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PMIN.EXE - Program Manager Minimizer - v1.1
Copyright (C) 1993, Thomas R. Jacobs, Jr. and Vault Information Services
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August 24, 1993

This program is released into the Public Domain.  The author does not
warranty this program in anyway.  The author also does not take any
responsibility for the way this program may or may not be used.
The author does not guarantee that this program actually does anything.

Distribution Files:
        PMIN.EXE        The actual program.
        THREED.VBX      A Visual Basic Custom Control needed for this program.
        README.TXT      This file...  All the documentation that there is.

Also Required:
        VBRUN300.DLL    The Visual Basic Dynamic Link Library.  This file is
                        available on CompuServe if you do not already have it.
                        You can also find this file on The Vault BBS (BBS
                        information is listed below).

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What This Program Does:
  PMin will minimize the Program Manager, and then run an Application of your
  choice.

How To Use PMin:
  Install PMin as a new Program Item into any group.
  On the Command Line, also include the name of the application you wish to run
    using PMin.  i.e. The Command Line would look like
    "C:\WINDOWS\PMIN.EXE C:\VB\VB.EXE".
  You may want to change your icon to the icon of the real application being
    used.

  If you run PMin without anything in the Command Line, it will display
    a window giving version information and my email addresses.

About The Program and Why It Was Written:
  This program was written in MS Visual Basic v3.0.  I wrote this program
  because the Program Manager always gets in my way when I use VB.  I got
  tired of minimizing it by hand, so...

The Author:
  Feel free to send me (Thomas Jacobs) comments about this program.  I will
  also consider any suggestion you send for the improvement of PMin.

  You can reach me at the following addresses:
    FidoNet:  1:104/332.2
    CIS: 72262,1755

  A current version of PMin can always be obtained from The Vault BBS 
  and probably CompuServe.

  The Vault BBS:
    BBS line:  303-779-1634 - v.32

     FidoNet:  1:104/332 - v.32bis, HST
               303-779-4253
               MagicName: PMIN

Revision History:

  Ver 1.0 - 05-17-93
    The original release of PMin.

  Ver 1.1 - 08-24-93
    -Pmin will now work with the 'associated' files listed in the WIN.INI
       file under the Extensions section.
    -PMin will no longer load a form telling you what it is launching.
       This was removed in the interest of speed.
    -Pmin will no longer restore Program Manager after you exit your
       application.  I was running into problems with VB v3.0 and recalling
       one of the four projects listed in the Files menu.  It seems that
       VB.EXE changes its handle during this operation and PMin then thinks
       it has stoped executing.  I may add this back in sometime in the
       future if I ever get it functioning correctly.