Shutdown Monitor (TM) - version 1.3.1 July, 1997 _______ ____|__ | (R) --| | |------------------- | ____|__ | Association of | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |--------------------- |___|___| MEMBER THANK YOU --------- Thank you for trying Shutdown Monitor! Shutdown Monitor is a powerful, flexible, and easy-to-use add-on for Windows 95/NT 4.0. It allows you to selectively automate running programs, batch files, command lines, etc. when Windows 95/NT 4.0 is shutting down. FEATURES -------- Shutdown Monitor will create a 'Shutdown' directory on your start menu. When Windows 95 shuts down you can: * Select Shutdown Monitor to automatically run any programs (shortcuts) located in the shutdown directory. * Have Shutdown Monitor query you at shut down and select which programs you would like to run * Select not to run any programs * Cancel Windows shutdown STORED COMMANDS * You can also selectively execute stored commands and command lines at shut down. Anything that you can Run from the Start>Run menu, you can execute from Shutdown Monitor, including DOS commands. Shutdown Monitor is "User Profile" aware. Each user will have their own Shutdown directory and commands list to execute. You can also use the built-in Windows Shutdown program to automate and execute time-consuming shutdown procedures. The author says: "I'm a programmer. I wanted a way to automate backing up my essential files and libraries. I had a terrible habit of forgetting to back up my files until after I had already shut my system down. I tried using the Startup folder, but that meant 1) I did my automatic backup BEFORE I made any changes and 2) My backup ran every time I rebooted (which was pretty often). I knew that there were other utilities around that automatically ran programs at shut down, but I didn't want to run these programs and batch files every time I rebooted. So Shutdown Monitor was born. I'm happy with the way it turned out. It really is a headache saver." Try it! I think you'll like it. AUTHOR ------ Author: Daniel Shapiro Address: Shenandoah Software P.O. Box 1059 Mechanicsville, VA 23111, USA e-mail: shapirod@shensoft.com For the latest version, look for Shutdown Monitor on our website at: http://www.shensoft.com INSTALLATION ------------ Install this program by running the self-extracting archive, Shutmn13.exe (e.g. double click on its icon). You will be prompted for the target folder, where Shutdown Monitor files will be installed. A Shutdown Monitor group (menu) will be created in your Windows Start menu. OR If you're installing from diskettes, run Setup.exe and follow the prompts. FILES INCLUDED -------------- Files that should be in your "Shutdown Monitor" directory are: ShutdownWin.exe - The built-in Windows shutdown program (can be used instead of "Start>Shut Down") Shutmant.exe - The Shutdown Monitor Maintenance program Shutmon.exe - The main Shutdown Monitor program Shutmon.hlp - The help file for Shutdown Monitor ShellLnk.dll - Support dynamic load library Register.exe - The registration program Register.hlp - The help file for the registration program Readme.txt - This file St4unst.log - The uninstall log file for uninstalling Shutdown Monitor *.gid - These files are created by Windows' help program TO PURCHASE ----------- You can purchase Shutdown Monitor on-line at our website, or use the "Register" program provided with Shutdown Monitor to make payments. We use KAGI SHAREWARE registration service, which accepts different payment methods, including credit card and invoices. You may also mail your check or money order written in US currency only, directly to the address below, payable to Daniel Shapiro. On-line License cost: User licenses: 1 - 4 users $20.00 each 5 user $90.00 10 user $175.00 20 user $340.00 30 user $480.00 50 user $700.00 Site license: $1000.00 (Site licenses cover a single organization for an area of up to one hundred miles (160 km) in radius.) World-wide license: $3000 Shutdown Monitor may be also registered using CompuServe SWREG forum (GO SWREG). The Registration Id. is 14126. The price for single user license at CompuServe is $22 due to the 15% charge they impose. Shutdown Monitor is a fully functional, time-limited shareware product. The evaluation period is for 45 days. For more information, look in Shutmon.hlp. VERSION INFO ============ Version 1.1.0 - Added the ability to automatically cancel the Windows shutdown. Useful if the programs/commands you were executing took too long and Windows shutdown was timing out. If AutoCancel Windows Shutdown was selected, then Shutdown Monitor will present the user with it's own Windows Shut Down selection window. Added WinNT 4.0 support. Version 1.2.0 - Fixed a bug that prevented certain types of shortcuts from being executed properly. Added a module that you can perform the 'Windows Shut Down' from. The advantage to using the Windows Shut Down module that comes with Shutdown Monitor (instead of the one on the "Start" menu) are: 1. You completely avoid having Windows' Shut Down timing out. 2. You don't have to wait until all your programs and commands execute to finish shutting down. 3. You avoid using system resources while Shutdown Monitor runs in the background (or minimized) waiting for Windows to Shut Down. List Commands and Shutdown Folder programs in one window. Added priorty run buttons (like in Shutmon Maintenance). Now you can review the entire execute list at one time, and modify the run order of the entire execute list, not just the command lines. Version 1.2.1 - Fixed a bug that prevented Shutdown Monitor from closing WIndows NT directly from the program. Version 1.3.0 - More robust NT support and improved "shortcut" support. Version 1.3.1 - Moved username and license number from HKEY_CURRENT_USER to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE for easier management of users on one machine. Fixed a minor bug that caused priority buttons to be always visible.