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- Nico's Commander for Windows 95 and Windows NT
- version 3.13
- (c) 1998, Nico Cuppen
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- WHAT IS NICO'S COMMANDER
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- Nico's Commander is a Norton Commander like file manager with exciting
- features:
- - ten application buttons you can configure to start your favorite
- application with one mouse click, and feed the application a file
- you selected
- - show the current date and time in the title bar of the active window
- - built-in zip and unzip function with long file name support
- - try out facility for ZIP files
- - reach icons on your desktop with one mouse click, even if your
- desktop is cluttered with windows
- - file search (with jokers) and search for strings inside files
- - directory compare
- - file compare
- - Explorer-like context menus
- - built-in editor without Notepads limitations
- - use FTP sites as local disks
- - print ASCII files one page on a sheet (portrait) or two pages on a
- sheet (landscape)
- - command prompt with command history
- - minimize by right clicking on empty space in Nico's Commander's main
- window
- - ExitWin button to exit and restart Windows or to shut down or reboot
- your machine
- - Esc key can instantly activate your Screen Saver.
- - Help everywhere.
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- INSTALLATION/DEINSTALLATION
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- Run SETUP.EXE to install. Uninstall via Start - Settings -
- Configuration - Software, or double click the icon Uninstall Nico's
- Commander.
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- VERSION HISTORY
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- Version 3.13:
- - fixed bug which caused FTP errors when connected to UNIX host
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- Version 3.12:
- - added undo facility to internal editor
- - added "find next" facility to internal editor
- - hard disk capacity now reported correctly in Windows 95 OSR2
- - fixed bug which caused crash while navigating directories with keyboard
- - volume name will now be shown for CD-ROM drive (when it contains a CD-ROM of course)
- - drive type of secondary floppy drive will now be reported correctly
- - better handling of FTP errors
- - improved FTP site management
- - fixed bug that caused erratic screen painting when using non standard Windows colors.
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- Version 3.11:
- - fixed bug that caused window of internal editor to remain empty sometimes
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- Version 3.1:
- - added FTP support
- - added command prompt with command history
- - key combination Ctrl+R can now be used to force refresh of file windows
- - better indication of sort order in file windows
- - fixed bug which caused disk drive to be blocked for external actions (eg. format)
- - fixed bug which stopped context sensitive help in some dialogs
- - when calculating number of subdirectories in a directory the directory itself is no longer
- added
- - fixed bug which caused strange results using cd.. button
- - files with a name starting with a dot are now shown
- - right click on parent directory resulted in crash or incorrect result
- - fixed bug that caused scroll problems after compare of files of unequal length
- - default name of output zip file in Zip dialog box is now selected
- - Windows 95 reports 2 Gb as disk size, even if the disk is larger. Service Release 2 of
- Windows 95 (OSR2) make it possible to correct this. Nico's Commander now makes use of this.
- - fixed bug that stopped tab key to work correctly in internal editor
- - fixed bug that caused search and replace actions in internal editor to fail.
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- Version 3.04:
- - revised printing function to support newest HP drivers and all Windows printers
- - uninstall now only removes own installed files
- - width of all columns in file windows will now be saved over sessions
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- Version 3.03:
- - fixed bug in directory compare
- - fixed bug in try out action for zip file
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- Version 3.02:
- - fixed bug showing dates in year/month/day format
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- Version 3.01:
- - fixed bug in changing file attributes (only English version)
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- Version 3.0:
- - built in editor for text files
- - file compare facility
- - right mouse click shows context menu of a file or directory
- - added menu items to show disk properties and to format or copy a disk
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- Version 2.4:
- - added built-in zip function. No more shelling to PKZIP!
- - dates are formatted according to Windows settings
- - removed case conversions on file names during file actions
- - case of file names in file windows user selectable
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- Version 2.3:
- - added directory refresh function
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- Version 2.21:
- - bug in install program when installing in directory with space in
- its name
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- Version 2.2:
- - added install and uninstall programs
- - after directory compare differences are indicated in red
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- Version 2.1:
- - user selectable font in file windows
- - "go there" button after file search action
- - JAZ and ZIP disk drives will show as "Removable"
- - tooltips for abbreviated file names sometimes did not show
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- Version 2.02:
- - corrected bug in search function
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- Version 2.01:
- - printing in NT sometimes ended in a protection violation
- - sort on filename or extension sometimes required two mouse clicks
- - sort of directory names on extension sometimes gave unexpected results
- - title of help file was in Dutch
- - tooltip for desktop menu icon in system tray showed "Bureablad menu".
- Changed that to "Desktop menu".
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- REGISTRATION
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- Nico's Commander is not freeware. If you want to use it after the
- 30 day evaluation period you must register for US$ 20.
-
- Registration can be done online on the Internet at
- http://www.shareit.com/programs/100532.htm. Alternatively, you can go
- to http://www.shareit.com and enter the program number there: 100532.
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- If you do not have access to the Internet, you can register via phone,
- fax or postal mail. Please print out the form in ORDER.TXT, and fax
- or mail it to:
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- ShareIt! - Reimold & Schumann Internet Services GbR
- Habsburgerring 3
- D-50674 Koeln
- Germany
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- Telephone: +49-221-2407279
- Fax: +49-221-2407278
- E-Mail: register@shareit.com
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- Within hours after receipt of payment a registration number will be
- send to you.
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- NOTE: The above phone numbers are for registration purposes only.
- The author of Nico's Commander cannot be reached at these numbers.
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- Any questions about product details, technical support, volume
- discounts, etc. must be directed to the author.
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- BENEFITS OF REGISTRATION
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- - A version that works for more than 30 days (hopefully!)
- - Free technical support by e-mail
- - The right to download and use future updates
- - My eternal thankfulness.
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- DUTCH VERSION
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- Een Nederlandstalige versie is beschikbaar op
- http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/2686.
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- THE AUTHOR
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- Any suggestion? Found a bug? Please contact the author:
- Nico Cuppen
- E-mail: n.cuppen@consunet.nl
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- Check for new versions on:
- http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/2686.
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