How Do I ____________ in Win95?
1 See
the available disk space on the hard-drive?
2
Change, add or delete file associations (file types)?
3 Minimize all the windows on the desktop?
4 Make
my desktop look like win3.x (i.e Program Manager)?
5 Fix a
corrupt Registry File (i.e. WIN.INI file)?
7 Do a win3.x File Manager "search"?
8 Make
win95's Explorer look like win3.x's File Manager?
9 Fix "Specified Pathname is Invalid." errors?
10 Change
Explorer's defaults ?
11
Create icons for each folder on the desktop?
12 Print a document to a file or Drag & Drop
Printing?
13 NOT Save desktop settings on shutdown?
14 Make
a copy of a file?
15 Do a
DISKCOPY from A: to A:?
16
Automatically close parent folders (folders within folders)?
17 Cascading desktop menu's from START taskbar?
18
Desktop ICON Management?
19
Change the win95 Bootup & Shotdown Logo?
20 What do I need in the autoexec.bat and config.sys?
21 Why
is the save password box greyed out?
22 I can't find how to... (RIGHT CLICK!)
23 How
do I monitor modem throughput?
24 How
do I add keyboard shortcuts to my system like I had with PCTools for
Windows?
25
Where can I get a programme like Snoopdos (Amiga) for Win95? 23/01/98
26 Change
resolution and colour depth on the fly??
27 Dos Window commands come up with error 'Wrong Dos Version'
28 Is there an equivalent of "recorder in windows 3.1" in Windows95
to record Macros?
30 I've
got 32 megs of RAM on my PC ~ When I run Sysmon, it indicates that I am
using the full 32 megs
31 Get Rid of the Start Button (Duh! but it can be done!)
32 Create
a dynamically resizable Ram-Drive ?
33 Search and replace text in many files?
35 Remove Application from the installed applications list?
37 Copy the entire contents of one Hard-Drive to another?
38 How do I clear the file-run history every time I start up?
40 Change the Icons for Folders?
41 Turn off the Windows 95 Start-up Logo?
42 Boot to MS-DOS 7.0 instead of Windows 95
43 To change font size on Taskbar buttons
44 Optimise the speed of Windows 95 and OSR2??
45 Install two copies of Windows 95 on the same machine?
46 Managing MultiBoot under Win 95 Running Windows 3.11 on 95
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My Computer\Drive{\Folder or \Folder\File} \RIGHT mouse click \PROPERTIES
or
EXPLORER\Drive {\folder, file, etc}\RIGHT Mouse click\Properties
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MyComputer \ select 'Options' under the 'View' menu \ then the 'File Types' tab
Then edit any of the associations to your heart's content.
Here's the 'behind the scenes' scoop: The associations for registered file types are stored in the registry. Say you've associated the file type .XXX with some program. The hard way to remove the association is to run regedit and search for a key '.XXX'. You'll find it pointing to another entry called 'XXX_auto_file'. Delete the '.XXX' key and search for the 'XXX_auto_file' key, which you'll find pointing to the program you used to open the .XXX file. Delete this key also, and the association is gone. However, the registry is dangerous to edit directly unless you know what you're doing. The better, supported method is provided by in the above answer but now you know how the associations are set up in the registry.
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Use your right mouse button to click an empty area on the START taskbar. Select minimize all windows. Also you may open the 'parent folder' from taskbar and close.
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If you really want to go back to Progman/Fileman as your shell, you can edit system.ini and change the Shell= line to: Shell=progman.exe However, before you do, be aware that FILEMAN (even the Win95 version) does not appear to support long file names. This could be a problem later. However, after you set shell=progman.exe, one can still run EXPLORER and see/use long file names.
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There are two files in your Windows directory, USER.DA0 and SYSTEM.DA0 that are copies of USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT which are registry files. Make copies of USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT to something like USER.DA_ and SYSTEM.DA_ (for just such an emergency) and rename USER.DA0 and SYSTEM.DA0 to USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT respectively. This should restore the system. :-)
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Try the instructions in drk.zip at < href="file://ftp.microsoft.com">ftp.microsoft.com<>
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START taskbar \ FIND \Files or Folders
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To have folders displayed on the tree so that it is unnecessary to click the + ?
Open Explorer \ pull down VIEW menu \ Select 'List' or 'Details'
I find 'Details' the most useful because it has Type (i.e Application) and date. Your last configuration will remain until you change it again.
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I have a number of programs which I moved around onto all this great new free space I've got, but when I try to execute them I get "Specified path is invalid".
You need to re-install the programs. When you had to re-install Windows 95 or moved some of the programs the Registry entries for these programs were lost. The error message is somewhat confusing.
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Default FONT: While playing around with my system I discovered that the min, max, and close buttons in the right of the Title Bar are sized proportionally to the size of the font chosen for the Title Bar. So, if you are using a high res screen setting and are having a hard time accurately hitting the buttons, select a larger Title bar font. This also effects the size of the font in the task bar, allowing you to see more of the application name if you choose a smaller font.
