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- EzDesk(tm) Copyright (c) 1995 by Melissa Nguyen - All rights reserved.
-
- Archive Contents:
-
- README.TXT - This file
- EZDEST.EXE - EzDesk program (the magic!)
- EZDESK.INF - Install script for EZDESK.EXE
- EZDSKTAB.DLL - EzDesk Display Properties Tab (cool!)
- EZDSKTAB.INF - Install script for EZDSKTAB.DLL
- REGISTER.INF - Registration script (registered user only)
-
- Description:
- -----------
- EzDesk for Windows(R) 95
-
- EzDesk is a Windows(R) 95 utility that manages the desktop icons' layout.
- There are many times when a perfectly arranged desktop icons' layout is
- scrambled by an errant application or an accidental desktop arranged by
- name, type, size, or date. Switching the screen resolution also requires
- the manual rearrangement of the desktop icons' layout. EzDesk can restore a
- desktop icons' layout to a previously saved arrangement.
-
- EzDesk installs itself as a taskbar notification icon or operates silently
- in the background and be activated via a hot key.
-
- EzDesk is a nice complement to the Microsoft(R) power toy QuickRes.
-
- By default, EzDesk maintains the desktop icons' layout for each resolution
- setting. With the registered version, a name can be assigned to a particular
- layout to be saved and later be restored.
-
- EzDesk offers the following features:
-
- * Managing the desktop icons' layout.
- * Managing open folders position, size, view, icons' layout, and toolbar
- and status bar settings.
- * Tiling of a selected window to the size of the screen excluding the
- Taskbar area. This feature is available in the EzTask package.
- * Hide all windows and undo.
- * Minimize all windows and undo.
- * Submenuing of up to the last 10 Run... history entries
- * Clearing the contents of Documents Menu. Options for all, selective,
- or not accessed in a specified number of days.
- * Clear the find files and folders most recently used list.
- * Clearing the contents of the temporary location (often left behind by
- a program that crashed!)
- * Clearing the contents of the Run... history
- * Clearing the recent file list of any standard application
- * Shutting down Windows quickly via a hot key.
-
- EzDesk Tab is an extension to EzDesk in the form of a Display Properties Tab.
-
- Installation:
- ------------
- Installation of EzDesk is easy. First, copy the files in the archive into
- a temporary directory. Then, right-click on the setup INFormation file
- (EZDESK.INF file.. which looks like a text file with a little gear on it)
- and choose the INSTALL command. When you're done installing the EzDesk,
- you can then delete the files in the temporary directory. In short, the
- install script simply copies EZDESK.EXE into the WINDOWS directory, places
- a shortcut in the StartUp menu, and registers an uninstall in the Control
- Panel Add/Remove Software.
-
- EzDesk will start automatically on subsequent startup, unless preempted by
- the shift key during startup.
-
- EzDesk can be uninstalled via the Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel.
-
- EZDSKTAB can be installed using the same method using the EZDSKTAB.INF file.
-
- *** For registered user, simply install REGISTER.INF after installing EZDESK.
-
- Instructions:
- ------------
- Please see the online help.
-
- Shareware:
- ---------
- Feel free to distribute this program to others. All I ask is that this file
- remains with the distributed copies. This product is shareware.
- If you like and use EzDesk regularly, please consider registering it. The
- cost is only US$15. When you register, you will receive a personalized copy of
- EzDesk and of course, all the options enabled. In addition, you will also
- receive all of the interim releases of EzDesk.
-
- Site license is also available.
-
- Disclaimer:
- ----------
- This software is distributed "as is". Although I know of no problems with
- the software, I make no warranties.
-
- Release history:
- ---------------
- 09/16/95 1.0 Initial release
- 09/24/95 1.1 Incorrect INF file and error handling
- 09/27/95 1.2 More error checking
- 10/03/95 1.3 Bugs fixed and more checking
- Show temporary location during confirmation
- 10/05/95 1.4 Check for empty temporary directory
- Released to only registered user
- 10/12/95 1.5 Fix memory leak (accounts for once-in-a-while USER crashed!)
- Fix mouse-bounced activation via taskbar icon
- Added quick access to Run... history (last 10)
- Added clear Run... history (does not have effect right away!)
- Added -NTB (no task bar notification icon) command line switch
- The new EzDesk interface as a Display Properties tab
- 10/14/95 1.6 Inadvertently release EZDESK16.ZIP to AOL
- 10/15/95 1.5a Fix EZDESK.INF to install EzDesk in StartUp group
- 10/20/95 1.6a The actual EzDesk 1.6
- Fix clear run history
- Fix contention problem when multiple instances of EzDesk
- are specified in StartUp.
- Add hot key facility, default CTRL+ALT+Z
- Added folder layout save/restore
- Add clear recent file list
- Add -NHK (no hot key) command line switch
- 10/05/95 1.7 Add minimize all windows and undo (Ctrl+Alt+M, Shift+Ctrl+Alt+M)
- Add -NSS (no splash screen) command line switch, registered only
- Add hide all windows and undo (Ctrl+Alt+H, Shift+Ctrl+Alt+H)
- Add Alt+Ctrl+S hot key for shutdown
- Add command line switches -save and -restore, registered only
- Enhanced clear documents menu
- Add clear find files or folder MRU list
- Fix continuous popping up of EzDesk
- Remove QUICKRES from the package, which can be obtained from:
- http://www.microsoft.com
-
- Other:
- -----
- If you have any problems with this program, ideas for features that should
- be added, I can be reached at the following manner (in addition to the
- address below):
-
- Internet: 70571.637@compuserve.com
- CompuServe: 70571,637
- Telephone: (909) 629-8404
-
- ___________________________ Order Form _________________________________
-
-
- Send To:
-
- Melissa Nguyen
- 8-A Village Loop, Suite #160
- Pomona, CA 91766
-
- Please check one:
-
- ( ) US$15 if you use EzDesk regularly
-
- ( ) Send 3 1/2" disk
- Shipping and Handling add:
- US$1.50 for domestic (USA)
- US$2.50 for international
-
- ( ) Email to _________________________________________
-
-
- Name: ________________________ Date:___________________
-
- Registered name: _____________________________________
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- Company: ______________________________________________
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- Address: ______________________________________________
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- City, State, Zip: _______________________ Country: ____
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- Day Phone: _______________ Eve: ______________________
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- Electronic Mail address: ___________________________________
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- What version of EzDesk are you currently using? ____________
-
- How did you hear about EzDesk? _____________________________
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- ____________________________________________________________
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- Comments:
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