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- The Small Utilities Version 2.0 For Windows 95
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- Copyright 1996 Scott McMahan
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- README.TXT
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- The Small Utilities 2.0 for Windows 95 have gone from being nice to have
- in their previous version to being essential system tools no computer
- should be without in this new version. This README file is your key to
- getting up and running with the Small Utilities as soon as possible.
-
- For your information: This program is shareware. It is free only for a
- two week evaluation period. If you continue to use this program, you are
- expected to register as outlined in the manual.
-
- NOTE ON THE MANUAL: The Small Utilities 2.0 perform specialized
- functions which have never before been seen in the Windows 95
- environment. You must read the manual and familiarize yourself with
- what the Small Utilities do in order to get the maximum benefit from the
- product. Please read the manual and print out a copy.
-
- In this README you will find:
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- 1. Install The Software
- 2. Print And Read The Manual
- 3. Notes
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- 1. Install The Software
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-
- If you received the Small Utilities as a ZIP file, you must unpack the
- ZIP file. I can't give you any specific instructions on how to do this,
- since there are so many unzip programs available now. Consult your unzip
- program's documentation if you need help. Or, if you received the Small
- Utilities 2.0 on diskette, place the diskette in the drive.
-
- Once you have the distribution unpacked or in the disk drive, go to the
- Start menu and choose:
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- Settings / Control Panel / Add/Remove Programs...
-
- If the Small Utilities came on diskette, the Add/Remove Programs...
- wizard will find it automatically. If it is not on diskette, you will
- have to type the full pathname to the directory where you unpacked it
- (or alternatively use the Browse... button and root around until you
- find it). The program which installs the Small Utilities is called
- setup.exe.
-
- The setup program asks you in which directory you want to install the
- Small Utilities. Recommended is the COMMAND directory. In most cases it
- will be an acceptable default. If you chose a different directory, you
- must add it to your PATH statement if it is not already there.
-
- The Small Utilities need to be in a directory that is on your PATH in
- order to function properly.
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- When you're happy with the settings, click the big Perform Installation
- button. Once the install starts, the buttons are replaced by a
- play-by-play of what the install program is doing. Also, during
- installation, the readme.txt file is displayed using notepad so you can
- peruse it as the install grinds away.
-
- Once the install procedure has completed, you are given the option to go
- ahead and run the toolbar.
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- A "program group" window should also appear with icons for all of the
- Small Utilities.
-
- DO NOT BE ALARMED: If you are using a higher resolution display
- on your system than 640x480, you may see scrollbars around some
- of the Small Utilities. Just resize the program's window to
- comfortably display all of the window's contents (the scroll
- bars will disappear when the window is big enough to show all of
- the contents), and when you exit the program the window size
- will be saved for the future. You'll only see the scrollbars
- once.
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- 2. Print And Read The Manual
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-
- The documentation was created in Microsoft Word 95, and is in .DOC
- format.
-
- If you do not have Word, I recommend you use the free MS Word viewer
- application (available on Microsoft's Internet World Wide Web page) to
- view the file. This is actually a stripped down version of Word with all
- editing functions removed, so it will print the file exactly as I
- formatted it. If you do not have this program (it came preinstalled on
- my PC), it is well worth getting since Word file format is very common
- these days -- its ubiquitous nature means a lot of documentation is
- going to be distributed in it -- and Word Pad does a lousy job with
- documents created in the full Word 95 product.
-
- To read and print the manual, you can choose one of the following
- methods:
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- * Open it from the Small Utilities group created by the install
- process in Explorer
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- * Click the [Manual] button on the toolbar
-
- * Start Word or Word Viewer and open the manual from
- the directory where you specified the Small Utilities
- to be installed (the filename is "manual.doc").
-
- Notes on typesetting:
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- * Some pictures in this manual may not exactly match what you
- see on your screen, since I have had to convert some to black
- and white so they would print out on black and white printers.
-
- * My goal is to make this manual look good on the HP 600 series
- ink jet printers, since that's in line with the capabilities
- most printers have these days. If you have a better laser
- printer, the document will look sharper, and if you have a
- less capable printer the document will look okay but not
- wonderful. On most black and white printers, the manual will
- look decent.
-
- * For the purposes of distribution to the widest possible
- audience, this manual uses only fonts which come with Windows
- 95.
-
- * This manual is laid out to look good printed single-sided or
- double-sided.
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- 3. Notes
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- What's New In Version 2.0!
-
- Version 2.0 is a significant rewrite of the product. I've gone through
- every aspect of the Small Utilities in light of all the feedback from
- version 1.0 with an eye for making them better and more useful. If
- you've seen 1.0, you'll be blown away by 2.0. If you're new to the Small
- Utilities, you'll find the missing link in the Windows 95 computing
- environment that you may not have even known you were missing!
-
- Among other improvements:
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- * All programs are now fully integrated with Windows 95 and
- support the new common dialogs, long filenames, new interface
- conventions, and so on.
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- * All programs are true 32-bit native Windows 95 programs.
-
- * All programs now remember their window position and size and
- automatically restore it on subsequent runs! No more scroll
- bars in high resolution.
-
- * Note now has a toolbar.
-
- * Shutdown supports all possible ways to shut the system down
- both in the dialog and on the command line.
-
- * Run can run folders.
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- Too late to make it into the manual:
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- These items came up too late to make it into the final manual
- version.
-
- * You will probably want to add the Run program to your
- SendTo menu as well as LZX, especially if you are
- using the Norton File Manager.