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SHORTER NAME FOR WINDOWS APPLICATIONS GROUP
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Have you ever been annoyed by the VERY long name used by the SETUP program to
store newly installed applications? The default name of this group is
"Windows Applications" which is long enough to usually block out any
neighbouring groups which have been minimised in the bottom of the program
manager window.
I have tried to get around the problem by renaming the group name, but setup
will then create a new group called "Windows Applications".
This is about the time I decided to patch setup.exe to get rid of the problem.
You will need a method for doing a binary edit to an executable file; I used NU
from Norton Utilities. Other editors such as BED should also work....
Procedure...
1. copy SETUP.EXE SETUPNEW.EXE (This is IMPORTANT in case you mess up! You
should only edit the copied file.)
2. Use your binary editor to patch the copied version of the program.
eg. NU SETUPNEW.EXE (or equivalent command for other binary editors)
3. Proceed to location 0x2fcec and display this area. You will find the string
"Windows Applications" followed by 0x00, followed by 0x07. (There is also a
string "Non-windows Applications" or similar just prior to here. This may
work for non-windows setups but I have not tried it, so I can't comment)
4. This is the string to change. I modified the string to "Win App" which fits
quite snugly under the icon.
5. The characters which remain after "Win App" has been entered are
" Applications". These 13 characters should be converted to NULLs. (0x00)
Save the modified sector to disk and exit the editor.
6. Within windows, highlight the "Windows Applications" group. Skip this step
and the next one if this group does not exist.
7. Select the "Properties..." item under the FILE menu. Change the description
to "Win App" or whatever you called this group. Press OK.
8. Highlight the Setup program icon.
9. Select the "Properties..." item under the FILE menu. Change the Command Line
to point to your new patched program, ...\SETUPNEW.EXE and press OK.
10. The changes are now complete.
From now on, whenever you install a new windows application, it will be placed
into a group with whatever name you chose for it. There may be an easier way to
do all this (a parameter in win.ini perhaps) but I could not find it.
No warranties provided. :) Good luck.
Steve
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