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- App Director Release Notes - Version 1.1
-
-
- App Director is being distributed as shareware. See the file
- SHARENOT.WRI for an explanation of the shareware concept.
-
- App Director is a Windows application launch utility that contains both
- a powerful desktop menu system and an application launch system. With
- it, you can launch applications whenever Windows starts up, or at a
- specified date and/or time.
-
- You can use App Director to launch those applications you use most
- frequently whenever Windows starts up. You can also set-up
- applications (such as back-up programs) to run unattended on a
- predetermined day and time or run programs on a given date and time.
-
- The desktop menu is user configurable and supports one level of
- sub-menu items. It has several built-in functions, including a
- powerful Run Application dialog with history.
-
- This program is rich in features, and uses dialog boxes to simplify
- the process of building a user menu or list of applications to launch.
- App Director fully supports associated files. It can also be used
- as your shell, if you so desire.
-
- See the App Director Help file for further information.
-
-
- Files in the distribution package:
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- APPDRT.EXE The program executable
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- APPDRT.HLP The help file
-
- APDRTINS.DLL installation and support DLL
-
- SHARENOT.WRI Shareware and license information
- (View with Windows Write)
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- MISC.WRI Info on tech support, manual installation, de-installation
- (View with Windows Write)
-
- APPDRT.ORD Order form
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- README.APD This file
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- Installation
- ------------
-
- After decompressing the distribution file, either to a dedicated
- sub-directory or a directory with other Windows programs, simply
- run APPDRT.EXE from Windows.
-
- App Director has its own built in installation procedure. When you
- run the program for the first time, it will ask you if you wish to
- install it. The installation part of the program modifies your
- WIN.INI and/or SYSTEM.INI files, but will back-up your existing
- files before modification. App Director will also offer to create
- a default menu for you. An automatic de-installation procedure
- has been provided as well, should you need it. Use Help for App
- Director to find out about it. Help is available from the system
- menu and from most of the dialog boxes in the program.
-
- If you want to try App Director without running the installation
- procedure, you can cancel the installation at the first
- installation dialog box and start using the program. Alternately,
- you can run App Director with the -i command line argument, which
- will suppress the installation procedure.
-
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- Usage
- -----
-
- Probably the easiest way to learn to use App Director is to use
- the Help provided with the application.
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- App Director requires Windows 3.0 or later and it will only run in
- the 386 Enhanced Mode and Standard Mode of Windows. Real Mode is
- not supported at this time.