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Fixgroup - A program to fix up Windows 3.x group files when
you move the group targets directory.
A Windows 3.x group file has many pointers in it that tell Windows
where to find things like the program to execute and its icons.
If you end up having to move the Windows directory or another
directory that a group file points to, you will then have to go and
change every entry that is now "gone" by doing a change property on
every item. This program attempt to help in this by going thru a group
and a supplied path and fixing the entries for you. This program is
driven by an Environment variable "FIXGROUP". You should set this
variable to point to where the posible targets for the group to be fixed
are located and then run it creating a new group file. Then start up
Windows with the new group file and see what was done.
This code has been tested with Windows 3.0 and 3.1 and with varying sizes
of group files. Although it appears to work you USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!
Format:
SET FIXGROUP=C:\WINDOWS;D:\WINAPPS;J:\WINMISC;X:\WINNET; ..AND SO ON
FIXGROUP INPUT.GRP OUTPUT.GRP
There will be many different diagnostics issued during the execution
so you may want to redirect the output to a file to look at later.
REMEMBER !!!! Always back up any files that you modify !!!!
I can be reached at the following:
John C Bacas
c/o Elegance, Unlimited
P.O Box 1663
Morristown, NJ 07960-1663
or on the EXECUTIVE NETWORK BBS 914-667-4066
or on Compuserve 76104,447