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- TRAY EXPLORE
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- Designed for Windows 95 - 32 bit
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- by Carson Weber
- carson@boerne.com
- http://www.boerne.com/carson
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- Installation:
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- 1. Put trayexp.exe in any folder and run it from there.
- 2. VB Runtime Files are required. You may download these
- files from the Internet at various locations if you
- do not already have them on your system.
-
- Introduction:
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- Tray Explore v1.00 was written as freeware for use by those that intend
- to use this software for personal use. I had seen other small applications
- out there that do about the same thing as Tray Explore does, but they had
- either messy interfaces, ugly icons, and would not let you specify how
- you would like for Windows Explorer to be run: Normal, Minimized, or
- Maximized. Therefore, I created Tray Explore so that I could have an
- application with all of the attributes that I was looking for. This program
- has grown to be so useful that I have placed it specifically in my Windows
- registry so that it will run every time I turn on my computer.
- Version 1.10 was written to fix a couple of bugs which prevented a number
- of people from being able to successfully run Tray Explore due to
- misconfigurations with their windows setup.
- Version 1.30 significantly made it possible for everyone who owns and
- operates a computer with Windows 95 to be able to have Tray Explore run
- correctly on their system. In the past, many people have installed
- Windows 95 into a different directory other than \Windows\ and Tray Explore
- versions 1.00 and 1.10 looked in that directory for explorer.exe; version
- 1.30 is compatible with any Windows 95 system directory. In other words,
- a major bug has been fixed! Also, due to the work of having to create a
- shortcut and manually place it in the startup menu or running an installation
- program which does this, I added a "run Tray Explore on startup" feature so
- that only a check box will tell Tray Explore whether or not to run upon
- startup of Windows. Let's not leave out those people who wanted to run
- Windows Explorer with parameters; Tray Explore is now able to do this!
- This is the Final Version of Tray Explore. After having recieved bug
- reports from verious people and figuring out better ways to improve upon
- the code, I have finished the code for this program and am proud to offer
- it to the public in its completed version.
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- Features of v1.00:
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- + Places icon in the System Tray
- + Left click the icon to run Windows Explorer
- + Right click the icon for a simple popup menu
- + Place in your Startup Folder so it will always be available!
- + You choose how you want Explorer to be run
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- Added/Fixed in v1.10:
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- + Fixed "File Not Found" bug
- + Fixed configuration problems with ini file
- + Tray Explorer will now work if run in a different drive than
- where your Windows folder is located
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- Added/Fixed in v1.30:
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- + Fixed bug concerning locating the "windows" directory; Tray Explore
- now automatically finds your system directory and runs Windows
- Explorer from there.
- + Added Parameters Option where you may run explorer via Tray Explore
- with any known parameters that you wish to use
- + Tray Explore now runs a little faster than before due to a decrease
- in programming code
- + Startup option added so that you can choose whether or not you want for
- Tray Explore to automatically run as if it were in the Startup Menu
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- Added/Fixed in Final:
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- + Fixed creation of excess temp files in Windows Temp Directory.
- + Reduced more programming code
- + Reduced the size of the program in kilobytes so that it would
- be more easily available for download over the Internet.
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- Closing Comments:
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- No registration fee or price tag is attached to this product. It is
- freeware available upon demand to the public free of charge. Please have
- fun with this program. You may find it very useful because with it, you
- can easily access windows explorer via Tray Explore with just the left
- click of a mouse button. Also, please feel free to distribute this program
- among your friends. It would be greatly appreciated that you would Email
- me if you enjoy this program. Any feedback is always good to hear! I would
- like to thank those that have sent bug reports and comments to me because
- they were all appreciated and acted upon.
-
- Remember: "Life is one huge inspiration, one thought at a time."
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- Copyright ⌐1996 Carson Weber - All Rights Reserved