Instant Drive Access v1.30

Welcome to Instant Drive Access help.

Contents:

What is Instant Drive Access

Whats new in this version

Configuration

Contacting the author

Tips and tricks


What is Instant Drive Access.

Instant Drive Access is a little utility which places itself in the system tray of Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0.

When you rightclick the I.D.A. icon you should see something like this:

As you can see, you have all your drives in the menu for instant access (thus the name) without having to minimizing open windows to get to “My Computer”.

You can also add your own favorite programs to the menu also in submenus.

And you can add aliases to your favorite folders.


New in this version
Whats new in this version (v1.30).

•	Added find file/directory function (no wildcards search though).

•	Added more flexibility to the menusystem.

•	Added initial windowsize (normal, maximized, minimized) for programs.

•	General bug-fixes.


Configuration
Configuration	Generel options

In this window you specify the generel settings for Instant Drive Access.


Contacting the author

You can reach the author at the following E-mail address:

jel@post1.tele.dk

or by snail-mail at:

Jesper Lauridsen

Frederiksdalsvej 8B, 2 tv.

DK-2830  Virum

Denmark


Here you can choose whether you will see free space for each drive or not.


Here you can choose whether you will see the total free space or not.


Here you can choose between:

All drives	All drives’ free space will be counted.

Only local drives	Only local drives will be counted.


Here you specify how often the free space should be updated.

Never	Will never update the free space.

Every minute	Will update free space every minute.

Every 5 minutes	Will update free space every 5 minutes.

Every 10 minutes	Will update free space every 10 minutes.


Configuration
Configuration	Drives


Configuration
Configuration	Menu


Configuration
Configuration	Aliases


Configuration
Configuration	Filemanager


Opens the drive like a folder


Opens the drive with Explorer


Opens the drive with a Filemanager you decide.


When you press this button you will be able to select which browser/filemanager you want to use.

Note: Will only be availble when you have selected to use another browser than Microsofts.


Shows which programs you have put in the menu. The grey items indicates a submenu.


Move the selected item up or down.


Configuration
Adding items to the menu.

After clicking the “Add item”-button and selecting which file you wish to add to the menu, you will see this screen


Remove the selected item from the menu.


Shows which aliases you have set up.


Moves the selected alias up or down


Add an alias to a directory.


Remove the alias from the menu.


Choose which drives Instant Drive Access should look for when looking for drives.


Edits the selected item.


Select whether to open alias with the default filemanager or always open an alias as a folder.


Here you enter the name, that will appear in the menu. By default I.D.A. will use the filename.


Here you enter the parameters for the program (if any).


Configuration
Adding items to submenus.

When clicking the “Create in”-button you will see this screen

Select the submenu in which you will create the item (create a new one if you need to) and press the “OK”-button.


Here you can see your current menu-structure.


Pressing this button will give you a new submenu-item.


Shows the path and filename for the external browser.


Tips and tricks

Ampersand in menu-items.

When adding a menu you can use an ampersand “&” to give even easier access to menuitems.

How to:

In the programname edit field you enter a “&” before the letter you wish to be the shortcut to the menuitem.


Here you can select how to run the program, choose between:

Normal window	Opens the program in normal size.

Minimized window	Opens the program minimized.

Maximized window	Opens the program maximized.


Here you can define which menuitems you want shown in the menu.


Opens the directory selection window for editing.


Finding files/directories
Finding files/directories.


Pressing this button will stop the search.


Here you enter the findname/directory you want to search for (wildcards is not allowed).


Pressing the find button will start the search.