URL2HTM by William A. Thompson Version 1.05 This program will convert the Internet Shortcuts or "Favorites" created by Microsoft Internet Explorer into an HTML file. Each "Favorite" that you create with Internet Explorer is a small file which contains the URL or address of the web page. If you have a lot of old "Favorites" they can take up a lot of space on your hard drive. On a 1.2 Gbyte hard drive each Internet Shortcut file takes the minimum cluster space, or 32 Kbytes! If you have 100 of these files, you have 3.2 Mbytes wasted. This program will make an HTML file which contains links to all your favorite sites. You can delete the Internet Shortcut files and get all the disk space back. You can also use the links on your HTML homepage. Installation: Unzip the archive file in the directory you wish to install the program in. A shortcut to the program can be created by clicking on url2htm.exe using the right mouse button. The menu that appears when you release the right mouse button includes "Create Shortcut". Pull the mouse cursor down to highlight "Create Shortcut" and click the left mouse button. A shortcut to URL2HTM will be created in the directory. You can drag this shortcut onto the desktop or install it in the programs section of the "Start" button menu. URL2HTM is freeware. You may make as many copies as you like and you may give copies to anyone, but you may not sell this program to others except that a nominal copying charge may be made for the program. This program may be included in collections distributed on CD-ROM or diskette. URL2HTM may not be distributed as part of any commercial product without a prior license agreement. URL2HTM is copyright 1997 by William A. Thompson. You may not make any alterations to the program. Contact the author at billth8@juno.com. Changes in Version 1.05: 1. Fix problem with German version on Internet Explorer creating shortcut files with line feed without carriage return. Changes in Version 1.04: 1. Mask attribute before checing for directories. This prevents directories with other attributes set from being skipped. 2. Eliminate
at end of lines in unordered lists. 3. Write a line for empty directories. Changes in Version 1.03: 1. Fixed defect which prevented processing the first directory of shortcuts. 2. Changed to recursive routine to allow for nested folders of shortcuts. Changes in Version 1.02: 1. Does not change output file location to follow the name of the directory to process. Changes in Version 1.01: 1. Increased allowed length of filename strings. To prevent crashes due to very long file names. 2. Htm is now the default extension when "browsing" for where to put the output file.