HonySoft,Amsterdam,the Netherlands README.TXT This software is Copyright © 1997-1998 HonySoft. All Rights Reserved. NotAgain Welcome to NotAgain ------------------------------------------ Topics covered in this note include: * Description * Installation Instructions * Usage * De-Installation Instructions * Registration * History of Changes * Disclaimer Description ----------------- NotAgain is a very simple program to start programs. It offers you a menu with YOUR commands from the system tray, the little icon box on the taskbar. The program is very lean and clean; no bells or whistles and uses very little resources. As a bonus you can also assign hotkeys to the programs on YOUR menu. Any program that can be started with a commandline can be used with NotAgain. Installation Instructions ------------------------------------------- NotAgain will only operate under Microsoft Windows 95* or Microsoft Window NT 4.0*. Create a folder named NotAgain Copy the file NotAgain.exe CfgAgain.exe NotAgain.dat readme.txt to this folder. Drag the NotAgain.exe file onto the start-button. Usage ----------- Run NotAgain. A Small spiral icon will appear in the system tray. Left Click this icon to show the menu of commands. Click a command to run it. Right Click the icon to see the options: -Setup NotAgain will bring you to the setup screen. Here you can add,remove and change the commands. You can also change the order of the commands. You can give a name for the command to appear on the menu. If the name is - a horizontal bar will appear on the menu(try it). Type the complete command line in the commandbox. Some common examples are given in the balloon hint. open c:\windows = explorer.exe c:\windows explore c:\windows = explorer.exe /e, c:\windows rootexplore c:\windows = explorer.exe /e, /root, c:\windows dosprompt c:\windows = command.com /k cd c:\windows notepad = notepad.exe edit win.ini = start c:\windows\win.ini Choose how to run this command: Default,Maximized or Minimized. For dos programs it can be important to start the commmand on the right drive. You can indicate which drive to start on. So for the above; 'dosprompt c:\windows' the drive would be c. If you want you can assign a hotkey to each command. If you don't choose ctrl or alt or both the hotkey is ignored. Press a single Ctrl or Alt to remove the hotkey -Load Commandset. You can select an old commandset (previously saved) or type a new, nonexisting name to create an empty commandset. -Save Commandset. Give a filename to save the current commands in a new file, or select an existing file to overwrite it with the current commands. About Commandsets. There is one restriction about using commandsets: They should always exists in the directory where the NotAgain.exe file is located. You can load a commandset at startup by enterining the name of the set as a parameter to NotAgain.exe. E.g.: NotAgain dosprompts.dat When no file is specified NotAgain uses its default: NotAgain.dat De-Installation Instructions ------------------------------------ To remove NotAgain from your system completely. Delete the NotAgain folder created during installation. Registration ------------------------ NotAgain is distibuted as feedback-ware, meaning that the usage of NotAgain is free, but the authors would appreciate any comments or suggestions; yes positive comment is also allowed. History of Changes ------------------------ NotAgain 1.0 First Release 1.2 Browse Button for commands added to CfgAgain.exe Easier assignment of hotkeys Hotkays are also shown in menu. Disclaimer ------------------------ This software is provided 'AS IS' and the author makes NO WARRANTY or representation, either express or implied, with respect to the software, its quality, accuracy or fitness for a particular purpose. HonySoft makes no charge for this version of NotAgain and you are free to redistribute the complete unmodified package. It is a violation of this agreement to distribute NotAgain or any part of it except as the complete unmodified package. This software is Copyright © 1997-1998 HonySoft. Contact Info: Email HonySoft@hotmail.com www http://www.angelfire.com/in/honysoft/ * "Microsoft" and "Windows" are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.