WINbye Version 1.0 by Erik Skamser 1406 S. Marengo Avenue Forest Park, Illinois 60130 ph. (708) 771-8931 CompuServe 70521,260 Copyright (c) 1992 by Erik Skamser All Rights Reserved INTRODUCTION ------------ WINbye is a utility to quickly and efficiently exit Windows 3.x and return to DOS. It avoids the several keystrokes/mouse clicks necessary to exit Windows conventionally; instead of clicking on FILE | EXIT WINDOWS... | OK and deciding whether to click on SAVE CHANGES, all you do is double-click on the WINbye icon... and you're outa there! There's only one exception: if there's an application carrying out a task (since multitasking is one of Windows' major advantages) Windows will still pop up a dialog box asking whether you want to return to the active application or shut it down and exit. INSTALLATION ------------ It's easy to install WINbye. Just copy the file WINBYE.EXE to your hard drive using the File Manager (or from DOS, and then call up Windows); you may first have to extract it from the file WINBYE.ZIP, using an extraction utility such as PKWare's PKZ110.EXE. Then in Program Manager, choose FILE | NEW | OK | DESCRIPTION: and type in a description such as "Exit Windows" (without the quote marks). Then choose COMMAND LINE: and type in [drive][path]WINBYE.EXE At this point rather than clicking OK, I'd suggest choosing CHANGE ICON... | VIEW NEXT to cycle through the available icons. I've included four of them in WINBYE.EXE although you can of course substitute or create one of your own. Then click OK | OK and that's it! (You may want to copy the WINbye icon to each of your Program Manager groups for quick exit from anywhere.) The next time you want to exit from Windows, just double-click on WINbye! REGISTRATION ------------ WINbye is shareware. It is not free software. Please register your copy of WINbye if you find it useful. A good rule of thumb is that if you find yourself using it even occasionally after 30 days, register. If, however, you've deleted WINBYE.EXE from your hard drive and its icon from Program Manager... well, then don't register. Registration is $5.00 and it does matter. It may be a small amount of money (this is, after all, a small utility) but every registration check I receive helps to motivate me to continue my work on a major Windows application I've begun. It also gives you the satisfaction of using software legally and supporting the shareware concept. The software you buy determines what will happen in the marketplace. All software vendors pay attention to sales, and your purchases are your statement of what's of value to you. I believe that commercial Windows software is unnecessarily expensive, and that the best way to bring those prices down is to buy only quality software that provides good value. If the commercial houses find they have to provide value at a reasonable price to sell their products, they will do so. If they don't have to, they won't. To register your copy of WINbye, use the enclosed order form (REGISTER.TXT or REGISTER.WRI) or just write down your name and address on a blank piece of paper and send it along with $5.00 (U.S. funds only, please) to me at the address at the top of this file. Please! Feel free to pass along WINBYE.ZIP to a friend! Just make sure it includes all of these original files: WINBYE.EXE -- the program WINBYE.TXT -- this file, in ASCII text form (call up with NOTEPAD) WINBYE.WRI -- this file, in Windows WRITE form REGISTER.TXT -- Registration form (NOTEPAD) REGISTER.WRI -- Registration form (WRITE) DISCLAIMER ---------- WINbye has been tested on a variety of personal computers and is offered in the good faith belief that it is reliable, bug-free, and performs as claimed. However WINbye is provided as-is, with absolutely no guarantee or warranty of any kind, or any claim of suitability for any particular task. There is no verbal or implied warranty and none can be inferred. The author cannot be held responsible for any damages resulting from the use of WINBYE.EXE.