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            Nico's Commander for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT
                            version 4.10
                       (c) 1998, Nico Cuppen


WHAT IS NICO'S COMMANDER

Nico's Commander is a Norton Commander like file manager with exciting
features:
- ten or twenty application buttons you can configure to start your
  favorite application with one mouse click, and feed the application
  a file you selected
- user configurable function keys
- show the current date and time in the title bar of the active window
- built-in zip and unzip function with long file name support and ability
  to create self extracting ZIP archives and archives that span several
  floppies
- try out facility for ZIP files
- reach icons on your desktop with one mouse click, even if your
  desktop is cluttered with windows
- file search (with jokers) and search for strings inside files
- directory compare
- file compare
- Explorer-like context menus
- supports FAT32 and NTFS
- built-in editor without Notepads limitations
- use FTP sites as local disks
- print ASCII files one page on a sheet (portrait) or two pages on a
  sheet (landscape)
- optional command prompt with command history
- minimize by right clicking on empty space in Nico's Commander's main
  window
- ExitWin button to exit and restart Windows or to shut down or reboot
  your machine
- Esc key can instantly activate your Screen Saver.
- Help everywhere.


INSTALLATION/DEINSTALLATION

Run SETUP.EXE to install. Uninstall via Start - Settings -
Configuration - Software, or double click the icon Uninstall Nico's
Commander.


VERSION HISTORY

Version 4.10:
- user configurable function keys
- 'Move' and 'Rename' functions now integrated
- possibility to use wildcards in copy, move and rename actions
- 'SendTo' submenu implemented in Explorer-like context menu
- results of directory comparison are shown in file windows, not
  in separate window
- new menu choice: File - Invert selection
- new menu choice: Directory - Print current directory
- new menu choice: Directory - Print directory tree
- selected sort order will be saved over sessions
- 'hidden' and 'system' files and directories now shown in different colors
- 'hidden' and 'system' directories can now be made visible or invisible
- attributes and (in Windows NT) creation date and time of directories
  can be changed
- filenames can now be shown in uppercase and directories in lowercase, or the
  other way around
- fixed bug that caused problems in sorting files and comparing directories
  because of differences between collating and lexicographical order
- fixed bug which caused crash when connected to unknown FTP host type
- fixed bug that caused File - Open archive not to function
- fixed bug that caused an html file to be opened in a new browser, in
  stead of in a new window of the running browser
- selected files will no longer be deselected unexpectedly
- increased performance handling very large directories.

Version 4.03a:
- fixed bug that caused crash on some machines with special drives (i.e. on
  Toshiba Libretto with PCMCIA-coupled floppy drive)

Version 4.03:
- added support for multi-volume zip archives
- progress bar for zip and unzip actions
- added Shift-F3 to edit a new file
- added Shift-F8 and Shift-Del to delete files without sending them
  to the recycle bin
- calculation of diskspace occupied by directory can now be aborted
- changed the way to select files and directories with the keyboard:
  spacebar selects, Ins key selects and goes down one line,
  cursor up/down no longer looses selection
- added keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+F for File Search and Ctrl+Z for Zip
  File
- added some configuration settings for FTP
- temporary FTP transfer for edit or unzip now uses configured file
  transfer type
- fixed bug that hampered FTP use in right pane
- fixed bug that caused problems reading empty floppy disk
- fixed bug which caused filenames containing & to be shown with
  underscore
- disk volume labels longer than 13 characters are now processed correctly
- fixed bugs in resizing columns in file windows
- fixed bug that caused nothing to happen when double clicking on
  multimedia file
- fixed bug in move: sometimes overwrite dialog not showed or was
  handled incorrectly.

Version 4.02:
- improved FTP facility:
  * file transfer can now be aborted
  * progress bar for file transfers
  * you can specify type of transfer (ASCII, binary, L8)
  * support for VAX/VMS FTP hosts
  * FTP actions can be logged

Version 4.01:
- completely redesigned user interface: icons, colors, highly configurable
- facility to create self extracting zip archives
- added Ctrl+P keyboard shortcut to switch to command prompt
- added "Select none" button
- choose ANSI or OEM character set when printing or editing
- fixed bug that caused crash when comparing files
- fixed bug that kept subdirectories from being zipped
- fixed bug that kept Tab key from functioning in NT
- improved error checking

Version 3.14:
- fixed bug which caused crash when deleting directory

Version 3.13:
- fixed bug which caused FTP errors when connected to UNIX host

Version 3.12:
- added undo facility to internal editor
- added "find next" facility to internal editor
- hard disk capacity now reported correctly in Windows 95 OSR2
- fixed bug which caused crash while navigating directories with keyboard
- volume name will now be shown for CD-ROM drive (when it contains a CD-ROM of course)
- drive type of secondary floppy drive will now be reported correctly
- better handling of FTP errors
- improved FTP site management
- fixed bug that caused erratic screen painting when using non standard Windows colors.

