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- Announcing BackDesk v3.0 Windows Desktop Enhancement Suite
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- New Versions of BackMenu and BigDesk
-
- Contents
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- * BackMenu, configurable cascading pop-up root menu
- * BigDesk, virtual desktop
- * BackDrop, desktop launch buttons & drag-drop tools
- * WRun, launches Windows programs from DOS prompts
- * Installation program
- * Comprehensive online help
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- Overview
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- SP Services are pleased to announce the new and greatly enhanced version
- of BackDesk for Windows, the popular desktop enhancement suite for
- power users. BackMenu and BigDesk, originally released in 1991, started
- the trend for pop-up menu launchers and virtual desktops and still
- offer powerful control of the Windows desktop environment without
- unneccessary clutter. The addition of BackDrop introduces many new
- possibilities.
-
- BackMenu
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- BackMenu makes a fully configurable pop-up menu just a mouse click
- away. Primarily a program launcher, it also has a wealth of other
- features including a disk browser, Windows restart/exit, system info,
- screen-saver starter and many more. The menu is a simple text file
- that anyone can edit using just Notepad, but which can include any
- degree of simplicity or complexity including nested menus, chained
- menus from other files, accelerator keys and an advanced set of
- commands to position, size and control the windows of launched programs.
-
- BigDesk
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- BigDesk introduces a virtual desktop to enlarge the available screen
- space up to 64 times. Using a simple "map" view, any running program can
- be quickly located without having to sift through heaps of overlayed
- windows. A particular desktop layout can be saved and then reloaded at a
- later date. Windows can be made to stay 'on top' or to stick with the
- virtual desktop.
-
- BackDrop
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- BackDrop is a new subsystem that makes it possible to create desktop
- 'Alias' buttons for programs and files just by dragging from File Manager
- and dropping on the desktop. These 'aliases' then accept drag and drop
- themselves, offering a fast and intuitive way of working under Windows.
- Aliases can use the full power of the BackMenu command syntax. A set of
- tools is also provided including a dustbin, an automatic wallpaper
- changer and a utility to turn any Program Manager group into a pop-up
- menu.
-
- WRun
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- WRun allows Windows programs to be launched from a DOS prompt under
- Windows. The package also includes WCopy and WPaste, to allow text to
- be exchanged between the DOS command prompt and the Windows clipboard -
- redirect the output of most DOS programs to the clipboard.
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- Availability
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- All these facilities are included in one package for one low price. The
- software is fully functional and has no intrusive nags. This shareware
- package can be obtained from:
-
- CompuServe: WINSHARE, WINUSER, UKSHARE forums, DESK30.ZIP
- CIX: SPS and Windows conferences, files topic, DESK300.ZIP
- FTP: ftp.cica.indiana.edu:/pub/pc/win3/desktop/desk300.zip
- and shadows (exact location outside our control).