March 1, 1995

This is the README.TXT file for the 32-bit version
of Icon Manager version 3.6.  This software requires
Windows NT 3.5 or higher Windows NT platform.  A
16-bit version of Icon Manager is available for use
with Windows 3.1 or higher 16-bit Windows platform.
Please contact Impact Software for more information.

 * Awarded 1st Place! - Microsoft Windows NT *
 *                      Shareware Contest    *

OVERVIEW
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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 be easily moved, copied, and organ-
ized into files.  Read and write icons in all pop-
ular file formats that contain icons including ICO,
DLL, EXE, ICL, and ICA.

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 offers two capable
solutions.  Using your existing Windows Paintbrush
application, Icon Manager uses the power of OLE to
whisk you into a edit session with Paintbrush at
the click of the mouse.

All of these features and more make Icon Manager
the most complete icon utility available for the
Windows operating environment!

For those who would like to create or edit their
own icons, Icon Manager offers two capable
solutions.  Using your existing Windows Paintbrush
application, Icon Manager uses the power of OLE to
whisk you into a edit session with Paintbrush at
the click of the mouse.

Serious designers will want to tap the power of
Icon Studio, a professional quality application
created specifically to offer powerful editing
tools that elegantly extend your creativity.
Icon Studio integrates seamlessly with Icon
Manager and also serves as the best standalone
editor for icon resource files.

Register Icon Manager, and we'll register you
for Icon Studio for only $10 more (that's
less than HALF of the normal cost).

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.

We hope that after you try Icon Manager you will
like it so much that you will want to register.
By doing so you are voting with your pocketbook for
us to continue developing high-quality, Windows
shareware.

Complete information on how to register Icon Manager
is included in the REGISTER.TXT file.


DOCUMENTATION
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Icon Manager includes on-line help that covers all
aspects of program operation.  The information is
conveniently organized into related topics and
procedures to help you get started with any
specific task you may have as soon as possible.


INSTALLING ICON MANAGER
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The Icon Manager package includes a graphical Windows
installation program.  The name of the utility is
SETUP32.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.

Run SETUP32 by selecting the 'Run...' command from the
File menu of Program Manager or File Manager. Enter
"d:\SETUP32" as the Command Line, where "d" is the
drive/directory that you are installing Icon Manager FROM
(i.e. A:\SETUP32).

1. SETUP will then display an Installation Control window.
   Three pushbuttons allow you to change the FROM and TO
   drives and paths for your install.  SETUP initially
   sets these values for you so that you can just click
   the Install button if you do not need to make changes.

2. If you would like to specify a different path for SETUP
   to install Icon Manager to, select "Install To".  A
   dialog will be displayed to allow a new location to be
   selected.

   If you plan to use Icon Manager and Icon Studio, you
   you should install both programs to the same location
   on your computer. (see below, "Icon Studio")

3. If you are using Program Manager as your Windows shell,
   SETUP will allow a Program Group to be selected
   to receive the startup icon for Icon Manager.  Select
   the "Program Group" button to select the group that
   will receive the startup icon.

4. Select 'OK'.  SETUP will inform you when installation
   is complete.

ICON STUDIO
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Impact Software offers a quality icon editor application
that can be used as a standalone program, for editing
icon resource (ICO) files, and also acts as an integrated
editing tool from within Icon Manager.  Icon Manager and
Icon Studio integrate seamlessly when used together.

Icon Studio offers an extensive set of drawing and
painting tools designed specifically for editing small
graphic images.  The workspace can be sized as required
to allow easy pixel-by-pixel editing.  All of Icon
Studio's tools operate in the workspace while an actual
size image provides immediate, real time display of the
editing in progress.

Icon Manager and Icon Studio are distributed for evaluation
in separate file packages to provide the smallest size
modules for users who download software for evaluation.

When both Icon Manager and Icon Studio are installed on the
same computer, they should be placed in the same directory
on your hard drive.  Icon Manager will use Icon Studio for
editing requests if it finds the program in the same
directory that it is executed from.  If you would like Icon
Manager to use Windows Paintbrush instead of Icon Studio,
remove or rename the Icon Studio program (ICSTUD16.EXE or
ICSTUDIO.EXE) if it is located in Icon Manager's directory.

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 The legalese section...

 Icon Manager for Windows NT
 Copyright  1990-1995 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.
           Such permission is usually granted.  Please write for
           details (enclose your catalog).

        C) Non-profit user groups may distribute copies of the
           Icon Manager diskette to their members, subject to
           the above conditions, without specific permission.
           Non-profit groups may collect a disk duplication fee
           not to exceed five dollars.

  LIMITED WARRANTY

  Impact Software warrants that all disks provided are
  free from defects in material and workmanship, assuming
  normal use, for a period of 90 days from the date of
  purchase.

  Impact Software warrants that the program will perform
  in substantial compliance with the documentation supplied
  with the software product.  If a significant defect in
  the product is found, the Purchaser may return the
  product for a refund.  In no event will such a refund
  exceed the purchase price of the product.

  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED ABOVE, IMPACT SOFTWARE DISCLAIMS ALL
  WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
  LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO THE
  PRODUCT.  SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, THE
  PURCHASER ASSUMES THE RISK OF PAYING THE ENTIRE COST OF
  ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION AND ANY
  INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.  IN NO EVENT WILL
  IMPACT SOFTWARE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
  (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF
  BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS
  INFORMATION AND THE LIKE) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR THE
  INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT EVEN IF IMPACT SOFTWARE
  HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

  Use of this product for any period of time constitutes
  your acceptance of this agreement and subjects you to its
  contents.

  U.S. GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS

  Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is subject
  to restrictions as set forth in subdivision (b)(3)(ii) of
  the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at
  252.227-7013.  Contractor/manufacturer is Impact Software
  P.O. Box 457/ Chino, CA 91708-0457
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