Right Click Desktop\ Select PROPERTIES \ then APPEARANCE, Item \ ACTIVE TITLE BAR, then choose the font you want -
TIP: You can change the size of the title bar (and the buttons along with it) independently of the font size. Go back to the properties screen you describe and experiment with changing the size of the 'Item', as opposed to the 'Font'. While it's true that making the font large will increase the size of the title bar, if you just want the buttons bigger, you don't have to make the font bigger.
Start DIRECTORY: In the properties for the icon for Explorer enter the following:
EXPLORER.EXE /n,/e,g:\Programs
This will cause explorer to start in g:\Programs when it comes up.
> What do the /n and /e do? What other parameters are there? This is from the Windows Resource Kit available on the CD ROM refering to command line switches which you could add to your shortcut. You caHard drive Performancene switches for Windows Explorer in shortcut links or batch files, for example, to run Windows Explorer with a specified file selected
Syntax explorer [/n] [/e][,/root,object][[,/select],subobject]
Parameters
/n - Always open a new window (even if the specified folder is already open).
/e - Use Windows Explorer view. The default is Open view.
/root,object - Specify the object in the normal namespace that will be used as the root of this Windows Explorer Folder. Thedefault is to just use the normal namespace root (the desktop).
/select - Specifies that the parent folder is opened and the specified object is selected. subobject - Specify the folder to receive the initial focus unless /select is used. The default is the root.
Windows Explorer Examples (1)To open a window rooted at \\myserver so you can easily browse the whole server, but nothing else: explorer /e,/root,\\myserver (2) To open a folder window on C:\WINDOWS (or make an open window active) and select CALC.EXE,StartUpxplorer /select,c:\windows\calc.exe
---- Steve,[email protected]@,MaryOB@
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Make a directory (folder) called AllFolders and drag all your folders off the desktop in t to it. Now, with the right mouse button drag each individual folders back to the desktop. When the menu pops up choose "create shortcut here". You will then have a shortcut to your individual folders and can choose any icon by Right Mouse clicking on the shortcut and selecting properties ...
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Just right click on printer's icon in My Computer \ Printers and choose FILE: in Properties \ Details \ "Print to the following port" (normally LPT1).
"How Do I" do non-associated Drag-and Drop printing in Win95. I wish to print files that I know to be ASCII in nature without having to specifically associate them with an application (what I want is the Win95 version of "type [filename] >prn" - ala D'n'D).
I have implemented this tip which sends a file directly to the printer without passing GO and without collecting $200. My shortcut's sitting on the desktop near my recycle bin and I've changed the icon to one of the printer icons. Then all I do it dump a print-ready file onto it and that's that. No opening applications, no messages, nothing. It just prints, but only one file at a time, please. Cheers, Mike
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In order to allow Win95 NOT to save settings on exit, you first have to run POLEDIT.EXE directly from the Installation CD Rom or to run it after you install it on your computer.
On the release Windows 95 CD-Rom The Policy Editor resides at \Admin\apptools\Poledit
{It is located under \Mig_kit\Adm95\Apptools\Poledit in built 490 and under \Admin\apptools\Poledit in built 347.}
To install the policy editor; \ - Open up the 'Add/Remove Programs" Icon in control panel, - Select Windows setup and click on "have a disk", \ - Select "Browse" and choose your CD Drive letter\ - Then choose " \Admin\apptools\Poledit",\ - Highlight the "Poledit.inf" file,\ - Click OK until your are back to the control panel window.\ the Policy editor shortcut icon is by default in system tools. Now:\ - run the policy editor, \ - select file and then "Open registry", \ - double click on "local user",\ - navigate the tree as follows: Local User > Shell > Restrictions \ - under the shell restriction, set "Don't save setting at exit" \ so that it has a check mark. - click OK\ - click file and then save the registry.
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Highlight the file to be copied.\ Press together CONTROL key & C (letter C)\ Move your cursor to where you want the copy to be. \ Press together CONTROL key & V (letter V for "paste")
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The capability is on the Right Click menu. Right click on the drive icon, and select "Copy Disk"
or single Click the disk and select from the File menu Copy Disk
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When opening folders using the "My Computer" route, is it possible to close the parent window automatically when opening a folder within a folder?
Select View, Options and then within the Folder section select the radio button for 'Browse folders by using a single window that changes as you open each folder' ---Steve
OR
Hold down the shift key and use the "X" box to close the LAST window you opened; all the other parent windows will close with it. ---Phil
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Create new cascading menus off the Start Taskbar. An example: In the Start Menu folder in your Windows 95 folder, create a new folder and name it, exactly: Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
(All on one line, must include the ".", the curly braces, all four hyphens, and the hex numbers exactly as shown.)
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(a) Does anybody know how to make the icons on the desktop 'snap' to a grid. This is a really obvious feature that any many window managers have had for ages. The Arrange icons is useless cos it just put everything to one side and the straighten icons options only solves half the problem (which wouldn't be a problem if you have snap to grid). Right click desktop, click Line-up icons. It just lines them up...how about that!-
(b) Is it possible to get rid of the Icons for My Computer and Recycle Bin from the desktop? I don't use them, Explorer gives the same possibilities
This is very cludgy solution it is nowadays FAR better to use TweakUI part of Powertoys as available from most reputable web sites.
