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- David Aylott's Utilities for Windows
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- Version 2.3b
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- Introduction:
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- This collection of utilities performs some useful tasks for users of
- Windows 3.x and Windows 95.
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- The utilities have been released as Shareware - you are welcome to try
- them out free of charge for a period of 30 days. If you find them useful
- please pay the author as detailed below otherwise you are required to
- delete them from your PC. Your support will make it possible to produce
- updates and additional Windows applications.
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- You are encouraged to pass these utilities on to friends and colleagues
- but please keep them in their original format and with all files included
- in the package.
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- Installation:
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- Copy all of the files into any folder (eg C:\WINUTILS). To make life
- easier for you, the folder should be included in your PATH.
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- You can then have shortcuts to the utilities at your fingertips
- (eg on the Windows 95 desktop).
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- The Utilities:
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- CLOSEALL - closes all applications and windows
- DEFPRINT - enables the default printer to be set
- ENDSHARE - bypasses the Sharing Dialog when closing down Win95
- ENDWIN - exits from Windows
- EXIT2DOS - exits Win95 to the DOS prompt
- MINALL - minimises all applications and windows
- NPAD - allows the notepad default fonts, margins and
- filetype to be changed
- PLAYSND - plays a single .WAV file
- REGISTER - to register the Windows Utilities
- RESTWIN - restarts windows without rebooting
- RUNQUIT - runs a program and then exits from Windows
- RUNSND - allows a different sound to be associated with
- each and every application
- SHUTDOWN - runs any number of cleanup tasks before closing
- down your Windows 95 PC
- SHUTOPTN - allows you to change the default Windows 95
- Shutdown Option (eg to Restart the PC)
- STARTSND - plays a different sound at user specified times
- (eg at startup)
- TIMEPROG - runs a program for a specified time (eg to limit use
- of games)
- WINTIME - windows scheduler that runs programs or send messages
- at specified times
- WPAD - allows the wordpad default fonts, margins and
- filetype to be changed
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- For more information please refer to the WINUTILS.HLP file
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- History
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- v2.1 - Initial Release as Shareware 12/6/97
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- v2.2 - Addition of SHUTDOWN & SHUTOPTN utilities 7/9/97
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- v2.3 - Released 10/10/97
- Many utilities rewritten
- Addition of DEFPRINT, ENDSHARE & STARTSND
- PLAYSND and RUNSND now use SNDREC32 if running Win95
- New Max entry for NPAD & WPAD to open maximised
- Performance increased when using SHUTOPTN utility
- Ability to hide SHUTOPTN, ENDSHARE & WINTIME whilst running
- Option to register several individual utilities introduced
- CLOSEALL enhanced to allow closing of nominated windows
- All utilitites can now be run from the DOS command line
- (eg in a batch file)
- 2.3b added the optional parameter to RESTWIN to delay the
- restart process
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