Introduction ============ WinDown is a Windows 95 utility that shows itself in the system tray next to the clock. Right-clicking on the WinDown icon in the system tray gives a menu for all of the Windows 95 shutdown options: [Shut down the computer], [Restart the computer], [Restart Windows] and [Restart Windows in MS-DOS mode]. If a network is installed or user profiles is turned on, [Shut down all applications and log on as another user] will appear also. WinDown can be configured to execute a shutdown action when its tray icon is double-clicked and to ask for confirmation before executing an action. WinDown can also use the command line to execute an action immediately. Automatic Installation ====================== After you extract all files from WinDown.ZIP, right click on WinDown.INF and choose Install. Windows will copy WinDown.EXE and WD2.EXE to your Windows folder, WinDown.HLP and WinDown.CNT to your Windows Help folder (usually Windows\Help) and WinDown.INF to your Windows Install Scripts folder (usually Windows\Inf). Windows will then create a shortcut to WinDown in your Startup folder so it will start with Windows and automatically start WinDown for you. Note: The Windows installation function can't handle directories with spaces in them. If you have unzipped WinDown to a folder with spaces in its name or path, you will receive an error message. Copy all files to a folder that doesn't have spaces in its name or path and try again. Manual Installation =================== 1. Copy WinDown.EXE, WD2.EXE, WinDown.CNT and WinDown.HLP to the directory of your choice. 2. Create a shortcut to WinDown.EXE in your Startup folder. You do not need WinDown.INF if you install manually. It and this file can be erased. Uninstallation ============== If you did the automatic installation, open Add-Remove Programs from your Control Panel, choose WinDown and click Add/Remove. If you did the manual installation, delete all files for WinDown. See the next section for changes WinDown makes to the registry so you can delete them. Registry changes ================ WinDown makes the following changes to your registry the first time it is used: 1. Creates a subkey named Eagle Software under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software and under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software, if it doesn't already exist. 2. Creates a subkey named WinDown under Eagle Software in both locations. 3. Adds values related to internal operations and settings you have made under WinDown in both locations. No other changes are made to your registry. If you manually uninstall WinDown, you can delete both WinDown subkeys. You can delete both Eagle Software subkeys if neither has any other subkeys besides WinDown. Using WinDown ============= When WinDown starts, it will appear in the system tray (next to the clock) as an icon of an open door. Double-clicking in WinDown's icon will execute WinDown's default shutdown action. Right-clicking will bring up a menu of shutdown actions to choose from and changing settings for WinDown. Choosing Exit closes Windown and removes it from the tray.