**** WinCMD 4  Readme ****
                 **** By Erik H Gawtry ****
                 **** Revised  3-25-95 ****

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WinCMD was originally conceived as a specialized shell to allow alias' 
and other UNIX like commands on a DOS system.  This was a program called
GSH (gush), which emulated a UNIX CSH under DOS.  When Windows 2.01 came out, 
it was immediatly obvious the advantages of a (pseudo) multitasking operating 
system.  WinCMD was born that night.

Over the years, Additions were added to bring WinCMD to it's current form.

WinCMD is a shareware product, and any contributions would be appreciated.
You are free to use WinCMD for 30 days for evaluation.  I suggest a modest
$15.

You May Register by "GO SWREG" on Compuserve.  This will entitle you to a
mailed copy of the program on disk (USA only) and Update Notices.
The Registration Number is 1874.

For problems with WinCMD, please read trblsht.txt.
For installing WinCMD, please read wincmd.txt.

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Note about WinCMD 4 on Windows 3.1:

	This is NOT the PC Magazine WinCMD!!!  I was using the name looong
	before PC Mag (WinCMD 1.0 was ported from Windows 2.01 in 1989), 
	so I kept it out of general principals.

	For New Users, these are the major features:
		
		1.  Full CLI interface.
		2.  Runs great under NT (no extended filenames, however).
		3.  UNIX like process control.
		4.  Super fast copying with coice of DOS type copy readout,
			or Windows Gas Guage readout.
		5.  Multiple Instance Compatible for operating several copies at once.
		6.  Full OOPS programming.
		7.  Full DDE cold link interface (See Help File).
		8.  Complete DOS like environment control (something sadly lacking
			from windows Program Manager, although NT has it).
		9.  Full Norton NDOS and 4DOS DESCRIBE compatibility.
		10. Built in File decompression with copying (COMPRESS).
		11. File Type Icons.
		12. Double speed 32-bit copying (if you are using 32-bit disk access).
		13. Uses Registration Database for "Run App" function.
		14. 16 bit so will run on ALL windows systems.
		15. Variable width "dir /w".
		16. Uses IOCTL in a Virtual DOS Machine instead of INT 24, so will work 
			on all windows machines, including Tandys and Compaqs.
		17. Supports Dropped Files from the File Manager (and Norton Desktop).
		18. Due to popular demand, now supports "&" copies.
		19. Font can be changed.
		20. Uses full path in autolaunch.
		21. Includes all standard windows networking features.
		22. More DOS commands supported.
		23. File Redirection.
		24. Background File Copying.
		25. File Manager Supported.  (Including WinFile 3.11 toolbar!)
		26. Toolbar.
		27. Windows Program Shell Support.
		28. Full Windows For Workgroups Support.

	Coming Soon in Version 5.0:

		1. DOS Command Line Trapping (redirected DOS output)
		2. Win32 Version for NT and WIN95

			- Erik Gawtry
			Compuserve: 72643,2120

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History:

 2-10-89 WinCMD first written under Windows 2.01.  No version number.
 3-15-91 Version 1.0 - Rewritten (Ported) to Windows 3.0.
 1- 1-92 Version 2.0 - Many, Many more commands, improved PS function.
	DOS BATCH files
 3-30-92 Version 2.1 - Ported to Windows 3.1.  Ran the Microsoft compatibility
	survey to check compatibility.
 4-15-92 Version 2.2 - Added the following:
	386 specific for speed (has since been removed)
	Advanced KILL command
	Gas Guage Copying, Renaming, and Deleting
 6- 1-93 Version 3.0 - Major rewrite of internals using C++, much faster,
           32-bit disk access for copying
 9-15-93 Version 3.1 - Bug Fixes of version 3.0, Added Font Control
10-28-93 Version 3.2 - Bug Fixes of version 3.1, Added COM file support.
11-02-93 Version 3.3 - Bug Fixes of version 3.2. Added several commands.
11-23-93 Version 3.4 - Bug Fixes of version 3.3. Added File Redirection.
11-30-93 Version 3.5 - Added Dialog Boxes for COPY, REPLACE, RENAME, and KILL.
                       Major Simplification of Command Parsing.
12- 4-93  Version 4.0 - File Manager 3.11 Add-On, Toolbar, more dialog boxes.
12- 7-93  Version 4.0a - Fixed bug with Stacker and Device Testing.
12-11-93 Version 4.0d - Add ALL batch file commands.
12-26-93 Version 4.1 - BASIC Language Interpreter for Shell Scripting Tested
12-28-93 Version 4.1a - BASIC Shell Scripting Removed (Too Clumsy)
 1- 6-94 Version 4.1b - Full WFW Functionality Added.  Windows Shell Functionality.
 1-12-94 Version 4.1c - Shareware Version.
 1-19-94 Version 4.2 - WFW SDK Functionality Added.  Toolbar Descriptions.
 1-24-94 Version 4.2a - Added much more 32 bit stuff.
 5- 9-94 Version 4.3a - Recompiled using Visual C, Increased Stack Size,
			Reworked Innards using Debugging Kernel.
10- 8-94 Version 4.3b - Debugged, many batch file fixes.
11-20-94 Version 4.3e - Release Version.
12-10-94 Version 4.4 - Dir upgraded to DOS 6, Attrib Fixed.
 2- 2-95 Version 4.4a - Added MCI commands, Bug Fixes, Finially found
                        workaround for stack problem, Reg Database Associations.
 3- 2-95 Version 4.4b - Fixed bug in Batch file arguments.
 3-25-95 Version 4.4c - More Intellegent Reg Database Associations (for Win95).
                        Tested with Win95 (Works Great!)

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