Thank you for trying one of Open Windows' programs! This disk contains three of my programs - WinUpD8R 3.0, WinFlash 2.1 and BailOut. Before using a program you'll need to create a new directory on your hard disk to hold the program's files, copy the program to your hard disk, UNZIP it and install it as an application into Windows. If this makes perfect sense to you - excellent - go to it! If it doesn't, the step-by-step example below may help you work through the process. Please forgive me if this is overly detailed, but I've tried to make this usable by a complete newcomer to both DOS and Windows. If you're planning to use the step-by-step instructions, print out this file so that you'll have hard copy handy for reference. Let's assume you want to install WinUpD8R 3.0. All the necessary files to run this program are contained in "compressed" form inside the file UPD8R-30.ZIP on this disk. To install the program, follow the steps below: 1. Start Windows 3.1. If Windows is already running and you've been working on something in Windows, save and close your files and close your applications so that if we reach a point where we need to turn the machine off and then back on we won't lose any data. 2. One of your program groups (probably the UTILITIES group) should contain an ICON with the title "MS-DOS Prompt". Double- click the mouse on this ICON. This action should start up a full-screen DOS session - a black screen with a box at the top whose first statement is "Type EXIT and press ENTER to quit this MS-DOS prompt and return to Windows". The last line on the screen should look something like: C:\WINDOWS> with a flashing bar following the >. Letters that you type will appear at the position of the flashing bar. For the remainder of the instructions, I'll be using the following conventions: If I want you to type something, I'll enclose WHAT I want you to type in square brackets - [ ]. If one of the keys isn't a regular character, such as the Enter key (the large key on the right of the main section of keys - it generally has a left- facing arrow and the word "Enter" on it), I'll indicate a press of this key by enclosing its name in angle brackets - < >. Finally, I'll isolate that line from the rest of the text by putting a row of asterisks above and below the line. For example, if I want you to type the word CAT and press the enter key, I'll indicate this as ***************************************************************** TYPE [CAT] ***************************************************************** 3. Our first step is to create a directory on the hard drive for the WinUpD8R files. We'll call the directory WINUPD8R (or WINFLASH or BAILOUT depending on which program we're installing - if you're installing one of the other programs, remember to substitute WINFLASH or BAILOUT from now on whenever you see WINUPD8R) and place it on the C drive as follows: ***************************************************************** TYPE [MKDIR C:\WINUPD8R] ***************************************************************** 4. Insert the Open Windows floppy disk into the proper drive. Make sure that the disk-retaining arm is closed correctly if the disk is a 5 1/4" disk (turn the arm 1/4 turn clockwise after inserting the disk). If you have two floppy disk drives, make sure the other drive is empty. If you know the correct letter designator for the drive in which you've placed the Open Windows floppy (it will be A or B), use that letter in step 5. If you don't know, start with A, as I've indicated, and follow through the instructions. 5. ***************************************************************** TYPE [A:] ***************************************************************** The computer should come back with A:> If so, move on to step 6. If, instead, it says something like: Not ready reading drive A: Abort, Retry, Fail? it means that the disk is really in drive B. To recover ***************************************************************** TYPE [f] ***************************************************************** the computer should respond with: The current drive is no longer valid> ***************************************************************** TYPE [B:] ***************************************************************** the computer should respond with: B:> 6. ***************************************************************** TYPE [DIR] ***************************************************************** At this point there should be a list of files appearing on your screen that looks something like: BAILOUT ZIP 13332 FLASH-21 ZIP 62438 README TXT 12070 UNZIP EXE 30226 UPD8R-30 ZIP 76260 along with some other dates, times and numbers. 