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This file has the same contents as the online help. It is provided
only to give the user a more easily readable document.
# Enhanced Desktop Help Index v. 2.0.0
Enhanced Desktop pops up a menu when the user clicks the right mouse
button on the desktop (that is a point not occupied by any window) or
the title bar of any window. This menu contains commands to quickly
exit Windows and a set of custom menus that lets the user to run
programs without having to switch to his shell program (usually the
Program Manager).
How to use Enhanced Desktop
Command Line Options
Custom Menus
Disclaimer
Enhanced Desktop is a Public Domain - FreeWare piece of software.
This program may be freely copied and distributed, as long as it is
not modified in any way, and all the files it comes with are kept
together (the list of files is found in filelist.txt). Only a small
reasonable charge may be charged for copying and distribution. To
avoid multiple copies of this program proliferating on electronic
services under different names, you are encouraged to distribute it
under the name ENDSK200.ZIP (or .ZOO, .ARJ, etc.).
Please send any suggestions, comments, or bug reports to the
following address:
Roberto Soldi
via Mazzini 108
I-20010 Arluno (MILANO)
Italy
Or to the following E-Mail address, on internet:
tsan1319@cdc8g5.cdc.polimi.it
If you find this program useful, a contribution of 5$ (US Dollars),
or 7000ITL (Italian Liras) would be greatly appreciated.
# Command Line Options
Only one command line option is implemented: /w.
If the program starts with this option, then uses a configuration
file (enhdesk.ini) located in the Windows directory, as is the
standard behaviour of the Windows programs. Otherwise it searches for
the configuration file in the same directory where the executable
files reside.
If the configuration file does not exist, a reasonable default
configuration is used; of course, in this case no custom menu exists.
# Disclaimer
I took any care to make this program a good program but note that
following conditions apply:
no warranty exists, either express or implied. No liability is
assumed for any damage direct or indirect, or loss resulting from the
use of this program. I cannot guarantee that it is bug free.
I do not guarantee anything about this program but that, probably, it
will not destroy the Solar System.
If you do not like these terms, please do not use Enhanced Desktop
(or exit immediately if you are already running it).
# How to use Enhanced Desktop
Although Enhanced Desktop can be started in every moment, it is
convenient to start it
when Windows start (this can be done by putting it in the StartUp
group, if the shell is the Microsoft Program Manager). Note that nor
a window neither an icon will appear on the desktop; furthermore the
program is not shown in the task list. From this moment, clicking the
right mouse button on the desktop or on the title bar of any window,
the Enhanced Desktop menu is shown. It starts with a section
containing CustomMenus. Next sections contain the following commands:
Options
The options command shows the Options menu.
Help
The Help command shows the Help Menu.
Task List
The Task List command shows the list of the active programs. Note
that Enhanced Desktop is not shown in the task list.
Close Windows
The Close Windows command ends the current Windows session.
However a prompt is shown for saving all unsaved works.
Restart Windows
The Restart Windows command ends Windows and restarts it
immediately after. However a prompt is shown for saving all
unsaved works.
Reboot Computer
The Reboot Computer command is only shown if the Enable Reboot
option has been set from the options dialog box; this option is
not set the first time the program is run. This command causes
the computer to reboot. However a prompt is shown for saving all
unsaved works.
Close Enhanced Desktop
The Close Enhanced Desktop command terminates Enhanced Desktop.
# Options Menu
The Options menu contains the following commands:
Settings
The Settings command opens the Settings dialog box.
Custom Menus
The Custom Menus command opens the Menu Setup dialog box.
# Help Menu
The Help menu contains the following commands:
Help Index
The Help Index command shows the main index of the online help on
Enhanced Desktop.
Using Help
The Using Help command shows help on using the online help
system.
About Enhanced Desktop
The About Enhanced Desktop command brings up a dialog box showing
release and copyrights information about Enhanced Desktop.
# Settings Dialog box
In the Settings Dialog box there are commands to choose the
configuration settings.
Confirmation on exit check box
If the Confirmation on exit check box is checked Enhanced Desktop
will ask a confirmation before starting the exiting procedure.
This option takes effect immediately.
Enable Reboot option check box
If the Enable Reboot check box is checked, Enhanced Desktop shows
the Reboot Computer command in the menu. For this option to take
effect Enhanced Desktop must be first closed and then restarted.
This is made to allow network administrators to prevent users to
set this option. In fact Enhanced Desktop checks the enhdesk.ini
file at the start, and sets the reboot option according to that
file. If the file is made read only by the network administrator,
users will never be able to modify this option. This has been
required to me by a network administrator.
Enable caption hitting check box
If the Enable caption hitting check box is checked the Enhanced
Desktop menu can be called by clicking the right mouse button on
any title bar and on the desktop too. If this check box is not
checked, the Enhanced Desktop menu can be called by clicking the
right mouse button on the desktop only.
# Menu Setup Dialog box
The Menu Setup dialog box shows two list boxes:
- Popups list box: it shows the popup menus defined
by the user. The text shown here is shown by the custom menu
portion of the main menu.
- Items list box: it shows the commands that the
selected popup in the other list box owns. The text shown here is
shown by the custom menu.
The Menu Setup dialog box also shows two sets of buttons. Only one
set at a time is active: selecting the Popups list box or the Items
list box activates one set or the other.
The Buttons are:
- Add Popup button: it prompts the user for
entering a name for a new popup and creates it.
- Popup Name button: it changes the name of an
existing popup prompting the user for entering a name for a new
popup and creates it.
- Remove Popup button: it removes the currently
selected popup menu.
- Add Item button: it adds an item to the popup
menu selected in the Popup list box. It pops up the Program Item
Setup dialog box to perform this task.
- Change Item button: it changes the settings
associated to the selected menu item, showing the Program Item
Setup dialog box.
- Remove Item button: it removes the selected item
from the menu.
- Ok button: it accepts the current settings and
closes the dialog box. The current settings are saved in the
enhdesk.ini file.
- Cancel button: it discards the changes to the
custom menus and closes the dialog box.
# Program Item Setup dialog box
The Program Item Setup dialog box lets associate a file to run with a
title, a starting directory and an optional command line.
It shows four edit fields:
- File Name: it holds the file name to run. May be
an executable file or a data file too, if a correspondence
between the data file and an application has been set by means of
the File Manager.
- Menu Text: it holds the text to show in the
custom menu.
- Optional parameters: it holds the optional
parameters to pass to the chosen program. It is optional.
- Working Directory: it holds the active directory
when the program starts. It is optional.
The Program Item Setup dialog box also shows three buttons:
- Ok button: it accepts the settings in the dialog
and closes the dialog itself.
- Cancel button: it discards the dialog box
contents and closes the dialog itself.
- Browse>> button: it pops up a dialog box from
which the user can choose the executable file to add to the menu.
# Custom Menus
Enhanced Desktop can show a set of user defined menus, that let the
user to quickly launch an application. The main menu, that is called
by clicking the right mouse button on the desktop or on any title
bar, starts with the set of custom popup menus; of course, the first
time Enhanced Desktop runs they do not exist. They must be created
with the Options/Custom Menus menu command.
The custom menus can be filled with that programs the user wants to
be able to run in every moment, without having to search for his
shell (normally the Program Manger). A data file can also be run, if
an association exists between the data file and the program that
created it. This association can be made by means of the File
Manager.
Note that all information about the custom menus is stored in the
enhdesk.ini file.
See the command line option for information about where the
enhdesk.ini file is located.