FAQ: windows95 (Ascii) 73 q&a (part 2/4)
Rockn_Robin
1. See the available disk space on the hard-drive?
My Computer\Drive{\Folder or \Folder\File} \RIGHT mouse click \PROPERTIES
or
EXPLORER\Drive {\folder, file, etc}\RIGHT Mouse click\Properties
2. Change, add or delete file associations (file types)?
MyComputer \ select 'Options' under the 'View' menu \ then the 'File Types' tab
Then edit any of the associations to your heart's content.
__________________
Here's the 'behind the scenes' scoop: The associations for registered file
types are
stored in the registry. Say you've associated the file type .XXX with some
program. The
hard way to remove the association is to run regedit and search for a key
'.XXX'. You'll
find it pointing to another entry called 'XXX_auto_file'. Delete the '.XXX'
key and search
for the 'XXX_auto_file' key, which you'll find pointing to the program you
used to open
the .XXX file. Delete this key also, and the association is gone. However,
the registry is
dangerous to edit directly unless you know what you're doing. The better,
supported
method is provided by in the above answer but now you know how the
associations are
set up in the registry.
3. Minimize all the windows on the desktop?
Use your right mouse button to click an empty area on the START taskbar. Select
minimize all windows. Also you may open the 'parent folder' from taskbar and
close.
4. Make my desktop look like windows3.x (i.e Program Manager)?
If you really want to go back to Progman/Fileman as your shell, you can edit
system.ini
and change the Shell= line to: Shell=progman.exe However, before you do,
be aware
that FILEMAN (even the Win95 version) does not appear to support long file
names.
This could be a problem later. However, after you set shell=progman.exe,
one can still
run EXPLORER and see/use long file names.
5. Fix a corrupt Registry File (i.e. WIN.INI file)?
There are two files in your Windows directory, USER.DA0 and SYSTEM.DA0 that are
copies of USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT which are registry files. Make copies of
USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT to something like USER.DA_ and SYSTEM.DA_ (for just
such an emergency) and rename USER.DA0 and SYSTEM.DA0 to USER.DAT and
SYSTEM.DAT respectively. This should restore the system. :-)
6. Uninstall win95?
Try the instructions in drk.zip at <
href="file://ftp.microsoft.com">ftp.microsoft.com<>
7. Do a windows3.x File Manager "search"?
START taskbar \ FIND \Files or Folders
8. Make win95's Explorer look like windows3.x's File Manager?
To have folders displayed on the tree so that it is unnecessary to click the + ?
Open Explorer \ pull down VIEW menu \ Select 'List' or 'Details'
I find 'Details' the most useful because it has Type (i.e Application) and
date. Your last
configuration will remain until you change it again.
9. Fix "Specified Pathname is Invalid." errors?
I have a number of programs which I moved around onto all this great new
free space
I've got, but when I try to execute them I get "Specified path is invalid".
You need to re-install the programs. When you had to re-install Windows 95
or moved
some of the programs the Registry entries for these programs were lost. The
error
message is somewhat confusing.
10. Change Explorer's defaults?
Default FONT: While playing around with my system I discovered that the
min, max,
and close buttons in the right of the Title Bar are sized proportionally to
the size of the
font chosen for the Title Bar. So, if you are using a high res screen
setting and are
having a hard time accurately hitting the buttons, select a larger Title bar
font. This also
effects the size of the font in the task bar, allowing you to see more of
the application
name if you choose a smaller font.
Right Click Desktop\ Select PROPERTIES \ then APPEARANCE, Item \ ACTIVE TITLE
BAR, then choose the font you want -
TIP: You can change the size of the title bar (and the buttons along with it)
independently of the font size. Go back to the properties screen you
describe and
experiment with changing the size of the 'Item', as opposed to the 'Font'.
While it's true
that making the font large will increase the size of the title bar, if you
just want the
buttons bigger, you don't have to make the font bigger.
Start DIRECTORY: In the properties for the icon for Explorer enter the
following:
EXPLORER.EXE /n,/e,g:\Programs
This will cause explorer to start in g:\Programs when it comes up.
