Contents
Contents of UnGame help

Before Running UnGame

Starting UnGame

Menu Commands

Select Search Path

Search

Search and Clean

Search and Log

Stop Search

Log

Clear Screen

Exit UnGame

UnGame Command Line

How does UnGame work

Technical Support


Starting UnGame

To start UnGame for Windows:

Double-click the UnGame icon.  The UnGame Main Window appears.

As it loads, UnGame performs a self-check of its program files to verify their integrity.

For run time options, see the UnGame Command Line


UnGame main window

The main UnGame window appears when you start UnGame. .  See Menu Commands  for all available Menu options.   The most common commands can be activated using the Tool Bar

The games search path appears at the bottom of the screen.  To change the search path, press the Search Path button.

When UnGame searches for games, the search results appear in two areas:

The Report Area .

The Log information area.


Before Running UnGame

Before you run UnGame, it is strongly recommended that you take a backup of your data. Although the game "signature" recognition process is accurate, there is always a very low chance (although remote), that a non game file will be deleted.

Before searching, a search path should be selected by the Search path command.  The current search path is displayed at the bottom of the screen.  The default drive/path is the current drive.


Menu Commands

File	Set	Search

Save Log File 	Search Path 	Search

Print Log  	Clear Screen 	Search and Clean

Exit 	Search and Log

Stop


   Search

The Search option scans the selected drive\path for games. If a game is found, the Game Information is displayed and you are presented with the option to clean the game (delete it from the disk) or continue without cleaning.

All the search activities are recorded in the Log area.

During the search all the control options are disabled except the Stop button .

See also

Search and Clean

Search and Log

Tool Bar


   Search and Clean

The Search and Clean option scans the selected drive\path for games. If a game is found, the game files are cleaned (deleted) and the scan continues. USE THIS OPTION WITH CAUTION! It will delete all known games in the selected drive\path without any warning.

All the search activities are recorded in the Log area.

During the search all the control options are disabled except the Stop button .

See also

Search

Search and Log

Tool Bar


   Search and Log

The Search and Log option scans the selected drive\path for games. If a game is found, the log is updated and the scan continues. We recommend that you use this option before using the Search and Clean option, so you could review the Log for a list of games to be deleted.

During the search all the control options are disabled except the Stop button .

See also

Search

Search and Clean

Tool Bar


   Stop Button

It is always possible to stop the search by pressing the stop button. The log will display the games found till the search was aborted. This button is disabled when a search is not in progress.

See also

Tool Bar


Log File
Log

The Log area contains the Game Information of each game that was found during the search and a summery of the entire search.  The games data is scrollable.  It is possible to save the Log to a file using the File|Save Log File menu command.  If the Log is not saved, you will be prompted when you exit UnGame.

You can also print the Log using the File|Print Log menu command.

*** Note that unlike the Windows version, under the DOS version, the Log is automatically saved to disk.


Tool Bar

The most common commands can be activated by clicking on the icons in the tool bar.

See also

Search

Search and Clean

Search and Log

Stop Button


Select Search Path

The default search path is the root directory of the current disk. Use this option to select a different search path. UnGame will search for games in the selected directory and in its sub-directories.  The option can be activated by clicking on the Search Path Button or using the Set|Search Path menu command.

The selected search path is displayed in the bottom of the screen


Clear Screen

The Clear Screen option clears the report area and the Log area on the screen.  If you wish to keep the results of the last search, you should save the Log using the File|Save log file menu command before clearing the screen.


Exit UnGame

Choose File|Exit to exit UnGame.

If the Log was not saved, you will be prompted with the option to save it or not. If you answer Yes, you will be prompted with a Save screen and the Log will be written to the selected file name.


Contacting DVD Software

You can contact DVD Software, Inc. at:

Fax:	714-757-1832

CompuServe:	76131,1450

America Online:	UngameSup

Internet:	UngameSup@aol.com

BBS:	714-757-1829

The BBS line operates from 1200 to 14,400 BPS

with line setting of 8 data bits, no parity

and 1 stop bit.

Mail:	DVD Software, inc.	P. O. Box 16112, Irvine, CA  92713-6112

2 Ravenna, Irvine, CA 92714

For technical problems, please read Before you contact DVD Software


Before you contact DVD Software

If you are calling with a technical problem, please have the following information ready:

Program name and version number.

Type and brand of computer, hard disk, and any peripherals.

Version of DOS, along with any TSRs or device drivers in use.

Printouts of your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files.

A printout of the contents of memory, from the MEM command or a similar utility.

A description of the exact problem you are having. Please be as specific as possible.

See also

Contacting DVD Software.


Report Area

The Report Area on the main UnGame screen contains a summary of the results of a search.

During the search, the report area displays the Search Status.

When a game is found, the report area displays the Game Information .

When the search ends, the report area displays the Final Results .

The report area can be cleared using the Clear Screen command.


Game Information

When a game is found, the following information is displayed:

Game found	- The name of the main .EXE file of the game.

Description	- A short description. Usually, the name of the game.

Exe size       	- The size in bytes of the main .EXE file of the game.

Files found	- Number of files found that belong to the game.

Total game size	- Total size of all the game files in bytes.


Search Status

During the search, the following information is displayed in the Report Area

Games found	- The number of games found.

Games deleted	- The number of games deleted.

Files deleted    	- The number of files deleted.

Bytes deleted	- Total size of the files deleted in bytes.

Search path 	- The search path.


Final Results

When the search is finished, the following information is displayed in the Report Area

Files checked	- Total number of files that were checked.

Games found	- Total number of games that were found.

Total size 	- Total size of games in bytes.

Files deleted	- Total number of files that were deleted.

Bytes deleted	- Total size of files that were deleted in bytes.


UnGame Command Line

The UnGame command line options are:

WUNGAME [search path] [/S] [/C] [/L] [/Y] [/O] [/Xexclude]

search path 	Disk/path to begin the search.

/S	Search mode.

/C	Search and Clean mode.

/L	Search and Log mode.

/Y          	Automatic "yes" answer to all safety prompts issued by UnGame.

              	Should be used with caution !

/O	Create Log Only if games are found.

/X           	The filename of a file which contains the names of games and files to be

excluded from the search (so they will not be deleted.)

All command line options can be specified in either upper case or lower  case.

see also:

Select Search Path


How does UnGame work
How does UnGame work ?

UnGame searches through the files in the specified search path for a special unique "signature".  These signatures are held in the UnGame database, which already includes thousands of the most popular games.  The file signatures are not based on file name, so, simply renaming a game will not prevent its detection. UnGame can

report the games found in a log or, if desired, it can erase the games from the disk.

UnGame can delete games under Windows 3.X, Windows 95, Windows NT, OS/2 and DOS. UnGame supports all major PC networks (Novel, Banyan, LAN Manager and Windows NT).


Save Log

The contents of the Log window can be saved to disk.  Note that the Log File is not saved automatically as in the DOS version.


Print Log

Print the Log to the default printer