7. Now we'll copy the files we need to the directory that we've created on the hard drive in step 3: ***************************************************************** TYPE [COPY UPD8R-30.ZIP C:\WINUPD8R] ***************************************************************** (If you're installing WinFlash or BailOut, substitute FLASH-21.ZIP or BAILOUT.ZIP for UPD8R-30.ZIP above and WINFLASH or BAILOUT for WINUPD8R - remember to continue with these substitutions in the following steps...) The computer should respond with: 1 file(s) copied ***************************************************************** TYPE [COPY UNZIP.EXE C:\WINUPD8R] ***************************************************************** Again the computer should respond with: 1 file(s) copied 9. Now, we'll move back over to the hard drive: ***************************************************************** TYPE [C:] ***************************************************************** the computer should come back with: C:\WINUPD8R> or: C:\WINDOWS> or perhaps just C:> In any case, as long as what comes back STARTS with C:, you're in good shape. ***************************************************************** TYPE [CD C:\WINUPD8R] ***************************************************************** the computer should come back with: C:\WINUPD8R> or, again, perhaps just C:> To be sure we're in the right place and everything we need is here: ***************************************************************** TYPE [DIR] ***************************************************************** The two files we copied should now appear on your screen in a list looking like: UNZIP EXE 30226 UPD8R-30 ZIP 75748 along with some other dates, times and numbers. If one or both of the files is missing, return to step 5 and carefully go through the instructions again. Be VERY careful not to insert extra spaces and that you type EXACTLY what is shown. 10. Next, to start the unzipping process: ***************************************************************** TYPE [UNZIP UPD8R-30] ***************************************************************** This will produce the following eight files in the WINUPD8R directory: WINUPD30.EXE - The executable program file WINUPD30.HLP - The help file supporting WinUpD8R WINUPD30.REG - Information on shareware in Windows Write format - called by registration procedure WINUPD30.FRM - Registration form in Windows Write format - called by registration procedure REGISTER.TXT - Registration form in ASCII format README.WRI - The help documentation in Windows Write format VENDOR.TXT - Information of interest to shareware distributors and BBSs in ASCII format FILE_ID.DIZ - Program description supporting automatic extraction of description text by BBSs To see these files listed: ***************************************************************** TYPE [DIR] ***************************************************************** If the computer lists the files shown, plus the two files that we started with, we've completed the hard part of the job!! (Similar files will appear if we're working with WinFlash and a smaller list if we're working with BailOut) 11. Before returning to Windows, let's remove the files we no longer need: ***************************************************************** TYPE [DEL UPD8R-30.ZIP] ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** TYPE [DEL UNZIP.EXE] ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** TYPE [DIR] ***************************************************************** The list should now only include the "new" files listed above, as we've DELeted UPD8R-30.ZIP and UNZIP.EXE. 12. To return to Windows: ***************************************************************** TYPE [EXIT] ***************************************************************** We should now be back in Windows. 13. Select, by double clicking on it with the mouse, the program group which you want to hold the WinUpD8R ICON for running the program. 14. Open the Program Manager's File menu by clicking once on the word "File" (at the top of the screen) with the mouse. 15. Click once on the word "New" on the menu which appears with the mouse. This will bring up a "dialog box" labeled "New Program Object" with two circles in it, one of them blackened. 16. If it is not blackened already, click in the circle next to the words "Program Item" with the mouse so that the circle becomes blackened. 17. Click the OK button with the mouse This will bring up another dialog box labeled "Program Item Properties". 18. Click the mouse inside the box following the word "Description" and: ***************************************************************** TYPE [WinUpD8R] ***************************************************************** (or WinFlash) If you're installing BailOut, open the BAILOUT.WRI file with the Windows WRITE editor for further instructions. You may wish to install BAILOUT in the WIN.INI file rather than as a regular application. Click the mouse inside the next box down and: ***************************************************************** TYPE [C:\WINUPD8R\WINUPD30.EXE] ***************************************************************** (Remember to replace WINUPD8R and WINUPD30.EXE with their proper counterparts if installing one of the other applications) Click the OK button with the mouse. 19. The ICON for WinUpD8R (a red disk with UpD8R on it in yellow letters) or other application you are installing should now appear in the program group you selected in step 13. If so, congratulations!! - you've successfully installed WinUpD8R 3.0!! 20. To use WinUpD8R, double-click on its ICON and take some time to read through the on line help provided to learn how to use the program. If you have comments or suggestions on how to improve these instructions, or questions relating to their use, please write me at the address below or send me a note on CompuServe. Dick Bryant Open Windows P.O. Box 49746 Colorado Springs, CO 80949-9746 CompuServe 75236, 3243 _______ ____|__ | (tm) --| | |------------------- | ____|__ | Association of | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |--------------------- |___|___| MEMBER Thanks again for trying Open Windows programs!!!