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ULTIMATE
12/20/92
Created by Shawn McAlhany
To install Ultimate to the C Drive, type A:InstallC with
Ultimate in the A Drive. To Install Ultimate to the D
Drive, type A:InstallD with Ultimate in the A Drive.
The purpose of this utility is to allow the user to recreate the
necessary icons or folders without having to recreate the
desktop. Unlike makeini or ALT-F1, customized icons will
not be erased from the desktop while the lost icons are
recreated. The F1 key on icons is implemented, so the
help text is available for the OS/2 Icons.
Ultimate will not create duplicates of icons or folders.
Attempts at creating duplicates will result in an error
message that tells the user that the icon already exists.
Duplicates can be created within OS/2 by using the Ctrl-Rt.
Mouse Button to drag the duplicate to the desktop.
If an icon within a folder is being created and the folder
currently exists on the desktop, ignore the error message
that it was already created and continue until you get to
the icon to be installed. As long as the icon to be installed
does not exist, it will still be created in its respected folder.
Ultimate will ask you where the .ico files are located. These
files are necessary to create the proper icons and folders.
Locate these files in the correct directory before running
Ultimate. If the proper directory is not given for the .ico files,
Ultimate will create the icons, though they may not appear like
the correct icons (ie> a folder could be created for the OS/2
System Icon). You may correct this problem by running Ultimate
again with the appropriate Ico Directory to get the correct icons.
After the directory is entered, some files will be copied to your
root directory. Ignore this process since they are removed
during completion of the utility.
Ultimate is written as a menu driven utility which recreates
icons and folders of your choice. Make note of the icons which
Ultimate attempts to create that you do not actually want on
the desktop (or within their respected folders). A confirmation
is requested before the utility recreates nondeletable icons.
Any Nondeletable Icons which you create on the desktop that you
do not want at the time, or later decide are useless, can be
removed, but in a recommended procedure:
1. Drag a folder to the open desktop.
2. Open the folder.
3. Drag any icons to the folder that you decide are
unnecessary.
4. Get to an OS/2 Window or OS/2 Full Screen prompt.
5. Go into the appropriate subdirectory of the desktop.
How : Do a dir/w to locate the subdirectory of the desktop.
Example Names:
FAT Partitions >> OS!2_2.0_D
HPFS Partitions >> OS!2 2.0 Desktop
If multiple desktop subdirectories are listed, normally
the higher numbered one is used.
Use cd OS!2_2.0_D for FAT Partitions and
cd "OS!2 2.0 Desktop" for HPFS Partitions.
6. Verify that you are in the correct subdirectory for the
desktop by doing a dir/w and make sure folder is
listed as a subdirectory. If you are not, then do a cd\
and repeat step number 5.
7. Type: rename folder junk
to rename the folder to a junk subdirectory name.
8. Then Type: rd junk
to remove the junk subdirectory.
This method should keep you from having any problems with
recurring, improperly deleted icons.
If you have any problems with installing some of the icons or
folders on the desktop using Ultimate, make sure the icons
were not created in another folder. The easiest method of
locating icons is to search each and every folder, while the
easiest method of locating folders would be to type:
dir info*. /s
as an example to search for the information folder across
all subdirectories (Use the Table at the bottom of this
document for specific folder names).
NOTE: I HAVE WORKED WITH SYSTEMS THAT THE FILES
ARE NOT SHOWN AS BEING PRESENT, BUT SOME TESTING
LATER PROVED THAT THEY WERE HIDDEN ON THE HARD
DRIVE.
If you experience problems with the recreation of the Extended
Services and Lan Services folders, make sure the DPath, LibPath,
and Path Statements, located in your Config.Sys, contain the
appropriate subdirectories for the Extended Services and Lan
Services.
LIBPATH=C:\IBMLAN\NETLIB;C:\MUGLIB\DLL;.;C:\OS2\DLL;C:\OS2\MDOS;C:\CMLIB\DLL;
C:\;C:\OS2\APPS\DLL;C:\IBMCOM\DLL;
SET PATH=C:\IBMLAN\NETPROG;C:\OS2;C:\MUGLIB;C:\OS2\SYSTEM;C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2;
C:\CMLIB;C:\CMLIB\APPN;C:\OS2\INSTALL;C:\;C:\OS2\MDOS;C:\OS2\APPS;
SET DPATH=C:\IBMLAN\NETPROG;C:\IBMLAN;C:\OS2;C:\MUGLIB\DLL;C:\CMLIB;
C:\CMLIB\APPN;C:\OS2\SYSTEM;C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2;C:\OS2\INSTALL;C:\;
C:\OS2\BITMAP;C:\OS2\MDOS;C:\OS2\APPS;C:\IBMCOM;
If you experience any other problems of icons not creating
properly, you may need to reboot the system and run Ultimate
a second time.
NOTE: WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE COMMAND PROMPTS FOLDER,
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT A DUPLICATE OS/2 WINDOW IS CREATED
ON THE DESKTOP FOR EASY ACCESS TO ULTIMATE IF NECESSARY.
--- TABLE ---
ICON NAME FAT NAME HPFS NAME
--------- -------- ---------
OS/2 System OS!2_Sys OS!2 System
Drives Drives Drives
Command Prompts Command_ Command Prompts
Startup Startup Startup
Games Games Games
Productivity Producti Productivity
System Setup System_s System Setup
Information Informat Information
Templates Template Templates
Min Win Viewer Minimize Minimized!Window Viewer