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- INSTALLATION
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- Currently there is not a installation program that goes with FM, its been
- a debate with me if there should even be one. Personally I feel a great deal
- of discomfort with installation programs that change what I've so painfully
- set up without even telling me about to begin with. File Magician has no need
- to change or add to any of your startup files or any .ini files in your windows
- directory. The best method to install FM is.
- The registered version of FM v3.5 does now contain a install program on disk.
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- Step 1: Create a directory on your hard drive with File Manager or whatever
- you are currently using as a file manager, call the directory
- FM or whatever name you wish to use. (as long as it is nice)
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- Step 2: Copy all the files from the FM disk or .zip archive to that
- directory.
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- Step 3: Copy the .DLL files to your Windows\system directory if you don't
- already have them there.
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- Installation complete. Now all you need to do is assign it a icon and
- throw it in a group somewhere. FM does contain a icon that was created by
- one of our registered users "Thomas LeGodais", Thanks Tom!
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- With PCTools.
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- Step 1: Go to the File Menu and Select 'New File'.
- Step 2: Enter in the Title box File Magician V3 .
- Step 3: Click on the 'Browse' Button and find your way to the FM Directory
- that you created and select FM.EXE, then push 'OK', the
- command line entry box will fill in automatically.
- Step 4: Click on the 'Icon' button. Select the icon that turns you on
- and select 'OK'.
- Step 5: Select 'OK' again from the File Item Box.
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- Thats it. for PCTools
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- With Program Manager
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- Step 1: Go to the File Menu and Select 'New'.
- Step 2: Select 'Program Item' then 'Ok'
- Step 3: Enter in the Description box. File Magician V3
- Step 4: Click on the 'Browse Button' and find your way to the FM Directory
- that you created and select FM.EXE, then push 'OK', the command
- line entry box will fill in automatically.
- Step 5: Click 'Change Icon'. You will get a message that says "There are
- no icons available for the specified file", no sweat, select 'OK'.
- Step 6: Select a Icon that you like and click on 'Ok'.
- Step 7: Select 'Ok' again.
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- See, piece of cake.
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- With Norton Desktop
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- Step 1: Go to the File Menu and select 'New'
- Step 2: Choose the group list you want. I would hope it would be
- 'AutoStart'. Select 'OK'
- Step 3: Select 'Item' for Type.
- Step 4: In Title section type 'File Magician V3', don't press return,
- use the mouse pointer to select 'Program/document/script:'
- Step 5: Click browse, find your way to the FM Directory that you created
- and select FM.EXE, then push 'OK', the entry box will file in
- automatically.
- Step 6: Click the 'Startup Directory' box and enter in the directory path
- that you used for FM. examp. c:\fm
- Step 7: Click on 'Icon'. Then select that icon that suits and select 'OK'.
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- Thats it for Norton. His is probably the most difficult to set anything up
- for but it really isn't that bad. Presently I favor Norton in a number of items
- even if the rumors are true. Quite often rumors are simply user error created
- with impatience. I haven't examined PCTools all that well but it too seems to
- be a fine program. So far I don't realy see a need to switch desktops from
- the program manager but the utilities that accompany Norton and PC are quite
- quite handy when used by File Magician!!
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