Get rid of ANY icon in 5 seconds - and get them back when you change your mind - in 3 seconds! -- without Poledit, regedit and whatever-edit! 0. Click right mouse button on the desktop. Select Arrange Icons. Uncheck "Auto Arrange". 1. Drag the My Computer (or Recycle Bin, or Network Neighborhood) icon to the lower edge of the screen. 2 Drag any other icon and place it above the icon you want to hide. 3. Press the left mouse button and drag a SELECTION RECTANGLE around both icons. Both icons will be highlighted. Release the left button. 4. Click on the upper icon and drag it -- and the lower icon with it -- downward until the lower icon disappears below the screen edge. Voila! 5. Click on desktop to remove the selection. Drag the upper icon to it's place.
© To restore the hidden icons: Right click on desktop... Line up icons... Here you are! This way. Even for those who (like me) hates POLEDIT (once I played with it ... and *then* my mailbox got trashed... no, thanks). My record is 5 mouse clicks to hide the icon -- who wants to beat it? ---- PA
(d) To set your Desktop Icons to Auto Arrange.... Right-click on the Desktop. Choose Arrange Icons. Then check on Auto Arrange.
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I don't know where the default is, but if you want to display your own logo as a bitmap simply create a bitmap no larger than 320x400 and no larger than 127k. Name it LOGO.SYS and place it in the root directory ( c:\ ) NOT in the windows dir like the logos.sys and logow.sys shutdown screens. Your logo will display upon booting. NOTE: the progress thing across the bottom does not display while Windows 95 boots. That should do it.---Mike Dixon
Tired of that blatant advertising come-on for a product you already own and have on your machine, every time you start your machine? Of course, I am referring to the "official" "You are now starting Windows 95" splash screen. Perhaps you might like your favorite spiritual quotation to appear in its' place? Or maybe Beavis and Butthead huh-huh-heh-ing your way into Windows 95 is more your style.
Well, in order to escape Microsoft's mighty corporate wrath yet again, all you have to do is the following:
Shutdown Logo's well they are done the same way!
The shutdown screens can be modified as well, by the user, to a design that is more suitable for use by young children. Perhaps, you just want to change these screens for your own reasons. It can easily be accomplished. Here's how:
there are two separate files involved, which correspond to the "Wait while shutting down" and "You may safely turn off" screens that are displayed during this sequence. Respectively, they are LOGOW.sys and LOGOS.sys (notice the W & S, for wait and safe?!) and can be found in the Windows 95 root directory.
Even though both have a .SYS extension, they are actually normal .BMP files. To edit these files, simply make backup copies of both of them, and save them into a separate directory, away from the Windows 95 root directory. The reason you are doing this, is so you have a back-up of the originals in case your luck with these things is as good as mine!
When you make the back-ups, rename both files so they have .BMP extensions. Now, you are ready to load them into a program like MS-Paint, or Corel Photo-Paint. Edit them in whatever way you like, but make sure that you change nothing with regard to the files resolution or color depth.
When you are finished, rename them (after making another separate backup of the new modified files) back to the original names of LOGOW.sys and LOGOS.sys and copy them back into the Windows 95 root directory, and reboot your computer. If all works the way it SHOULD, the next time you Shut Down, you will see your custom Log Off screens!
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Probably nothing, 'rem' it all out and try it. It is useful however knowing what goes there in the way of CD-Rom drivers etc in case you need to run a DOS game from CD..
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Either install Client for MS Networks or add user profiles
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If you can't find something, right click. Right clicking almost anything will give context sensitive information about the thing you are clicking Right clicking on the Start-Button allows you to open it and edit it direct. Right clicking on 'My-Computer' will give you access to the 'System Properties' and thereby the 'Device Manager'. Right click on everything see what it does!
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System monitor. 'My Computer'/'C'/'Windows'/'Sysmon'
Enable modem log and then add modem when online
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You can only do this with Windows 95 shortcuts. Rightclick on the shortcut select 'Properties' and then select the Shortcut Tab, select the Shortcut key area and use the keyboard combination that you would use [CTRL]+[ALT]+[?] or function keys allowed only!
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I would like to get a program for win95 like snoopdos (for Amiga). Snoopdos monitors the system for which files is opened by which programs (with full path ofcourse!). - Daniel **
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1998 07:18:58 -0500 From: Hans Klarenbeek <[email protected]> Subject: Snoopdos for Dos Has been released.......
YES! Looks like the same author even as the Amiga version I have installed it my site here its small so you can D/L it right from this site.(if you are at www.wantree.com.au/~hansie).... It's a Dos programme but it does intercept some (but not all) Windows 95 files system calls......
