Instant Drive Access v1.44

Welcome to Instant Drive Access help.

Contents:

What is Instant Drive Access

Whats new in this version

Configuration

Contacting the author

Registering Instant Drive Access

Tips and tricks


What is Instant Drive Access.

Instant Drive Access is a little utility which places itself in the system tray of Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0.

When you rightclick the I.D.A. icon you should see something like this:

As you can see, you have all your drives in the menu for instant access (thus the name) without having to minimizing open windows to get to “My Computer”.

You can also add your own favorite programs to the menu also in submenus.

And you can add aliases to your favorite folders.


New in this version
Whats new in this version (v1.44).

•	Added drive monitoring option.

•	Fixed bug when moving menu items down (they will now move down, actually all to the buttom of the current branch).

Version 1.43

•	Fixed bug, when registering under Windows NT 4.0.

•	Fixed bug, when adding/moving items under Windows NT 4.0.

•	Fixed bug, with settings menu option disappering.

•	General bug fixes.

Version 1.42

•	Fixed bug, wnen editing folders form the menu-tab.

•	General bug fixes.

Version 1.41

•	Improved the Find function (now supports wildcards).

•	Added more flexibility to the menusystem.

•	Added initial windowsize (normal, maximized, minimized) for programs.

•	General bug-fixes.


Configuration
Configuration	Generel options

In this window you specify the generel settings for Instant Drive Access.


Contacting the author

You can reach the author at the following E-mail address:

Jesper.lauridsen@systeam.dk

or by postal-mail at:

SysTeam

V/ Jesper Lauridsen

Roskildevej  98, 6 tv.

DK-2000  Frederiksberg

Denmark


Here you can choose whether you will see free space for each drive or not.


Here you can choose whether you will see the total free space or not.


Here you can choose between:

All drives	All drives’ free space will be counted.

Only local drives	Only local drives will be counted.


Here you specify how often the free space should be updated.

Never	Will never update the free space.

Every minute	Will update free space every minute.

Every 5 minutes	Will update free space every 5 minutes.

Every 10 minutes	Will update free space every 10 minutes.

Every time I open the menu	Will update free space every time you open the menu.


Configuration
Configuration	Drives


Configuration
Configuration	Menu


Configuration
Configuration	Filemanager


Configuration
Configuration	Mouse


When you select a drive form the menu, it can be opened in one of the following ways:

Opens the drive like a folder

Opens the drive with Explorer

Opens the drive with a Filemanager you decide.


When you press this button you will be able to select which browser/filemanager you want to use.

Note: Will only be availble when you have selected to use another browser than Microsofts.


Shows which programs and folders you have put in the menu. Right click an item to, add, remove or edit.


When you click a menuitem with the right mouse button, you will see the following menu:


Move the selected item up or down.


Remove the selected item from the menu.


Choose which drives Instant Drive Access should look for when looking for drives.


Edits the selected item.


Here you enter the name, that will appear in the menu. By default I.D.A. will use the filename.


Here you enter the parameters for the program (if any).


Here you can see your current menu-structure.


Pressing this button will give you a new submenu-item.


Shows the path and filename for the external browser.


Should drives be shown when left clicking the trayicon.


If not checked user defined items (programs/folders) will not be shown.


If not checked other items (control panel, find file etc) will not be shown.


Tips and tricks

Ampersand in menu-items.

When adding a menu you can use an ampersand “&” to give even easier access to menuitems.

How to:

In the programname edit field you enter a “&” before the letter you wish to be the shortcut to the menuitem.


Here you can select how to run the program, choose between:

Normal window	Opens the program in normal size.

Minimized window	Opens the program minimized.

Maximized window	Opens the program maximized.


Here you can define which menuitems you want shown in the menu.


Finding files/directories
Finding files/directories.


Pressing this button will stop the search.


Pressing this button will close the find window.


Here you enter the findname/directory you want to search for (wildcards supported).


Pressing the find button will start the search.


Registering Instant Drive Access
How to register.

Online:

You can register Instant Drive Access on the following Internet World Wide Web sites:

http://www.getsoftware.com/cgi/info.gsc?productid=83

or at

http://www.shareit.com/programs/100303.htm

By fax:

If you prefer not to use your credit card online, fill out and fax the provided order.txt file to ShareIt at: +49-221-2407278 (germany).

By phone:

Or you can order by phone at ShareIt  +49 221-2407279 (Germany).


Adding a program or file to the menu.

After selecting the program/file in the file selection dialog, the Add to menu-dialogbox appears.

Name:

In this field you enter the text you that describes the program/file you’re adding to the menu. This is the text, that will appear in the menu.

Parameters:

In this field you can enter additional parameters for the program.

Run as:

Here you can select how to run the program;

•	In a minimized window

•	In a maximized window

•	Or in a normal window (default).

Pressing the open folder icon will let you select another file.


Adding a directory to the menu.

After selecting the folder in the folder selection dialog, the Add to menu dialogbox will appear.

Name:

Here you can enter the text, that describes the folder you have selected. This is the text, that will appear in the menu.

Open like:

Here you can select between;

•	As a folder (default)

•	With explorer.	This gives you the split window, with folders on the left side and files on the right.

•	With explorer as root	This gives you the split window, with folders on the left, and files on the right, but you will only see the selected folder and what is under that.

•	Or with the external browser.

Pressing the open folder icon, will let you select another directory.


Selecting this menu item will add a submenu. You can add submenus to any menu, which will give you cascading menus.


Selecting this menu item will add a break to the menu.


Deletes the selected item.


Edits the selected item.


Renames the selected item.


The register screen.

When you press the register button this screen will appear.

In the name field you enter the name you used to register Instant Drive Access. (Note: This field is case sensitive)

In the registration code field you enter the registration code you received when you registered Instant Drive Access (10 digits).

When you have entered your registration code press the TAB key to enable the OK button.

See: How to register


Enable or Disable whether IDA should monitor free diskspace.

When a drive reaches the configured minimum Instant Drive Access will popup a warning.


The monitor settings screen.

When you press the monitor-settings button this screen will appear:

You can configure each drive seperately (eg: C-Drive to 20 Mb and D-Drive to 100 Mb).


Select which drive to monitor.


Here you enter the amount of free space, that should be on a drive.

Note: 0 (zero) means no check.