* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Please note that this is the pre-release version, and the final and registered versions will not be available or be shipped until January 15, 1996. For this reason, a special online registration price will be available on CompuServe through January 15, 1996, for early registrations -- details are available in the DISCOUNT.TXT file. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ================================= Installation, Update and Uninstall Instructions for FlashPoint Windows UnZIP95 --------------------------------- SHAREWARE/EVALUATION COPY ONLY PRE-RELEASE 2.04.00.00 December, 1995 ================================= This is the latest version of FlashPoint UnZIP95 (tm) -- the only Completely Simple (tm) solution for managing zipped files under Microsoft Windows95. =============================================================== The file UNZIP95S.EXE is a self extracting Windows archive file which must be expanded to a temporary directory on your hard drive before FPSETUP.EXE can be run. =============================================================== To install this product on your system, do the following: 1. Make a backup copy of your REG.DAT and any existing FPZIP.INI files -- BEFORE RUNNING FPSETUP.EXE. 2. Close any running Windows95 Explorer windows. The setup program installs a new Explorer Shell Extension (UNZIP95.DLL), and if you are already running an old version of this DLL it should be replaced with the new version. If the new file is copied over a copy currently in use by Explorer, your system will become unstable and you may experience some Protection or other errors; this problem is cured, if it occurs, by simply exiting and then restarting Windows95. If Windows95 refuses to let you overwrite the UNZIP95.DLL or any other file, exit to DOS and manually copy same from the tempory directory to the applicable target directory (see, FP_NEWS!.WRI or the Windows95 Help file for a description of where each file is installed). 3. Run UNZIP95S.EXE (e.g., by double-clicking on the file's name in Explorer or File Manager, or using the "Run" command available in the Start Menu, File Menu of Windows' Program or File Manager, or other shell utility). This will expand all installation files to a user specified temporary directory. If you're reading this message, you've already completed this step. 4. Run FPSETUP.EXE (e.g., by double-clicking on the file's name in Explorer or File Manager, or using the "Run" command available in the Start Menu, File Menu of Windows' Program or File Manager, or other shell utility). This will start the FlashPoint Windows ZIP Setup program. This application is loaded automatically, in normal installations, if you ran UNZIP95S.EXE as stated in Step 3, above. 5. Answer the prompts that display on your screen as FPSETUP runs. 6. Add the FlashPoint UnZIP95 application directory path to the "PATH=" statement in your DOS AUTOEXEC.BAT file, if the applications were not installed in an existing directory referenced in your AUTOEXEC.BAT "PATH=" statement. 7. Exit to DOS, reboot your computer and then reload Windows95, so that the new settings will take effect. 8. Delete all files in the temporary directory from which you installed this product. 9. If you click on the "UnZIP95 Help" icon in Explorer, My Computer, or other folder, window or menu item, and get a error message that Windows95 cannot find the UNZIP95.HLP file, you will need to revise the current target path name. Generally, the target path can be corrected via a "Properties" Setup panel. Simply open the properties dialog and delete the incorrect path, leaving only the filename "UNZIP95.HLP" -- this file is located in the Windows95 system directory which Windows95 automatically searches (so you need not enter the actual target directory). right click on the icon Quick Start for Working with Existing Zip Archives -------------------------------------------------- When UnZIP95 is correctly installed, a simple click of the right mouse button, on a file with a ZIP extension, in an Explorer window will display the new Explorer context menu. You can then select a new menu item, such as Unzip, Check Integrity, Display Comment or Properties, to begin using UnZIP95. By default, the FlashPoint UnZIP95 Setup program, if used to install UnZIP95, recognizes all files having a "ZIP" file extension as FlashPoint Zip archive files, and assigns a new custom ZIP archive icon to each file. To optimize UnZIP95's features on your system, refer to the applicable shell or file manager application's user manual, or to the Microsoft Windows95 User Guide, for information on how to associate files and use the new Windows95 Registration Database. Uninstalling UnZIP95 Files -------------------------- To remove the UnZIP95 files and configurations from a user's system, simply reverse the manual installation steps, by removing the appropriate settings from the WINFILE.INI and REG.DAT files and deleting the specified UNZIP95 files from the user's disk. UnZIP95 may be manually uninstalled, by following these steps: 1. Delete the application files (those ending with the file extension "EXE") and the help files (those ending with the file extension "HLP"), from the user's system. These files include the following filenames: fpzxx32.exe unzip95.exe unzip95.hlp These files may be located in the Windows95 directory, the Windows95 System directory or a directory that is accessible through the DOS PATH setting. Their exact location depends on how the product was originally installed. 2. Delete the dynamic link libraries and resource files (those ending with the file extension "DLL"), from the user's system. These files include the following filenames: unzip95.dll These files may be located in the Windows95 directory, the Windows95 System directory or a directory that is accessible through the DOS PATH setting. Their exact location depends on how the product was originally installed. 3. Also delete the UnZIP95 files from the user designated UnZIP95 directory (specified by the user when FPSETUP.EXE was run). These files may include the following: readme.txt fp_news!.wri compusrv.txt cis.ico discount.txt 4. If you made a backup copy of the REG.DAT file, you can simply recopy the old backup copy over the new version (provided, you have not made any additional modifications to your system since installing UnZIP95). Otherwise, you will have to manually edit same as indicated below. Experienced users may modify applicable sections of the REG.DAT file, removing all references to "UnZIP95." In Windows95, you must edit the REG.DAT file, using the Registration Info Editor (REGEDIT.EXE) program. See, the Microsoft Windows95 User's Guide, for instructions on the Registration Database. The UNZIP95.REG files contains references to all lines added to the Windows95 REG.DAT file. These lines may be deleted by experienced users using the REGEDIT applications, search and delete capabilities. Note, however, that other third-party and FlashPoint Windows applications and utilities, including FlashPoint Zip Navigator ("ZipNAV"), also rely on these REG.DAT entries; thus, deleting these lines can also disable other utilities (and even Windows95 itself).