September 15, 1993 This is the README.TXT file distributed with Icon Manager for Windows NT version 3.3. Awarded 1st Place - Microsoft Windows NT Shareware Contest OVERVIEW -------- Icon Manager is a powerful tool for working with icons in the Windows NT operating environment. The same drag-and-drop interface used by Program Manager allows icons to easily be moved, copied, and organ- ized into files within Icon Manager. Unlike other applications which offer awkward procedures for installing icons into Program Manager, Icon Manager will install icons into Program Manager or Norton Desktop DIRECTLY using the wizardry of Windows' Dynamic Data Exchange. For those who would like to create or edit their own icons, Icon Manager taps the power of OLE to whisk you into a edit session with Paintbrush by just double-clicking on an icon. All of these features and more make Icon Manager the most complete icon tool available for the Windows operating environment. This version of Icon Manager has been created specifically for the Windows NT operating system. REGISTRATION ------------ Icon Manager is not free software. It is released as shareware, which provides the opportunity for the program to be evaluated before it is purchased. Complete information on how to register Icon Manager is included in the REGISTER.TXT file. DOCUMENTATION ------------- Icon Manager includes on-line help that covers all aspects of program operation. It can be accessed directly from Icon Manager's menu bar by selecting 'Help'. INSTALLING ICON MANAGER for the WINDOWS NT O/S ----------------------------------------------- Icon Manager should be installed while running under the logon ID of the Icon Manager user. Configuration information is maintained for the user in their area of the system registry. The Icon Manager package includes a graphical Windows installation program using the standard name of SETUP.EXE. You should place all of the files included in the package on a floppy disk or in a temporary directory of your hard drive. SETUP requires about 240K bytes of hard disk space to complete the installation of Icon Manager. Run SETUP by selecting the 'Run...' command from the File menu of Program Manager or File Manager. Enter "d:\SETUP" as the Command Line, where "d" is the drive/directory that you are installing Icon Manager FROM (i.e. A:\SETUP). SETUP will display an Installation Control window that it pre-sets with the most common defaults for instal- lation. Pushbuttons allow you to change any of the settings to meet your own preferences. -------------------------------------------------------- The legalese section... Icon Manager for Windows NT Copyright © 1990-1993 by Leonard A. Gray. All rights reserved. SOFTWARE LICENSE Non-licensed users are granted a limited license to use Icon Manager on a 30-day trial basis for the purpose of determining whether Icon Manager is suitable for their needs. The use of Icon Manager, except for the initial 30-day trial, requires registration. The use of unlicensed copies of Icon Manager, outside of the initial 30-day trial, by any person, business, corporation, government agency or any other entity is strictly prohibited. A single user license permits a user to use Icon Manager only on a single computer. Licensed users may use the program on different computers, as long as there is NO POSSIBILITY of it being used at one location while it is being used at another, or on a computer network by more than one user at a time. No one may modify or patch the Icon Manager executable files in any way, including but not limited to decompiling, disassembling, or otherwise reverse engineering the program. A limited license is granted to copy and distribute Icon Manager only for the trial use of others, subject to the above limitations, and also the following: 1) Icon Manager and all of its release files must be distributed in unmodified form, complete with the file containing this license information. 2) No fee, charge, or other compensation may be requested or accepted, except as authorized below: A) Operators of electronic bulletin board systems (sysops) may make Icon Manager available for downloading only as long as the above conditions are met. An overall or time-dependent charge for the use of the bulletin board system is permitted as long as there is not a specific charge for the download of Icon Manager. B) Vendors of shareware software approved by the ASP may distribute Icon Manager, subject to the above conditions, without specific permission. Non- approved vendors may distribute Icon Manager only after obtaining written permission from Impact Software. 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