From: olutmith <[email protected]>
Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Where can I get a programme like Snoopdos for Win95? Answer\
Win95 File Monitor v3.2 will be a great choice... As good old
SnoopDos/Amiga. It can monitor the system for which files are opened by
which programs. It can be downloaded from http://www.ntinternals.com
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 180333 -0800
From: Paul
Evans <[email protected]>
Subject: Snoopdos for Dos
'Hi, this is from their register me document:
Win-eXpose-I/O is a Windows 95 file I/O Tracing/Debugging SHAREWARE util. that lets you
examine in real time what files each running application is using or trying to use......'
Like Win95 File Monitor v3.2 this tool will also monitor OS file system calls you can download a SHAREWARE version from http://www.shetef.com/ there are also some very nifty other tools on that same web page - This page has not been updated for well over a year however.
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Quick res may allow you to do this but this depends also on your video card!!! Quick res is part of the Powertoys suite of hacks (??) which can be D/L'd from Microsoft or the www.win95.com web page
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Either the path of the your old Dos directory comes before or preceeds the C:\Windows\Command in your path statement or your command directory is empty. Solution:- remove C:\dos from your path in the Autoexec.bat or remove the old dos files!
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No! Although IBM is releasing Rexx for Windows 95!
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29 How do I edit the logo.sys image to make the bottom pixels appear to be scrolling like the original logo.sys?
For a tutorial on creating animated startup logos, check out (the below link maybe added to the FAQ with permission of author)
http://www.nucleus.com/~kmcmurdo/win95logo.html grt@
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30 I've got 32 megs of RAM on my PC ~ When I run Sysmon, it indicates that I am using the full 32 megs
I've got 32 megs of RAM on my pc at home. When I run Sysmon, it >indicates that I am using the full 32 megs, with around 1 - 2 megs free memory available. This is without any programs running. This doesn't seem right. Sysmon indicates that I am using well over 32 megs if I run an application.
1. Try this, add the following to your system.ini [vcache] MinFileCache=892 MaxFileCache=4192
2. Get yourself over to http://www0.ima.com/mlarchive/lists/win95.1998/ and do a search for vcache, and/or MinFileCache/MaxFileCache.
futures@
Windows 95 allocates all available ram to the disk cache by default(and changes it as needed) this is nothing to worry about.\
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31 Get Rid of the Start Button (Duh! but it can be done!)
Well why you would want to is beyond me b...uuuuu.....t! Here it goes!
1.Click the START Button
2.Press < ESCAPE >
3.Hold < ALT > and the < - >
4.Click CLOSE
5.To get back the START Button: restart Windows "
The site: http://weber.u.washington.edu/~davidnf/egg.html
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32 Create a dynamically resizable Ram-Drive ?
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1998 21:53:37 -0700 From: Howard Barlow <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Apps (finally a virtual Ram Drive for windows '95)
I've been looking for it for I don't know how long. Now its been done. The following location has a 32-bit driver that provides a dynamic ram-drive. Your ramdrive will size up or down to meet your system needs. If you don't need it the ramdrive reallocates memory back to the system for your usage.
http://accessone.com/~virtual/vramdir.htm
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33 Search and replace text in many files?
I myself was getting annoyed at how Netscape Gold would save local paths in this HTML document so I would use the superb PFE to search and replace the bits that needed removing - no more! - Hansie
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1998 02:27:09 GMT
From: Michael David Hittle <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: APPS: Replace it!
Yes there is, goto http://www.infomaniak.ch/~dblock/xreplace.htm and download version 1.55. After you download it, look for the mailing list link, and sign up. This list has low traffic from the owner, but Dan will let you know when a new version comes out. I use it to delete the tag lines in a text file that I save messages in from the WIN95-L list (over 20000 msgs). Works like a champ.
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34 Change the default folder icon? The one for new folders on my desktop, and for all folders in Explorer?
With a little help from MicroAngelo's Engineer, here's how you can change almost every (72 icons at least!) default icon. These icons correspond directly to their position in the icon library SHELL32.DLL, so if my numbering get's a little off, refer to SHELL32.DLL remembering that the first icon is 0.
