About Trash Free-K! ------------------- Welcome to Trash Free-K!, Freeware Version 1.25! Trash Free-K! is a drag & drop file deletion utility for Microsoft Windows, Version 3.1 or later. (Sorry, this application will not work with Windows 3.0 or earlier.) Trash Free-K! appears as an icon on the Desktop. Select one or more file names in the Windows File Manager. Drag the names to the Trash Free-K! icon, and the files will be immediately chewed up (deleted), (Free)ing up (K)ilobytes in disk space! Options for Trash Free-K! are accessed by clicking on the icon and selecting an item from the system menu. This release adds the capability to launch a Windows Drag & Drop Server at the same time as Trash Free-K!, and quit Trash Free-K! with that server. Installation ------------ The archive file you extracted, TRHFRK.ZIP, contains this file and the file TFV125F.ZIP. Copy TFV125F.ZIP to a temporary directory, and "unzip" it. It will create the following files: Name Size Date Time ------------ -------- -------- -------- TRASHFRK.EXE 19801 10-27-94 10:58p SUBEZ.VBX 17408 03-11-93 4:09a Copy TRASHFRK.EXE to your Microsoft Windows default directory, normally named \WINDOWS. SUBEZ.VBX is a support file for Trash Free-K!; copy it to your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. We recommend the use of the Windows File Manager for these tasks, and would NOT overwrite a file of the same name but with later dates. One additional support file is required to use Trash Free-K! Version 1.25: VBRUN300.DLL, the runtime module for Visual Basic 3.0. If you run any other Visual Basic 3.0 programs, you have this file, probably in your \WINDOWS or \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. Otherwise, VBRUN300.DLL is available from the same BBS, on-line system or software distributor where you obtained TRHFRK.EXE. To execute Trash Free-K!, add its icon to a Program Manager Program Group, or click on TRASHFRK.EXE in File Manager. If you use Trash Free-K! to launch a Drag & Drop Server, you might want to change the Trash Free-K! icon to a Drag & Drop Server icon. Do this by clicking "Change Icon..." from the Program Manager Properties box, and specifying your favorite Drag & Drop Server in the "File Name" input box. Then choose your favorite Drag & Drop Server icon! NOTES ABOUT THIS VERSION ------------------------ 1. Trash Free-K! is a drag & drop client. The Microsoft File Manager is the most available drag & drop server. Trash Free-K! gives you the option to start it or any drag & drop server along with the Trash Free-K! application. By default, Trash Free-K! will start the Microsoft File Manager. To select another server, choose "Select &D+D Server" from the Trash Free-K! System Menu. A dialog box will allow you to select any executable as your server. We leave it to the user to choose an appropriate application! (This option can be used to launch another file other than a drag & drop server of course - we leave the possibilities to your imagination!) Trash Free-K! defaults to start up a server; to change this option, uncheck the "Start D+D Server" option in the Trash Free-K! System Menu. Trash Free-K! will store the last setting of "Start D+D Server", when closed normally, in the file TRASHFRK.INI and restore the setting when restarted. "Closed normally" means shutting down either Trash Free-K! or Windows itself before turning off the power. Turning off your computer before exiting Windows is bad computer hygiene! 2. Trash Free-K! can be set to close down with the drag & drop server selected in 2.) above. It defaults to close down; to change, uncheck the "Quit With Server" option in the Trash Free-K! System Menu. This option will function whether the server was started with Trash Free-K! or not, but only if the server is running BEFORE Trash Free-K! is started. 3. Trash Free-K! initially defaults to "Always On Top" mode. This keeps it visible when another window covers it. If you are annoyed by holes in your maximized documents, toggle "Always On Top" off by clicking the system menu option. Trash Free-K! will also store the last setting of "Always On Top" in the file TRASHFRK.INI and restore the setting when restarted. 4. Close Trash Free-K! by clicking on "Close" from the system menu. 5. Help can be obtained by selecting "Help..." from the system menu. NOTICE ------ Trash Free-K! is Freeware distributed by VB Expressions 64 Burning Brush Drive, Rochester, NY 14606-4642 If you like Trash Free-K!, drop us a line to register, letting us know where you found our application. You can also look for other VB Expressions utilities: additional Desktop Assistants (like Trash Free-K!) include Draggin' Viewer, a drag-and-drop file viewing and editing utility, and Printer's Daemon, a drag-and-drop file printing utility. Smartclp is a Windows Clipboard enhancer, PM Fonts allows you to change your Program Manager fonts from the Microsoft default to any installed screen font and PM Group Sorter allows you to set the order of your Program Manager Groups. Finally, the DOS/Unix Text Translator lets you translate files between these two popular computing environments. Good stuff (if we may say so ourselves!) We'd be interested in your comments or suggestions on Trash Free-K!. You can reach us by Email on CompuServe, ID 73457,3603 or AmericaOnline, Screen Name PMChefalo. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trash Free-K! - Copyright 1993-4 by P.M. Chefalo Revision History ---------------- Version 1.00 - First Freeware Version Version 1.0a - Corrected Initialization Error - Didn't Reflect INI setting. Version 1.10 - Added File Manager launching capability. Version 1.20 - Updated to Visual Basic 3.0 Version 1.25F - "Nailed down" the Printer's Daemon icon, improving compatibility with Norton Desktop. Added the ability to launch and quit with drag & drop servers other than Microsoft File Manager. Fixed Help text.