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- Windows WinStart - An automatic Windows applications loader during
- Windows startup.
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- CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORT
-
- Windows WinStart is a shareware created by ALLTY SYSTEMS INC.
- You are welcome to use it. If you like the software and the
- convenience it brings to you, you can support our effort of
- creating other good quality tools like this one by sending
- $5 to: ALLTY SYSTEMS INC., 355 West Olive Ave., Suite 209C,
- Sunnyvale, CA 94086. If you have any question or suggestion,
- please write to us at the above address.
-
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- A. Installation
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- 1. Copy 'WINSTART.EXE', 'WSINST.EXE' and 'WSINST.TXT' to your
- Windows subdirectory, (e.g. C:\WINDOWS).
- 2. Start Windows.
- 3. After Program Manager is loaded, select Program Manager's menu
- item - File - New.
- 4. Select 'Program Item' and click OK to add a new item to the
- program group.
- 5. In Command Line, enter 'WSINST.EXE' and click OK.
- 6. You will see a new icon added to your program group. The
- WinStart utility program installation is now completed.
- 7. To configure the applications you want to load during Windows'
- startup, just double click on this icon.
-
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- B. File Setup
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- FILENAME
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- The file name of the application you want to load automatically.
- You can either type in the name directly from keyboard or you can
- select an application by clicking on the file name.
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- DIRECTORY
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- You can switch to another sub-directory to look for applications
- by double clicking the sub-directory name or disk drive name in
- this box.
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- PROGRAM NAME
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- The list of applications you have added to the loading list will
- be displayed here. You can select an application item to modify
- its loading style or its loading sequence.
-
- OK button
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- When the OK button is clicked, WinStart Installer will store the
- selection you made to WIN.INI so that next time when you start
- the Windows, the applications you selected will be loaded
- automatically.
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- CANCEL button
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- Click the CANCEL button if you decide not to change anything.
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- ADD button
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- After you select or enter a file name, click on this button to add
- the application you selected to the program name box.
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- MODIFY button
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- To change the loading style or the loading sequence of an
- application, select the application in the program name box and
- click on this button. A dialog box will pop up for you to modify.
- For more details on this dialog box, see section C.
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- REMOVE button
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- Remove an application from the program name box if you decide not
- to load that application during Windows startup.
-
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- C. Configure the applications
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- You can decide the sequence in which the applications will be
- loaded, and whether the application will be iconized or
- maximized after being loaded.
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- You do so by selecting an application in the program name box and
- click on the MODIFY button.
-
- After you click on the MODIFY button, the configure application
- dialog box will pop up. Following are the things you can do:
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- PROGRAM NAME:
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- You can remove the directory path of the application if this file
- resides in one of the sub-directories in the DOS 'PATH'. Or you
- can change to a completely different file name.
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- PROGRAM LOADING STYLE:
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- You can decide if you want to load this application iconized,
- maximized, or in regular form by clicking on the style you want.
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- LOADING SEQUENCE:
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- You can change the loading sequence of the selected application by
- changing the number in this box.
-
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- ALLTY Windows WinStart software Copyright (c) 1990 ALLTY Systems, Inc.
- All rights reserved.
-
- DISCLAIMER
-
- ALLTY SYSTEMS, INC. MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OR
- IMPLIED WITH RESPECT TO THIS PRODUCT, ITS QUALITY, PERFORMANCE,
- MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THIS
- PRODUCT IS DISTRIBUTED "AS IS." THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO ITS QUALITY
- AND PERFORMANCE IS WITH THE USER. IN NO EVENT WILL ALLTY SYSTEMS
- BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
- RESULTING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT,
- EVEN IF ALLTY SYSTEMS OR AN AUTHORIZED ALLTY SYSTEMS DEALER HAS
- BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATE LAWS
- DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR
- LIABLITIES FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE
- LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY.
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