EzDesk(tm) Copyright (c) 1995 by Melissa Nguyen - All rights reserved.

Archive Contents:

   README.TXT   -  This file
   EZDEST.EXE   -  EzDesk program
   EZDESK.INF   -  Install script for EZDESK.EXE
	 EZDSKTAB.DLL -  EzDesk Display Properties Tab (cool!)
	 EZDSKTAB.INF -  Install script for EZDSKTAB.DLL
	 REGISTER.INF -  Registration script

Included for your convenience from the Microsoft(R) Power Toys:

   QUICKRES.EXE -  Quick change in resolution
   QUICKRES.INF -  Install script for QUICKRES.EXE

Description:
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EzDesk for Windows(R) 95

EzDesk is a Windows(R) 95 utility that manages the desktop icons' layout.
There are many times when a perfectly arranged desktop icons' layout is
scrambled by an errant application or an accidental desktop arranged by
name, type, size, or date.  Switching the screen resolution also requires
the manual rearrangement of the desktop icons' layout.  EzDesk can restore a
desktop icons' layout to a previously saved arrangement.

EzDesk installs itself as a taskbar notification icon or operates silently
in the background and be activated via a hot key.

EzDesk is a nice complement to the Microsoft(R) power toy QuickRes.

By default, EzDesk maintains the desktop icons' layout for each resolution
setting.  With the registered version, a name can be assigned to a particular
layout to be saved and later be restored.

EzDesk offers the following features:

* Managing the desktop icons' layout. 
* Tiling of a selected window to the size of the screen excluding the
  Taskbar area. This feature is available in the EzTask package.
* Submenuing of up to the last 10 Run... history entries
* Clearing the contents of Documents Menu.
* Clearing the contents of the temporary location (often left behind by 
  a program that crashed!)
* Clearing the contents of the Run... history
* Clearing the recent file list of any standard application

EzDesk Tab is an extension to EzDesk in the form of a Display Properties Tab.

Installation:
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Installation of EzDesk is easy. First, copy the files in the archive into
a temporary directory.  Then, right-click on the setup INFormation file
(EZDESK.INF file.. which looks like a text file with a little gear on it)
and choose the INSTALL command. When you're done installing the EzDesk,
you can then delete the files in the temporary directory.  In short, the
install script simply copies EZDESK.EXE into the WINDOWS directory, places
a shortcut in the StartUp menu, and registers an uninstall in the Control
Panel Add/Remove Software.

*** After the installation, you can start EzDesk by pushing:

Start - Programs - StartUp - EzDesk

menu.  EzDesk will start automatically on subsequent startup, unless
preempted by the shift key during startup.

EzDesk can be uninstalled via the Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel.

EZDSKTAB and QUICKRES can be installed using the same method but using the
EZDSKTAB.INF, QUICKRES.INF files respectively.

*** For registered user, simply install REGISTER.INF after installing EZDESK.

Instructions:
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Single-click on the EzDesk icon in the taskbar notification area (where
the time is in the task bar) to popup the EzDesk menu. Ctrl-Alt-Z can also
be used to activate EzDesk.

The menu contains the following selections:

Settings...
  >Start settings dialog*

About EzDesk...
  >About EzDesk

Save layout
  Current resolution
    >Save layout for current screen resolution

  Specify...
    >Save layout with a specified name*

Load layout
  Current Resolution
    >Load layout for current screen resolution

  Select...
    >Load layout with a previously saved name*

Tidy up
  >Nicely tile a selected window*

Run
  >Submenu of up to the last 10 history entries of Run...

Clear
   Documents Menu
     >Clear contents of Documents Menu

   Temporary Directory
     >Clear contents of temporary directory (using the directory
      specified in environment variable TEMP.)
**WARNING*************************
      Be sure TEMP is truly specifying a temporary directory before
      using the function!
**********************************

   Run History
	   >Clear the Run... history entries.  Only have effect after
	    restarting Windows 95.

   Recent File List
     >Clear recent file list of an application.  Only standard recent
      file list maintained by an application in the registry can be
      cleared.

Exit
   >Quit EzDesk

* Only with registered version

Command Line Options:

   -NTB
      No TaskBar icon notification.
      This switch instructs EZDESK not to register itself in the taskbar
      notification icon area.  EZDESK operates silently in the background.
      Use the hot key facility to gain access to EzDesk or simply start
      EZDESK again.

   -NHK
      No Hot Key
      This switch instructs EZDESK not to register the default hot key
      Ctrl+Alt+Z.

EzDesk Tab will be added to the Display Properties once active.

Shareware:
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Feel free to distribute this program to others.  All I ask is that this file
remains with the distributed copies.  This product is shareware.
If you like and use EzDesk regularly, please register it.  The cost is
only US$15.  When you register, you will receive a personalized copy of
EzDesk and of course, all the options enabled.  In addition, you will also
receive all of the interim releases of EzDesk.

Site license is also available.

Disclaimer:
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This software is distributed "as is".  Although I know of no problems with
the software, I make no warranties.

Release history:
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09/16/95  1.0  Initial release
09/24/95  1.1  Incorrect INF file and error handling
09/27/95  1.2  More error checking
10/03/95  1.3  Bugs fixed and more checking
               Show temporary location during confirmation
10/05/95  1.4  Check for empty temporary directory
               Released to only registered user
10/12/95  1.5  Fix memory leak (accounts for once-in-a-while USER crashed!)
               Fix mouse-bounced activation via taskbar icon
               Added quick access to Run... history (last 10)
               Added clear Run... history (does not have effect right away!)
               Added NTB command line switch
               The new EzDesk interface as a Display Properties tab
10/14/95  1.6  Inavertently release EZDESK16.ZIP to AOL
10/15/95  1.5a Fix EZDESK.INF to install EzDesk in StartUp group
10/20/95  1.6a The actual EzDesk 1.6
               Fix clear run history
               Fix contention problem when multiple instances of EzDesk
                 are specified in StartUp.
               Add hot key facility, default CTRL+ALT+Z
               Added folder layout save/restore
               Add clear recent file list

Other:
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If you have any problems with this program, ideas for features that should
be added, I can be reached at the following manner (in addition to the
address below):

Internet:    70571.637@compuserve.com
CompuServe:  70571,637
Telephone:   (909) 629-8404

___________________________ Order Form _________________________________


Send To:

Melissa Nguyen
8-A Village Loop, Suite #160
Pomona, CA  91766

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