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                        Windows Run! Version 2.1
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                             Release Notes


Installation
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Copy WINRUN.EXE and WINRUN.HLP to your MS-Windows directory, or a directory
listed in the PATH statement in your autoexec.bat file.


Changes:
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1.  Windows Run! is a safe program to use (I use it and Launch constantly), but
    I felt it was necessary to add the following important caution and 
    explanation to the documentation:

    CAUTION:  Windows Run! should only be used to execute files ending with 
    PIF, BAT, COM, or EXE.  Like many other simple programs of this type,
    Windows Run! executes programs using the MS-Windows WinExec() function 
    call.  Consequently, you SHOULD NOT enter a non-executable file name as
    the file to be executed.  For example, in the Program Manager's 
    Run Dialog, if you enter "WIN.INI", the Program Manager will run 
    NOTEPAD.EXE which in turn will load WIN.INI.  This works because the 
    Program Manager uses the [extensions] section of WIN.INI to determine the
    associations established for different executable files and their data
    files (.INI files are usually associated with notepad).  Windows Run!, 
    Launch, and may other progams DO NOT perform this type of checking, so 
    attempting to run a non-executable file will produce unpredictable 
    results -- usually it will either crash Windows or cause a System Integrity
    Violation.  If you need to specify a data file name, it must follow the 
    name of the executable file.  For instance, entering the text 
    "NOTEPAD WIN.INI" (not including the quotes) is the safe equivalent to 
    the above example.

2.  To make the above caution more visible (primarily), and to provide some
    basic on-line documentation, I replaced the About Box with a call to the 
    MS-Windows Help System (hence, the new file, WINRUN.HLP).  
    As my grandfather used to say, "It ain't pretty, but it works."
    You have my apologies in advance if you don't like this quick kludge.


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                               BJ Safdie 
                     Compuserve Account 76066,1212
                             Jan. 19, 1991