WELCOME TO COMMAND POST 7.2!

 This disk contains Command Post 7.2D and Browser 3.94



            *** LATE-BREAKING NEWS ***


 Command Post is still Command Post.  A programmable, fast, effective,
 and very powerful shell for the Windows environment.  It is text-based.
 It is designed to either replace or supplement both the Windows Program
 Manager and File Manager.

 Although the default menus supplied with Command Post are quite sufficient
 for many people, the real power of Command Post comes into play when you
 add your own menu items to it.  To do this, you *got* to print out all
 the documentation, curl up in an easy chair, and spend some time reading
 it.

 For those who prefer a more GUI oriented shell, more like File Manager,
 we offer our new File Commander.  With File Commander you can have most
 of the power of Command Post and your own menu items attached to the
 Windows File Manager menu.

 The big news for the 7.2 series of Command post is summarized simply as
 follows:
     
     Network Support
     Multimedia support
     DDE Support
     SendKey capability
     Dialog Boxes
     Many more new functions
     
 All the new stuff is documented in the, appropriately, NEWSTUFF.TXT file.



                       PACKING LIST:

 Most of the files will end in a $ until properly installed.  Some
 files have been compressed and will be decompressed by the setup
 program.

 README   TXT    This File
 README2  TXT    ...continued...
 NEWSTUFF MAN    Blow by blow differences in recent versions.
 CMDPOST  MAN    The disk-based manual.  Registered users get a
                 typeset, illustrated one.
 TASKMANR TXT    Instructions for installing TASKMANR.EXE
 CP__VER  ???    A dummy file.  ??? is the current version number.

 CMDPOST  CPM    MAIN menu file.  Normally you will not have
                 edit this file.
 CMDUSER  CPM    Sample USER menu file.  Once installed you
                 WILL have to edit thisfile  to configure it for
                 your system!
 CMDPOST  EXE    The main Command Post executable file.
 CP_DLLA  DLL    Required dynamic-link-library file.
 WWWDEALR DLL    Another dynamic-link-library file.
 CP_TREE  EXE    The Command Post tree.
 TASKMANR EXE    Optional replacement for the Windows 3.0 Task
                 Manager.  Brings up Command Post when you
                 doubleclick on the screen background.
 CP_BLNK  EXE    Our Clock/Blanker for Windows 3.0
 WININFO  EXE    A utility to help determine window size and
                 position.
 CP_VIRT  BAT    A BAT file for running DOS apps.  Can change the PATH.
 CP_PAUSE BAT    A BAT file that runs a DOS app and then pauses.
 CP_ATTR1 DLG    A Dialog box used by the default menus.
 CP_ATTR2 DLG    A Dialog box used by the default menus.
 BROWSER  EXE    File Browser Utility.
 WSETUP   EXE    The Windows-based setup program.
 WSETUP   INF    Information file for the setup program.
 WBINXZ   EXE    More of the Windows setup program.


               HOW TO INSTALL COMMAND POST 7.2

 Command Post is installed automatically, via our WSETUP.EXE
 program, as detailed below:


   1) Close down  >>>ALL<<< extraneous Windows applications.
   2) Make sure you closed down >>>ALL<<< of OUR other Windows apps.
   3) Double-Click on the WSETUP.EXE program
   4) When the setup program asks for a directory, specify initial directory,
      or accept the given default (C:\WINDOWS).

 NOTE:  If you are updating from a previous version, and made any of the
        Command Post files READ-ONLY, remove the read-only attribute from
        the files before running setup.
        (Or else the setup process will hang)

                    UN-INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS

 If, for some reason you wish to un-install Command Post from your
 system, here is a checklist for doing so.

 1) Examine the SYSTEM.INI file.  If you manually installed Command Post
    as your primary shell (See Docs), you must edit the SYSTEM.INI file.
       Change
           shell=cmdpost.exe
       to
           shell=progman.exe
       

 2) Examine the WIN.INI file.  If Command Post starts automatically...
       Change
           run=cmdpost.exe
       to
           run=
   If there is other stuff on the run= line, you probably want to
   leave it there.  Just delete the cmdpost.exe from the run= line.

 3) Delete the following files from the directory that Command Post was
    installed into.
        cmdpost.exe
        cp_dlla.dll   (From the Windows Directory)
        cp_tree.exe
        browser.exe
        wininfo.exe
        cp_blnk.exe
        cp_info.exe
        cp_virt.bat
        cmdpost.cpm
        taskmanr.exe   NOT TASKMANG.EXE OR TASKMAN.EXE !!!
        cmduser.cpm  (you may want to keep a copy around, esp. if you
                      have put some work into this file.)



4) That should do it.