMPORTANT NOTE:
- Before you use this software, read the License Agreement, which
- may be found in the LICENSE.TXT file, supplied with the package.
- By using FM History you agree to be bound by the terms of the license.
-
- SHAREWARE:
- This program is shareware. If you use it for more than 21 days,
- register your copy by sending $5.00 U.S. to:
-
- Stephen Yost
- 68 School St.
- Lexington, MA 02173
- U.S.A.
-
- along with your
-
- name
- business name (optional)
- email address (optional)
- address
-
- You'll receive any upgrade notices by including your email address.
-
- I can be reached at:
- say@world.std.com
-
-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- -----------------
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Installing FM History
- 3. Configuring FM History
-
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- 1. INTRODUCTION
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- File Manager History (FM History) is a utility that makes using the
- MS Windows File Manager easier by letting you jump to any recently
- visited directory, much like the "Go" menu on your web browser lets
- you jump to recently visited web sites. When you install FM History,
- a new "Go" menu appears on File Manager's menu bar. FM History makes
- note of each directory you visit for more than a few seconds, adding
- it to the Go menu. You can use this Go menu item to jump back
- instantly to that directory in your currently active File Manager
- window. No more hunting among directory trees for that folder you
- just closed!
-
- Recently visited directories are added to the top of the "Go" menu list.
- Picking a directory from the menu list moves it to the top of the list.
- The maximum length of the "Go" menu list is 15; after that, the least
- recently used directory name is dropped from the menu list. The list
- is remembered between File Manager sessions.
-
- FM History currently doesn't work with the Windows95 File Manager
- or Explorer.
-
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- 2. INSTALLING File Manager History
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- To use the FM History program, all you need do is properly install it;
- every time you run File Manager, FM History will run automatically.
-
-
- Installation
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. If you obtained the FM History files compressed in an archive,
- extract all the files from it into a temporary directory. (Since
- you're reading this, you may have already done this.) Copy
- the files
- fmhst.dll
- fmhstap.exe
- to your WINDOWS directory (for example C:\WINDOWS). You need to
- copy both of them or FM History won't work.
-
- 2. Close File Manager if it's running.
-
- 3. Open file WINFILE.INI for editing (using Notepad or any other
- simple text editor). WINFILE.INI is located in the WINDOWS
- directory on your hard disk (or the directory you specified
- when installing Windows). Please note: The file you need is
- WINFILE.INI, not the WIN.INI file!
-
- Find the section [AddOns] in this file and enter the following
- line right after the string [AddOns]:
-
- FM History=C:\WINDOWS\FMHST.DLL
-
- (or specify the WINDOWS directory you copied FM History's files
- into, if other than WINDOWS). If you can't find a line that says
- [AddOns]
- in WINFILE.INI, you can add one at the end of the file.
-
- The resulting portion of the WINFILE.INI file should look like
- this (... indicates other lines in the file):
-
- ...
-
- [AddOns]
- FM History=C:\WINDOWS\FMHST.DLL
-
- ...
-
-
- Save the file and quit your text editor.
-
-
- 5. Run File Manager.
-
- If the installation has been completed successfully, you should
- see a FM History "splash screen" as File Manager appears, and
- a new menu item, 'Go', among the other items in the main menu
- bar of the File Manager. If you don't see the 'Go' entry in
- the main menu bar of File Manager, something went wrong with the
- installation. Please verify that you have done all the steps above
- and, in particular, you specified the correct path in the [AddOns]
- section of the WINFILE.INI file. Also, make sure that the files
- have not been corrupted when they were copied onto your hard disk.
-
- De-installation
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. Close File Manager and remove the line 'FM History=...' from the
- WINFILE.INI file (using Notepad, for example). After that,
- when you restart File Manager, FM History will not be loaded. If
- you decide later to start using FM History again, enter the line
- 'FMHistory=...' specifying the complete DOS path to FMHST.DLL
- file, in the [AddOn] section of the WINFILE.INI file.
-
- The following steps should be completed only if you wish to
- remove FM History from your system permanently:
-
- 2. Delete all the files from the directory on your hard disk where
- you installed FM History;
-
- 3. Delete file FMHST.INI from the WINDOWS directory;
-
-
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- 3. Configuring FM History
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- You can configure the length of time you stay in a directory before
- FM History notes it, and whether the FM History "splash screen"
- appears each time you start File Manager. Go to the File Manager
- "Go" menu and select "Options" to change these settings.
-
-
- Hope you enjoy it!
-
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-
- Stephen Yost
-
-
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- Corporation.
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