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- Introduction:
-
- Welcome to CDRunner96! CDRunner96 was designed
- to make the digital life easier for all of us. CDRunner96
- makes Windows 95's AutoRun/AutoPlay behave as it
- should. While CDRunner96 is active all you now have
- to do to run that favorite CD is put it in the drive!
- CDRunner96 will take it from there. Here's a breakdown
- of some of the features included in CDRunner96:
-
- * Remembers CD-ROM data, and associated
- executables.
- * Supports multiple title CD's and allows
- you to choose what you want to run when
- the CD is inserted.
- * Can be set up to use CD-ROMs with ANY
- programs you want to use them with
- * AutoRuns CD-ROMs even if they were not
- designed for Windows 95 AutoRun!
- and returning when you are done!
- * Keeps track of Audio-CD's
- * Plays Audio-CD's with a full featured
- programmable CD Player. Registered
- version also supports the Windows 95
- CDPlayer.
- * Allows you to edit Audio-CD information,
- such as titles, and artist!
-
- Installation:
-
- Once you have run the setup program, simply create a
- shortcut to CDRunner96 in your startup group. This is
- not rquired, but definately recommended! Then just
- click it to get going! That's it! Now the next time
- you insert a CD into your drive, CDRunner96 will do
- it's job!
-
- Accessing CDRunner96:
-
- At any time CDRunner96 is waiting for a disk, you
- can access it's main menu by holding [SHIFT]+[CTRL].
-
- The Main Menu:
-
- Change Drive:
- Use this button to change the letter of your CD-ROM
- drive in the event of changes to your hardware
- configuration.
-
- Edit CD-ROM:
- This button enables you to tell CDRunner you would like
- it to "re-learn" a CD-ROM. This allows you change the
- way a CD-ROM behaves when inserted into the drive.
-
- Change Mixer:
- Allows you to point the CDRunner96 CDAudio Player to a
- different volume control program.
-
- Change Player:
- Choosing this button will allow you to toggle between
- using the Windows 95 CDPlayer, or the built in CDAudio
- Player when an Audio-CD is inserted into the drive.
-
- Done:
- Returns control to CDRunner96. Any CD left in the drive at
- this point will be recognized by the program.
-
- Quit CDRunner:
- Stops CDRunner96 execution.
-
- Help:
- Brings you back to this screen.
-
-
- Hints And Tips:
-
- The Possible Pitfalls Of Plug And Play:
-
- Remember that if a disc is inserted, it will be used. Don't
- remove a CD-ROM while using it and then put it back in,
- simply because you will run the program again, which can
- cause problems (unless of course you want to run it twice).
-
- Unconditional Mode:
-
- CDRunner96 is cleaver enough to ignore any CD that was
- left in the drive after a Windows 95 session has ended.
- This is essential for any CD-ROMs that require Windows 95
- to restart in DOS Mode. However, some users don't like the
- program to do that, so CDRunner96 supports "Unconditional
- Mode". This mode should only be used if NO CD-ROMs require
- Windows 95 to restart. In unconditional mode any CD left in
- the drive during the program's startup, will be run. To use
- unconditional mode add a "/u" to the command line in the
- shortcut's properties
- (ie C:\Program Files\CDRunner96\CDRunner96.exe /u).
- This parameter may be chained with quiet mode
- (ie C:\Program Files\CDRunner96\CDRunner96.exe /u /q).
-
-
- Quiet Mode:
-
- Another concern of some users was the title screen that
- appears at the start of CDRunner96. If you get tired of
- seeing the title screen, use "Quiet Mode" by adding a "/q"
- to the command line in the shortcut's properties
- (ie C:\Program Files\CDRunner96\CDRunner96.exe /q).
- This may be chained with unconditional mode
- (ie C:\Program Files\CDRunner96\CDRunner96.exe /q /u).
-
- Accessing The Configuration Screen:
-
- The configuration screen can be accessed by holding [CTRL] +
- [SHIFT]. The screen can not be accesed while the CD Player
- is active.
-
- Changing The Sound Card Mixer:
-
- To change the sound card mixer, first stop the CD Player.
- Hold [CTRL] + [SHIFT], and choose Change Mixer from the
- configuration menu. Locate the new mixer program and click
- OK.
-
- Disc Not Responding:
-
- Some CD-ROM Drives are slow to start, if you do not get an
- immediate response from CDRunner96, wait a few seconds, if still
- no reponse, simply remove and re-insert the CD.
-
- Taskbar Shortcuts:
-
- Once you have installed CDRunner96, you can safely delete any
- Taskbar shortcuts or groups associated with the CD's.
- CDRunner96 stores all of its information seperately from
- Windows 95, and is a much easier way to run the CD.
- Just note any properties (such as command line arguments)
- needed to run the disc for future reference.
-
- Using Different Applications:
-
- One possible way to use CDRunner96 to its fullest is to associate
- a CD-ROM with an existing application. For example a CD-ROM
- that is a graphics collection, can be set up to run your
- favorite graphics viewer by using the viewer as the executable,
- if your viewer supported a command line option to log to a set
- directory, provide that as the command line, and when the disc
- is inserted your viewer is ready! You could also use the
- multiple feature to do this type of thing, and allow a choice
- of graphics programs to be run when the disk is put in.
-
-
- Re-Installing A CD-ROM:
-
- If by chance you should remove a CD-ROM from your system,
- and then attempt to re-install it, when you go to do so
- CDRunner96 will attempt to run it when you put it in the
- drive. To avoid this, use Edit CD-ROM to reinstall the
- disc.
-
- Support, questions, concerns to:
-
- Email:
-
- ecthorpe@netheaven.com
-
- World Wide Web:
-
- http://www.netheaven.com/~ecthorpe/catalog.htm
-
- Or write:
-
- Eddie Thorpe
- 565 Summit Ave
- Schenectady, NY 12307
-
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