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Sh ell Icons]
"0"="C:\\WIN95\\Default Icon.ico,0"
"1"="C:\\WIN95\\Default Document.ico,0"
"2"="C:\\WIN95\\Application.ico,0"
"3"="C:\\WIN95\\Closed Folder.ico,0"
"4"="C:\\WIN95\\Opened Folder.ico,0"
"5"="C:\\WIN95\\Floppy5.ico,0"
"6"="C:\\WIN95\\Floppy3.ico,0"
"7"="C:\\WIN95\\Removable Drive.ico,0"
"8"="C:\\WIN95\\Hard Drive.ico,0"
"9"="C:\\WIN95\\Network Drive.ico,0"
"10"="C:\\WIN95\\Network Drive Offline.ico,0"
"11"="C:\\WIN95\\CD-ROM Drive.ico,0"
"12"="C:\\WIN95\\RAM Drive.ico,0"
"13"="C:\\WIN95\\Entire Network.ico,0"
"14"="C:\\WIN95\\Network Connections.ico,0"
"15"="C:\\WIN95\\My Computer.ico,0"
"16"="C:\\WIN95\\Default Printer.ico,0" '
"17"="C:\\WIN95\\Network Neighborhood.ico,0"
"18"="C:\\WIN95\\Workgroup.ico,0"
"19"="C:\\WIN95\\Programs.ico,0"
"20"="C:\\WIN95\\Documents.ico,0"
"21"="C:\\WIN95\\Settings.ico,0"
"22"="C:\\WIN95\\Find.ico,0"
"23"="C:\\WIN95\\Help.ico,0"
"24"="C:\\WIN95\\Run.ico,0"
"25"="C:\\WIN95\\Suspend.ico,0"
"26"="C:\\WIN95\\UnDock Eject.ico,0"
"27"="C:\\WIN95\\Shutdown.ico,0"
"28"="C:\\WIN95\\Share Overlay.ico,0"
"29"="C:\\WIN95\\Shortcut Overlay.ico,0"
"30"="C:\\WIN95\\Alternate Shortcut Overlay.ico,0"
"31"="C:\\WIN95\\Recycle Bin Empty.ico,0"
"32"="C:\\WIN95\\Recycle Bin Full.ico,0"
"33"="C:\\WIN95\\Dial-Up Networking.ico,0"
"34"="C:\\WIN95\\Desktop.ico,0"
"35"="C:\\WIN95\\Control Panel.ico,0"
"36"="C:\\WIN95\\Program Group.ico,0"
"37"="C:\\WIN95\\Printers Folder.ico,0"
"38"="C:\\WIN95\\Fonts Folder.ico,0"
"39"="C:\\WIN95\\Windows Logo.ico,0"
"40"="C:\\WIN95\\Audio CD.ico,0"
"41"="C:\\WIN95\\Tree.ico,0"
"42"="C:\\WIN95\\Multiple Files.ico,0"
"43"="C:\\WIN95\\Find Files or Folders.ico,0"
"44"="C:\\WIN95\\Find Computer.ico,0"
"45"="C:\\WIN95\\Alternate Shutdown.ico,0"
"46"="C:\\WIN95\\Alternate Control Panel.ico,0"
"47"="C:\\WIN95\\Alternate Printers Folder.ico,0"
"48"="C:\\WIN95\\Add New Printer.ico,0"
"49"="C:\\WIN95\\Network Printer.ico,0"
"50"="C:\\WIN95\\Print To File.ico,0"
"51"="C:\\WIN95\\File To Recycle.ico,0"
"52"="C:\\WIN95\\Folder To Recycle.ico,0"
"53"="C:\\WIN95\\Files and Folders To Recycle.ico,0"
"54"="C:\\WIN95\\Overwrite If File Exist.ico,0"
"55"="C:\\WIN95\\Copy To Another Folder.ico,0"
"56"="C:\\WIN95\\Folder Rename.ico,0"
"57"="C:\\WIN95\\Copy Settings To Another Folder.ico,0"
"58"="C:\\WIN95\\Configuration INI or INF.ico,0"
"59"="C:\\WIN95\\Text File.ico,0"
"60"="C:\\WIN95\\Batch File.ico,0"
"61"="C:\\WIN95\\System File SYS DLL or VXD.ico,0"
"62"="C:\\WIN95\\Bitmapped Font.ico,0"
"63"="C:\\WIN95\\TrueType Font.ico,0"
"64"="C:\\WIN95\\Run Dialog.ico,0"
"65"="C:\\WIN95\\Delete.ico,0"
"66"="C:\\WIN95\\QIC Backup File.ico,0"
"67"="C:\\WIN95\\ScanDisk.ico,0"
"68"="C:\\WIN95\\Disk Defragmenter.ico,0"
"69"="C:\\WIN95\\Alternate Printer.ico,0"
"70"="C:\\WIN95\\Alternate Network Printer.ico,0"
"71"="C:\\WIN95\\Alternate Print To File.ico,0"
Hope that helps!
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35 Remove Application from the installed applications list?
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1998 13:35:10 CST From: Dennis Cummins <[email protected]> & From: Kyle Davis <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Removing non-existant Applications
You can got to the following URL and d/l TweakUI and it will allow
you to
do just that:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/software/powertoy.htm
OR
You can open the registry editor and go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
and just delete whatever entry you do not need.
You should back up the registry before you try the last however.
TweakUI makes it much easier.
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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1998 19:58:10 CST From: Hans Klarenbeek <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Removing non-existant Applications
This subject is one which may be expanded to be a small subsection of the FAQ at this point I will with the help of contributors point out the facts from the fallacies.
How do I get a virus???
One of three (+ a trojan) ways......(in order of
prevalence)
How dangerous are Viri?
Ranging from minor nuisance to major disasters viri are often very clever (some better written than others) self replicating programmes.
How, What do I do when I get one?
In short don't panic - If has not trashed your computer yet there is a good chance it won't - The biggest danger to the data on a virus infected computer is usually the user who decides to format the hard-drive thereby more often than not killing the data and NOT the virus!
