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- // Frequently Asked Questions about File Manager Toolbar
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- Q: What is Shareware, anyway?
-
- A: Shareware is a method of distributing software that gives users
- a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a
- Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to
- register. Individual programs differ on details -- some request
- registration while others require it, some specify a maximum
- trial period. With registration, you get anything from the
- simple right to continue using the software to an updated
- program with printed manual.
-
- Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software,
- and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few
- specific exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are
- accomplished programmers, just like commercial authors, and the
- programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are
- good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the
- method of distribution. The author specifically grants the
- right to copy and distribute the software, either to all and
- sundry or to a specific group. For example, some authors
- require written permission before a commercial disk vendor may
- copy their Shareware.
-
- Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You
- should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook,
- whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system
- makes fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you
- buy. And because the overhead is low, prices are low also.
- Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you
- don't use the product, you don't pay for it.
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- Q: FM Toolbar does not work. Why?
-
- A: Probably, because of incorrect installation. Please try the
- following:
-
- Verify that FMTB.DLL, and CSTB.DLL files have been correctly
- copied into the directory you specified when installing FM
- Toolbar. If not, find out the reason (maybe the disk is
- write-protected?)
-
- Make sure that:
-
-
- -- the section [AddOns] in the WINFILE.INI file contains the
- string FM Toolbar=...,
-
- -- the first character of the string is not a semicolon ( ; )
-
- -- the string after the = sign points to the actual location
- of the FMTB.DLL file.
-
- If you have some other File Manager extenders installed, make
- sure you have no more than 4 of them active, including FM
- Toolbar. Try to rearrange the order in which they are listed in
- the [AddOns] section of the WINFILE.INI file.
-
- Make sure you have restarted the File Manager after
- installation. The FM Toolbar comes to play only since new
- session of the File Manager!
-
- If everything is done, but FM Toolbar is still not working
- (there is no Toolbar item in the File Manager's menu bar),
- please, find a minute to drop us a line with the description
- of the problem, including information on DOS and Windows
- versions running on your computer. We will try to find the
- reason.
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- Q: Can I use FM Toolbar and other File Manager extenders
- simultaneously?
-
- A: Sure. There should be no conflicts between FM Toolbar and other
- extenders. If there are some, try to rearrange the strings in
- the [AddOns] section of the WINFILE.INI file. And remember,
- there should be no more than 4 extenders active at the same
- time. If you have them more than that number, comment out some
- of them (i.e. place a semicolon ( ; ) in front of each line of
- the section [AddOns] corresponding to an extender you don't
- want to be used. Which ones you choose to keep active is up to
- you! )
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- Q: Will I be able to use FM Toolbar with Windows 4.0 (Chicago)?
-
- A: "... Chicago will enable them [users] to continue running their
- current Program Manager and File Manager configurations..."
-
- Source: Chicago Q & A, Microsoft, December 1993.
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- Q: How to get updates and upgrades to the FM Toolbar?
-
- A: If file FMTB.DLL from your copy of the FM Toolbar is one or two
- months old, then there probably is a newer version of the
- program and you can obtain it directly from us. Please print
- out file ORDRDISK.TXT, fill it in, include payment specified,
- and mail it to us.
-
- You can also obtain an update from other sources (such as FTP
- sites, your local BBS, or a shareware disk vendor). In this
- case, of course, there in no charge from us, however, you will
- probably have to pay the on-line service or disk vendors fees.
-
- When we release an updated version of FM Toolbar, we usually
- upload it to the following FTP sites:
-
- FTP site Directory
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- oak.oakland.edu pub/msdos/windows3
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- ftp.sunet.se pub/pc/windows/utils
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- wuarchive.wustl.edu pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/win
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- garbo.uwasa.fi windows/util
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- Q: How to uninstall FM Toolbar?
-
- A: Please see file README.TXT for the complete description of this
- procedure.
-
- ftp.cica.indiana.edu pub/pc/win3/util
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- archive.umich.edu msdos/windows/util
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-
- (you can also try their numerous mirrors)
-
- The file you need is: fmtbarNN.zip
-
- where NN is the version number.
-
-