****************************************************************** * * * METZ Task Manager * * README FILE * * * * Thank you for using METZ Task Manager. We are sure * * you will find this product to be very useful and handy. If * * you have any suggestions which you think will help us improve * * this product, please let us know. Also, please be sure to * * return your registration card so that we can send you special * * product upgrade offers and information about our other * * Microsoft Windows applications. * * * * This file contains important information about METZ * * Task Manager which may not have been available when the manual * * was printed. You may want to print this file to make it * * easier to read. * * * ****************************************************************** METZ Task Manager In case you didn't already know, METZ Task Manager can be accessed at any time by simply pressing Ctrl Escape. You can also choose the Switch To... menu item from any applications system menu, or double click the mouse on the Windows background to access METZ Task Manager as well. You may find it easier to use the help system with METZ Task Manager by choosing the Stay visible checkbox from File - Preferences - Task Manager dialog. METZ Task Manager 2.03 Task Manager version 2.03 is a maintenance release but it contains several important changes as a result of requests and technical support questions from our users. The Task Manager Help files have been updated to reflect these changes: Norton Desktop Group Support - The Task Manager File - Preferences - Group List dialog now allows you to choose from Program Manager or Norton Desktop Groups. It takes a moment to access the Norton Groups when this option is first selected, but once the groups are processed, Task Manager will load the groups much faster than Norton Desktop. The Task Manager Groups menu now has the added ability to refresh an individual group. New Shell options - The Task Manager Preferences Dialog now includes Shell Options. Emulate Progman causes Task Manager to act just like the Windows Program Manager when it is the shell. If this option is selected and an application is run non-minimized when Windows is started, METZ Task Manager will appear as an icon. Otherwise, it will appear normally. The Appear Normal and Appear Minimized selections allow you to override this action causing Task Manager to appear accordingly regardless of the Load or Run lines in the WIN.INI or the Progman Startup group contents. METZ Launch Dialog - This dialog lets you configure individual items on your Launch pad and Launch menu. We have added the ability to change the icons, which is especially important when using DOS applications. When launching a DOS application, it will be assigned the icon you have chosen. Under Windows 3.1, the file MORICONS.DLL and PROGMAN.EXE contain quite a few icons for you to choose from. Remember, a right mouse click lets you configure individual Launch Pad buttons. By the way, right mouse clicks are supported on the Task List, Group List and Quick File Manager file list. Screen Saver Stay On Top Option - If you have Windows 3.1, the Task Manager Screen Saver can be set to Stay on Top. This will hide other smaller Windows that may have a similar Stay on Top option. We have made several other small improvements as well. PC Tools for Windows METZCPTM is a utility which enables METZ Task Manager under Central Point PC Tools for Windows. METZCPTM is on the Task Manager Utility Pack disk and is available for download from our CompuServe and America Online forums. Norton Desktop 2.x Norton Desktop 2.0 & 2.1 has a bug which caused a UAE when submenus are attached to the METZ Launch Menu. To prevent this UAE, add the following statement to the [METZ Launch Menu] section of the METZ.INI file: [METZ Launch Menu] NDW Popups=FALSE METZ.INI The METZ.INI file contains the various settings for METZ Software products. Following are the undocumented INI values for METZ Task Manager which you may find useful. [METZ Task Manager] Detect=No [Quick Tools] FileMgr Source= FileMgr Save Source=No [METZ Screen Saver] RestoreDosBoxes=No [METZ] DateApp=control.exe CDROM= OMNIBOOK= Detect - Setting this value to Yes will cause the Task Manager Run List to update automatically, whenever any application is launched, no matter how it is launched! For example, if you were to run NOTEPAD.EXE from Program Manager, NOTEPAD.EXE will automatically be added to your Task Manager Run list. Task Manager does need to be loaded of course. This option is experimental. FileMgr Source - Set this value to the directory path you would like the Task Manager Quick File Manager to use as its default. Normally, the Quick File Manager uses the current directory. FileMgr Save Source - Set this value to Yes and the Quick File Manager will remember the Source Path. This option overrides the FileMgr Source setting. RestoreDosBoxes - This will cause the Screen Saver to reactivate a DOS icon back to a full screen Application when you exit the screen saver. By default, DOS icons are not activated. DateApp - This option determines what application is launched when you double click on the Date or Time display at the bottom of the Task Manager screen. The default is the Windows control panel (CONTROL.EXE). CDROM - If your CD ROM drive is not appearing as a CD ROM drive on the system status dialog. It can be corrected with this setting. Simply list the drive letters that apply. For example, to make drives F & G to appear as CD ROM drives use CDROM=FG OMNIBOOK - If you have an HP OmniBook, set this value to OMNIBOOK=Y for better support of Windows in ROM. METZKW.SYS 1. Using the METZ Task Manager's Screen Saver with Non-Windows Applications. If you use the METZ Task Manager's Screen Saver feature and run DOS applications under Microsoft Windows, and are having problems with the Screen Saver activating while you are working in the DOS window, make sure that METZKW.SYS is installed in your CONFIG.SYS file. This driver (METZKW.SYS) detects activity in your DOS application, and supports DOS Hotkeys you have defined in your METZ applications. Your CONFIG.SYS file should contain a line reading: device=c:\windows\system\metzkw.sys (or the appropriate path) You can verify proper installation by checking the System Status dialog in METZ Task Manager. A line stating "METZKW is present" will appear in the list of General information if METZKW.SYS is correctly installed. Don't forget to reboot if you have just made the changes to your CONFIG.SYS file. 2. Technical Information about METZKW.SYS. METZKW.SYS uses less than 2K of memory. METZKW.SYS can be loaded high. METZKW.SYS has the following optional parameters: /NOCAD - disables CTRL-ALT-DEL at the DOS level. /NOMAT - disables mouse tracking, should there be a conflict If you were to add both options to your CONFIG.SYS, they would appear as follows: device=c:\windows\system\metzkw.sys /NOCAD /NOMAT 3. Using METZKW.COM instead of METZKW.SYS. If you find that the keyboard activity is not being detected while running DOS applications under Windows, it may be necessary to use the METZKW.COM version of METZKW.SYS because of a few drivers that interfere with the operation of METZKW.SYS. Running METZKW.COM in your AUTOEXEC.BAT after these drivers are loaded, and before Windows is run, will eliminate the problem. The DOS KEYB command and some network drivers affect METZKW.SYS. Both METZKW.SYS and METZKW.COM are on the installation diskette. 4. Technical Information about METZKW.COM METZKW.COM supports the additional parameter: /UNLOAD - unloads METZKW.COM from memory unless the mouse driver has been loaded after METZKW was loaded. ****************************************************************** * For more information about installing or using METZ Task * * Manager or METZKW.SYS, contact: * * * * METZ Software Technical Support * * P.O. Box 6699 * * Bellevue, WA 98008-0699 U.S.A. * * * * Phone: (206) 641-4525 * * Fax: (206) 644-6026 * * BBS: (206) 644-3663 14,400 bps * * * * Compuserve: 75300,1627 * * America Online: METZSoft * * Genie: A.METZ * * * * Visit our Compuserve forum by typing GO METZ, then choose * * 3-Libraries, 7-METZ Software. * * Visit our America Online forum by choosing the keyword METZ. * * * * Copyright (c) 1989-1994 METZ Software * * All rights reserved. * ******************************************************************