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1998 19:53:19 -0500 From: Bob Ennis <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Hardware:virus in MBR
This information has been posted many times, but is so important it bears repeating. It is almost NEVER necessary to format your hard disk to get rid of a virus. What IS necessary, is to do a COLD boot (turn power off/turn power back on) from the A: drive with a write protected/virus free/system diskette. Then run F-PROT from the A: or B: drive to clean any viruses from your computer. When your computer is virus free, remove the floppy disks, do a warm boot, enter the CMOS (or BIOS) SETUP, change settings to boot from C: drive ONLY if possiblle, otherwise C: first then A: next. This will prevent your reinfecting your computer with these boot sector viruses from floppy disks in the A: drive. Save that change and let your computer finish booting from your hard disk.
Now run F-PROT from your hard disk and check all your floppy disks for viruses. You undoubtedly have at least one with the ANTIEXE virus. Better check them all.
FTP.DATAFELLOWS.COM in directory /PUB/F-PROT/FREE
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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1998 20:58:10 CST From: Hans Klarenbeek <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Removing non-existant Applications
As a whole this a very messy procedure and until now starting from scratch has been a tempting alternative - it re-initialises the software also.
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1998 10:49:51 EDT From: "Joseph C. Kennedy" <[email protected]> Subject: HARDWARE: System Transfer to another Hard Disk
Song-Muh Jong <[email protected]> wrote ""Is there an easy way to transfer the content of a hard drive to another one? I was told that it is impossible if the source drive has Windows 95 installed. Is that true?
Not true. You can get a program at: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/its_systems that will in the words of its author transfer 500MB including win95 to a new drive and have you running win95 on the new drive in 20 minutes. Have not done it but it seems easier than the manual effort needed.
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1997 21:53:10 CST From: Hans Klarenbeek <[email protected]> Subject: Dumping the entire contents of a hard-drive to another
In more recent times some utilities have arrive on the scene which pretty much do what Song-Muh Jong wants - ofcourse when he asked the question they didn't exist. The first of these is Drive-Copy - This is the blurb from Powerquest - yes the same folks who make that great product Partition-Magic - I havn't tested it myself but I am sure it'll be great.
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The price of a new hard drive is at an all-time low. And now, with DriveCopy, so is the cost of actually upgrading your current drive. For just $29.95,(US) DriveCopy does away with all the hassles and prohibitive costs that were once associated with upgrading to a new hard drive. The process that used to take as much as several days to complete can now be done in a matter of minutes. And rather than paying a professional up to $150 to copy everything from your old drive to your new one, you can save yourself the trouble (and the cash) by using DriveCopy. So go ahead - update your dinosaur with a new high-capacity hard drive. With DriveCopy, it's never been easier or more affordable. Supports Every Major Operating System With so many operating systems in use today, it doesn't make sense to limit the support of a data migration product to only one or two. Instead, DriveCopy supports all of the popular operating systems and the file systems they use. Windows 95 |
Update - Drive Image Professional
Answering a need Powerquest has gone on to develop Drive Image Professional and Drive Image - Like Ghost this package allows you create images of entire hard-drives and store on a server or indeed CD - I found this product to be as good as Ghost and in some ways a little better. I was a beta tester of this product and I have found it to be reliable and like Partition Magic - yet another winner - my only possible gripe about both products is their size Partition Magic (3.0 +) is too big to be put onto a self booting floppy while Drive Image is too big to fit onto a network boot disk. (unlike Ghost)
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Ofcourse there are other products that are equally capable and in fact capable of much much more.... The first of these is Ghost. Ghost allow you to do the above but also permits you to make images of entire hard-drives much like Disk-Image and store them on a server or even on a CD. I have used this product extensively and I can wholeheartedly recommend it. It is available through Ghostsoft and I will just include some of their blurb.
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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1998 08:31:34 -0700 From: Roger Wilkerson <[email protected]> Subject: Re: desktop:how to clear run
Run Tweak UI|click on paranoia tab | go to covering your tracks | click on "clear run history at log on" All you have to do is reboot or when bootup after turning machine on, this info will be cleared.
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I can't get rid of this folder! Any attempts to access the folder result in the report that it does > not exist. I am however, able to move it so long as it remains on the C drive. In place of a name it has an underlined space character.
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1998 09:31:34 -0700 From: Hans Klarenbeek <[email protected]> Subject: Re: other: deleting "non existent" folder
From personal experience two Dos based killer tools are deltree it'll wipe you entire hard-drive before you figure out you typed deltree. Another freeware usefull proggy is LIST.COM yes you are not mistaken it's the Dos text viewer, it inbuilt file functions are simply marvelous.... Other suggestions:-
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 1998 From: "Holst, Mogens" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: other: deleting "non existent" folder
Do you have an *old* copy of PCTools 3?
I have in the past been able use that to rename files and directories that could not be accessed by anything else. The renamed file or directory can then be deleted.
