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- CFGSAVE
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- Gene Kavner October 29, 1991 (Utilities)
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- Purpose: A stand-alone Windows 3.0 application that attaches itself to the
- Program Manager by adding a Save Configuration item to the Program Manager's
- File menu. When you select Save Configuration, the cursor changes to an
- hourglass for a couple of seconds while your configuration is saved. You
- remain in Windows during the entire operation, and none of your active Windows
- or DOS applications running at the time are affected. This one-step operation
- is so simple and intuitive that you will begin to feel that CFGSAV is a
- natural part of Windows.
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- Format: CFGSAVE
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- Remarks: CFGSAV.EXE and CFGSAV.DLL, the two files that make up the
- executable portion of the utility, should be copied into your Windows
- directory. You must then add CFGSAV.EXE to the LOAD= line in the [Windows]
- section of your WIN.INI file. (NOTEPAD.EXE or SYSEDIT.EXE are handy programs
- for editing WIN.INI.) This ensures that the utility will execute immediately
- after Windows is started up. When you are through editing WIN.INI, it should
- appear as follows:
- INSERT 1(18)--5 lines
- INSERT 1(18)--5 lines
- INSERT 1(18)--5 lines
- INSERT 1(18)--5 lines
- INSERT 1(18)--5 lines
- [Windows]
- :
- LOAD=CFGSAV.EXE [other applications]
- :
- :
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- When you now restart Windows there will be no visible difference in how the
- Program Manager and other applications are displayed until you select the File
- item in the Program Manager's menu. When the pop-up menu is displayed, you'll
- see the new Save Configuration menu item, as shown in Figure 1. Now, any time
- you make a change to the Program Manager you can save your configuration by
- simply selecting Save Configuration from the Program Manager's menu.
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- Although CFGSAV is an application separate from the Windows Program
- Manager, it does take advantage of certain Program Manager characteristics. It
- expects, for example, that during shut-down the Program Manager will display
- an Exit Windows dialog box that prompts you to check the Save Changes box. It
- also expects that you will confirm your intention by pressing either the OK or
- Cancel buttons. These assumptions may not hold true under future versions of
- Windows. If they don't, the utility will simply terminate (after displaying an
- informative message box). However, if a future release of the Program Manager
- requires it, I will post a new version of CFGSAV on PC MagNet.