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- Thank you for your interest in WinUpD8R!!
-
- You will find this utility to be extremely helpful in keeping
- your files up-to-date and your directories in "synch" across
- your multiple computers.
-
- Even on a single machine, WinUpD8R can be a very useful tool, as
- you'll find out as you learn more about its various capabilities.
-
- WinUpD8R can be anything from a simple "copy utility" to a
- programmable maintenance engine. Since WinUpD8R works with
- your valuable data files, PLEASE take the time to familiarize
- yourself with its operation before attempting ambitious
- operations on your computer!
-
- WARNING!!! - WinUpD8R bases its decisions on the time/date stamp
- of each file. This stamp is updated to the present date and time
- each time a file is modified by an application. If the clock in
- one of your computers is inoperative, the stamp used by this
- computer will be incorrect. Do not use WinUpD8R or any similar
- product on computers with inoperative clocks.
-
- Because of the importance of this file information you should
- immediately have any computer with this problem repaired by a
- qualified computer repair shop.
-
- Thank You,
-
- Dick Bryant
- Open Windows
-
-
- The archive file UPD8R_42.ZIP (UPD8R.ZIP from CompuServe) should
- contain the following files:
-
- FILE_ID.DIZ - Program description used by BBSs
- SETUPWU.EXE - WinUpD8R's installation program
- README.TXT - This file
- VENDINFO.DIZ - Distribution information file - partially encoded
- VENDOR.TXT - Information of interest to shareware distributors
- and BBSs in ASCII format
-
- The files below are in compressed format and will be expanded by
- SETUPWU or OWSETUP - they CANNOT be used directly:
-
- BWCC.DL_ - Borland graphics support DLL - will be moved to the
- /WINDOWS/SYSTEM directory by SETUPWU.EXE (if needed)
- HELPFILE.WR_ - The help documentation in Windows 3.1 Write format
- REGISTER.TX_ - Registration form in ASCII format
- WINUPD42.EX_ - The executable program file
- WINUPD42.HL_ - The help file supporting WinUpD8R
-
-
- To install WinUpD8R from a floppy disk received from
- Open Windows:
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- 1. While in Windows, insert the floppy disk in the drive.
-
- 2. Open File Manager and select the floppy disk.
-
- 3. Double click on the file OWSETUP.EXE to run it.
-
- 4. Follow the on-screen directions.
-
-
- To install WinUpD8R starting with only a copy of UPD8R_42.ZIP
- (UPD8R.ZIP if obtained from CompuServe):
-
- 1. Create a temporary directory (C:\WU will do) on your
- hard drive.
-
- 2. Copy UPD8R_42.ZIP to this directory.
-
- 3. Unzip the file using PKUnZip or other "UNZIPper". This
- should produce the files listed in the packing list above.
-
- 4. Run SETUPWU.EXE from Windows. This will take you through
- the procedure of installing WinUpD8R on your hard disk. Do
- NOT install TO the temporary directory - C:\WU in the example
- above.
-
- 5. You may delete all of the files in the temporary directory
- from your hard drive after completing the installation process,
- but remember to save a copy of UPD8R_42.ZIP on a floppy for
- friends who may wish to try WinUpD8R.
-
-