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1998 12:43:19 GMT From: Gerhard Wallin <[email protected]> Subject: Re: other: deleting "non existent" folder
Norton Utilities has Disk Editor, a tool to directly write to the disk. Rename the file or folder with the problem and save, and then go back to Windows or DOS and delete it. Be very careful while in Disk Editor as it is possible to make a mess of the disk. Read the manual carefully before using it. It will by default start in read only mode so you can locate the problem without the risk of changing anything on the disk. Before Win95 this was sometimes the only tool to delete files with strange filenames. Norton Commander could sometimes delete a file or folder that DOS or Windows doesn't recognise. There might be other tools or tricks to, but these are the ones I know of.
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How can the "plain" folders in the desktop to something more colorful?
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1998 10:31:34 -0700 From: Hans Klarenbeek <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Changing the appearance of folders
Use a programme by the name of Microangelo it will allow you to edit all icons on you desktop.
Visit http:/www.impactsoft.com (Nice people)
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Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 12:43:19 GMT From: Kent Daniel Bentowski Subject: Aquired from the Registry FAQ
To remove the Windows 95 logo on start-up, you can do the following:
1. Open the file msdos.sys in the MS-DOS Editor.
2. Find the [Options] section.
3. Add the following line to the [Options] section:
Logo=0
4. Reboot your computer, and there will be no logo
on start-up!
5. The default setting here is: "Logo=1" which adds
the default animated Start-Up Logo.
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Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 12:43:19 GMT From: Kent Daniel Bentowski Subject: Aquired from the Registry FAQ
If you would prefer that Windows 95 boot up in a MS-DOS session, instead of the GUI, you need to do the following:
1. Open up the MSDOS.sys file in MS-DOS Editor.
2. Find the line "BootGUI=1" and change it to "BootGUI=0"
3. If by chance, your system doesn't have this item in the
MSDOS.sys file, simply add the line "BootGUI=0" near the top of the entire file.
4. Save the changes, quit the Editor, and reboot your PC.
5. When your system starts, it will bring up the familiar
MS-DOS session!
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Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 12:43:19 GMT From: Kent Daniel Bentowski Subject: Aquired from the Registry FAQ
1. Right-click anywhere on Desktop, context menu appears.
2. Select Properties, then the Appearance tab.
3. Select "Active Title Bar" in Item: drop down list.
4. Adjust font size and select Apply to see what it
looks like.
5. Select SAVE AS. Choose a name for your color scheme in
the Save Scheme dialog box.
6. Select OK to close Display Properties.
Remember that this selection not only changes the Taskbar button font and size, but also the Active Title Bar in all of the programs that you run in Windows 95. So, choose a font that looks acceptable and readable in both places.
That is all that there is to it!
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44 Optimise the speed of Windows 95 and OSR2??
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1998 00:08:41 GMT From: Gerhard Wallin <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Win95 OSR2
I read someplace that changing the control panel->system->performance->file system->troubleshooting->disable >synchronous buffer commits to be checked(enabled) allows PPro machines to run Win95 faster. Any truth to this? What is the synchronous buffer commits setting for?
I'll answer the last one, since it's the easy one! The system has a thing called write behind caching, or as it's called, lazy writing. The OS doesn't write to disk immediately as an order to save to disk has been issued by a program or the user. This happens if there is much going on, so to save computing power, some data is left in memory that really belong to the disk. At a calmer point the data, that really should be on the disk ("dirty data") is written to disk. As the system issues the order to commit dirty data to disk, the CPU normally waits until it gets verification that the disk write has taken place. If you put the check mark in the box "disable synchronous buffer commits", the CPU will not wait to hear if dirty data has been committed to disk. Some minor speed increase may take place in some programs, database apps have been mentioned. Windows 3.11 worked this way by default, but MS thought that they should make Win95 it a little more secure. No big deal.
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This was the question posed to me by Frank J Manocchi Sr <[email protected]> "How can I run windows 95 independently on the C & D Drives?" I thus wrote back to him...
Invest in a Boot partition manager - Be it IBM's partition manager that comes with Partitition Magic 3.03 or my favourite V-Com's System Commander there may be a way to fudge it by editing the MSDOS.SYS FILE making two version one for C drive and one for D drive
Also Read partition Magic vs Partition It!
;SYS [Paths] WinDir=C:\WIN -------------------------> Change to D:\WIN WinBootDir=C:\WIN ---------------------> Change to D:\WIN HostWinBootDrv=C ----------------------> Change to D
Then write a batch file that switches between the 2 versions of the MSDOS.SYS File as required - remember you will have to change the attribute of this file with the attrib -s -r -h MSDOS.SYS command first....
This is a good question consider it included in the FAQ - and it has!
Speaking of Multiple Operating systens Boots this was sent to me by Kelly Ringwald 8 yes EIGHT months ago and I lost it until now! SO EXCELLENT A TIP I NOW USE IT!
