Quick Guide

Installation
Install ToolBox by unzipping the contents of the archive to an empty directory on your disk (e.g. c:\MyPrograms\ToolBox). This will create the neccessary folders and files. Double-click on TOOLBOX.EXE and you are ready.

Un-Installation
ToolBox will create more files and folders at the installed location, but nowhere else on your disk. If you need to uninstall it simply delete all the files from the location you put the executable originally.

Make ToolBox start at Windows start-up
On the ToolBox Control Panel window check the "Start ToolBox when Windows start" button. This will create a shortcut at:
C:\Documents and Settings\your user name\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
folder on your disk. Uncheck this check-box and the Shortcut will be removed.

Create you first ToolBox
The first time you run ToolBox, the Control Panel application will be shown. The list of 'ToolBoxes' will be empty. To start Click on the 'New ToolBox' button. This will create your first ToolBox window. Now click on the 'Hide Control Panel' button to hide the main window. You can perform almost every operation on the ToolBox window without using the Control Panel.

Create your first Drive Shortcut
Right click on an empty tile on your ToolBox window. Select 'New../Shortcut to Drive' from the popup menu (see picture on the right). The Icon Properties dialog will open (see Icon Properties Dialog picture). Select a drive letter and an Icon (you can choose to pick an icon from a different library) and click OK to create a shortcut to a Drive (see picture on the left).
Clicking on a Drive icon, executes Windows Explorer with the correct parameter, so a window with the contents of that drive is displayed.

Create your first Shortcut
Open an explorer window on drive C: (you can use ToolBox to do that - start getting used to it) and navigate to a desired folder, say c:\winnt where the Notepad application is. Find the notepad.exe file, drag it and drop it onto your ToolBox window at any empty tile. This will create automatically a shortcut to Notepad, and you can use this tile to run Notepad from now on!

Arrange your toolboxes
Moving toolboxes is very easy. Left-click on an empty area of the toolbox and move your mouse. If however your toolbox is covered with icons and you can't find an empty spot, hold down the Ctrl button while you left-click on toolbox, then use your mouse to move the window to a new place.

Become a Power User
By completing the above steps you managed to create a shortcut to a drive and an application. You can now see how easy it is to start putting all your applications onto ToolBox. You can create many ToolBox windows to group your shortcuts. You can use different background colors, transparency effects etc. You can make ToolBox the most essential application on your disk. But don't worry. Even if you re-install windows you can just copy your settings by copying ToolBox's settings folder, or you can even share the settings with ToolBox on your laptop! There are unlimited ways to use and benefit from the use of ToolBox. To discover them make sure you read our How To detailed guide.