Version 3.11:
- fixed bug that caused window of internal editor to remain empty sometimes

Version 3.1:
- added FTP support
- added command prompt with command history
- key combination Ctrl+R can now be used to force refresh of file windows
- better indication of sort order in file windows
- fixed bug which caused disk drive to be blocked for external actions (eg. format)
- fixed bug which stopped context sensitive help in some dialogs
- when calculating number of subdirectories in a directory the directory itself is no longer
  added
- fixed bug which caused strange results using cd.. button
- files with a name starting with a dot are now shown
- right click on parent directory resulted in crash or incorrect result
- fixed bug that caused scroll problems after compare of files of unequal length
- default name of output zip file in Zip dialog box is now selected
- Windows 95 reports 2 Gb as disk size, even if the disk is larger. Service Release 2 of
  Windows 95 (OSR2) make it possible to correct this. Nico's Commander now makes use of this.
- fixed bug that stopped tab key to work correctly in internal editor
- fixed bug that caused search and replace actions in internal editor to fail.

Version 3.04:
- revised printing function to support newest HP drivers and all Windows printers
- uninstall now only removes own installed files
- width of all columns in file windows will now be saved over sessions

Version 3.03:
- fixed bug in directory compare
- fixed bug in try out action for zip file

Version 3.02:
- fixed bug showing dates in year/month/day format

Version 3.01:
- fixed bug in changing file attributes (only English version)

Version 3.0:
- built in editor for text files
- file compare facility
- right mouse click shows context menu of a file or directory
- added menu items to show disk properties and to format or copy a disk

Version 2.4:
- added built-in zip function. No more shelling to PKZIP!
- dates are formatted according to Windows settings
- removed case conversions on file names during file actions
- case of file names in file windows user selectable

Version 2.3:
- added directory refresh function

Version 2.21:
- bug in install program when installing in directory with space in
  its name

Version 2.2:
- added install and uninstall programs
- after directory compare differences are indicated in red

Version 2.1:
- user selectable font in file windows
- "go there" button after file search action
- JAZ and ZIP disk drives will show as "Removable"
- tooltips for abbreviated file names sometimes did not show

Version 2.02:
- corrected bug in search function

Version 2.01:
- printing in NT sometimes ended in a protection violation
- sort on filename or extension sometimes required two mouse clicks
- sort of directory names on extension sometimes gave unexpected results
- title of help file was in Dutch
- tooltip for desktop menu icon in system tray showed "Bureablad menu".
  Changed that to "Desktop menu".


REGISTRATION

Nico's Commander is not freeware. If you want to use it after the
30 day evaluation period you must register for US$ 20.

Registration can be done online on the Internet at
http://www.shareit.com/programs/100532.htm. Alternatively, you can go
to http://www.shareit.com and enter the program number 100532 there.

If you do not have access to the Internet, you can register via phone,
fax or postal mail. Please print out the form in ORDER.TXT, and fax
or mail it to:

    ShareIt! - Reimold & Schumann Internet Services GbR
    Habsburgerring 3
    D-50674 Koeln
    Germany

    Telephone: [phone]
    Fax:       [phone]
    E-Mail:    [e-mail]

Customers in the US may also place their order through the US ShareIt
office:

    ShareIt! Inc.
    PO Box 844
    Greensburg, PA 15601-0844

    Phone (orders only): 1-800-903-4152
    Phone (customer support): 724-850-8186
    Fax: [phone]

Please make sure to have your program ID 100532 ready.

Within hours after receipt of payment a registration number will be
send to you.

NOTE: All the above phone numbers are for registration purposes only.
The author of Nico's Commander cannot be reached at these numbers.

Any questions about product details, technical support, volume
discounts, etc. must be directed to the author.


BENEFITS OF REGISTRATION

- A version that works for more than 30 days
- Free technical support by e-mail
- The right to download and use future updates
- My eternal thankfulness.


DUTCH VERSION

Een Nederlandstalige versie is beschikbaar op
   http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/2686.


THE AUTHOR

Any suggestion? Found a bug? Please contact the author:
   Nico Cuppen
   E-mail: [e-mail]

Check for new versions on:
   http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/2686.