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Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1998 13:20:55 -0800 From: Kelly Ringwald <kellyr@> Reply-To: kellyr@ (Sorry About it taking 8 months)
Another tip: I manage multi-boot under win95 using dos batch files. Allows me to have
various boots for win95 (using different paths for development packages), a boot running
win31 over the win95 command
prompt, and various boots tuned for games on the command prompt. I manage it with a batch
file that calls an assembly program to reboot the system both placed in your path. I set
up icons for the various boots
or call from the command prompt. I've attached the batch file.
Hope you find any of this useful,
Regards,
Kelly Ringwald
@echo off rem *********************************************** rem * BOOT.BAT Saves or loads Boot configuration rem * rem * 10/10/96 1.02 Fix to remove old cfg files on save rem * 08/29/96 1.01 Remove 'fnf' msg on 1st run rem * 10/11/95 1.00 New Win95 version rem ***************************************************** echo. echo BOOT PC Config Mgr v1.02 by Kelly Ringwald echo. :INIT if exist c:\cfg\*.cfg goto CHKVER md c:\cfg copy nul>c:\cfg\new.cfg goto PARSE :CHKVER rem Convert configs from previous ver of boot.bat if not exist c:\cfg\*.sys goto PARSE if not exist c:\cfg\*. copy c:\cfg\*.sys c:\cfg\*. :PARSE if "%1"=="" goto SHOWBOOT if "%1"=="?" goto SYNTAX if "%1"=="SAVE" goto SAVEBOOT if "%1"=="save" goto SAVEBOOT if "%1"=="DELETE" goto DELBOOT if "%1"=="delete" goto DELBOOT if not exist c:\cfg\%1.* goto BOOTFAIL rem Backup and delete current config files create .cfg if exist c:\autoexec.bat copy c:\autoexec.bat c:\cfg\hold.bat >NUL if exist c:\config.sys copy c:\config.sys c:\cfg\hold.sys >NUL if exist c:\msdos.sys attrib -S -H -R c:\msdos.sys >NUL if exist c:\msdos.sys copy c:\msdos.sys c:\cfg\hold.msd >NUL if exist c:\msdos.sys attrib +S +H -R c:\msdos.sys >NUL copy c:\cfg\*.cfg c:\cfg\hold >nul del c:\cfg\*.cfg if exist c:\autoexec.bat del c:\autoexec.bat >nul if exist c:\config.sys del c:\config.sys >nul if not "%3"=="" goto BOOTFAIL if "%2"=="" goto LOADBOOT if "%2"=="noboot" goto LOADBOOT if "%2"=="NOBOOT" goto LOADBOOT goto BOOTFAIL :LOADBOOT if exist c:\cfg\%1.bat copy c:\cfg\%1.bat c:\autoexec.bat >NUL if exist c:\cfg\%1.sys copy c:\cfg\%1.sys c:\config.sys >NUL if exist c:\msdos.sys attrib -S -H -R c:\msdos.sys >nul if exist c:\cfg\%1.msd copy c:\cfg\%1.msd c:\msdos.sys >nul if exist c:\msdos.sys attrib +S +H +R c:\msdos.sys >NUL copy c:\cfg\hold c:\cfg\%1.cfg >nul echo -System set to %1 configuration- echo. goto REBOOT :SAVEBOOT shift if "%1"=="" goto SYNTAX if exist c:\cfg\%1.bat del c:\cfg\%1.bat if exist c:\cfg\%1.sys del c:\cfg\%1.sys if exist c:\cfg\%1.msd del c:\cfg\%1.msd if exist c:\autoexec.bat copy c:\autoexec.bat c:\cfg\%1.bat >nul if exist c:\config.sys copy c:\config.sys c:\cfg\%1.sys >nul if exist c:\msdos.sys attrib -S -H -R c:\msdos.sys >nul if exist c:\msdos.sys copy c:\msdos.sys c:\cfg\%1.msd >NUL if exist c:\msdos.sys attrib +S +H +R c:\msdos.sys >NUL copy c:\cfg\*.cfg c:\cfg\%1 >nul del c:\cfg\*.cfg >nul copy c:\cfg\%1 c:\cfg\%1.cfg >nul echo -Configuration saved as %1- echo. goto EXIT :DELBOOT shift if not "%2"=="" goto SYNTAX if "%1"=="" goto SYNTAX del c:\cfg\%1.* echo -%1 configuration deleted- echo. goto EXIT :SHOWBOOT echo ------------------------- echo Available configurations: dir c:\cfg\*. /b /w /on echo. echo Current configuration: dir c:\cfg\*.cfg /b /on /w echo ------------------------- echo. goto EXIT :BOOTFAIL echo. echo * Boot unsuccessful * echo. goto EXIT :SYNTAX echo. echo BOOT [?] | [SAVE/DELETE] label [NOBOOT] echo Dos boot configuration manager echo - Display configuration info echo ? - Help echo SAVE/DELETE - Save or delete boot configuration echo label - Name of boot configuration echo NOBOOT - Save or load only, don't reboot echo echo. goto EXIT :REBOOT if "%2"=="NOBOOT" goto EXIT if "%2"=="noboot" goto EXIT echo * rebooting * reboot :EXIT
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