> What do the /n and /e do? What other parameters are there? This is from the
Windows Resource Kit available on the CD ROM refering to command line switches
which you could add to your shortcut. You can use the command-line switches for
Windows Explorer in shortcut links or batch files, for example, to run
Windows Explorer
with a specified file selected
Syntax explorer [/n] [/e][,/root,object][[,/select],subobject]
Parameters
/n - Always open a new window (even if the specified folder is already
open).
/e - Use Windows Explorer view. The default is Open view.
/root,object - Specify the object in the normal namespace that will be
used as the
root of this Windows Explorer Folder. Thedefault is to just use the normal
namespace
root (the desktop).
/select - Specifies that the parent folder is opened and the specified
object is
selected. subobject - Specify the folder to receive the initial focus unless
/select is
used. The default is the root.
Windows Explorer Examples (1)To open a window rooted at \\myserver so
you can
easily browse the whole server, but nothing else: explorer
/e,/root,\\myserver (2) To
open a folder window on C:\WINDOWS (or make an open window active) and select
CALC.EXE, use: explorer /select,c:\windows\calc.exe
---- Steve,mdixon@.djplatt@,MaryOB@
11. Create icons for each folder on the desktop?
Make a directory (folder) called AllFolders and drag all your folders off
the desktop in t
to it. Now, with the right mouse button drag each invidiual folders back to
the desktop.
When the menu pops up choose "create shortcut here". You will then have a
shortcut
to your indvidual folders and can choose any icon by Right Mouse clicking
on the
shortcut and selecting properties ...
12. Print a document to a file? Drag & Drop Printing?
Just right click on printer's icon in My Computer \ Printers and choose FILE: in
Properties \ Details \ "Print to the following port" (normally LPT1).
"How Do I" do non-associated Drag-and Drop printing in Win95. I wish to
print files
that I know to be ASCII in nature without>having to specifically associate
them with an
application (what I want is the Win95 version of "type [filename] >prn" -
ala D'n'D).
1. Just create a DOS batch file, mine's called PRT.BAT with the single
line "copy %1
lpt1: /b > nul" The /b is for a binary copy if you're planning on sending
pre-formatted
print files to the printer (i.e. FOO.PRN which consists of PCL code or
PostScript code)
Omit the /b if you're just going to type the files to the printer.
2. Then create an MSDOS shortcut and fill in the full path to this
batch file for "Cmd
line:" under the Program tab.
3. Change the icon to look like one of the Windows 95 printers. Now
you can drag
any file onto this shortcut and it will go straight to the printer.
I have implemented this tip which sends a file directly to the printer
without passing GO
and without collecting $200. My shortcut's sitting on the desktop near my
recycle bin
and I've changed the icon to one of the printer icons. Then all I do it
dump a
print-ready file onto it and that's that. No opening applications, no
messages, nothing.
It just prints, but only one file at a time, please. Cheers, Mike
13. NOT Save desktop settings on shutdown?
In order to allow Win95 NOT to save settings on exit, you first have to run
POLEDIT.EXE directly from the Installation CD Rom or to run it after you
install it on
your computer. it is located under \Mig_kit\Adm95\Apptools\Poledit in built
490 and
under \Admin\apptools\poledit in built 347.
POLICY EDITOR:
To install the policy editor; \ - Open up the 'Add/Remove Programs" Icon in
control
panel, - Select Windows setup and click on "have a disk", \ - Select
"Browse" and
choose your CD Drive letter\ - Then choose
"\Mig_kit\Adm95\Apptools\Poledit",\ -
Highlight the "Poledit.inf" file,\ - Click OK until your are back to the
control panel
window.\ the Policy editor shortcut icon is by default in system tools.
Now:\ - run the
policy editor, \ - select file and then "Open registry", \ - double click
on "local user",\
- navigate the tree as follows: Local User > Shell > Restrictions \ - under
the shell
restriction, set "Don't save setting at exit" \ so that it has a check mark.
- click OK\ -
click file and then save the registry.
14. Make a copy of a file?
Highlight the file to be copied.\ Press together CONTROL key & C (letter
C)\ Move your
cursor to where you want the copy to be. \ Press together CONTROL key & V
(letter V
for "paste")
15. Do a DISKCOPY from A: to A:
The capability is on the Right Click menu.Right click on the drive icon, and
select "Copy
Disk"
16. Automatically close parent folder?
When opening folders using the "My Computer" route, is it possible to close
the parent
window automatically when opening a folder within a folder?
Select View, Options and then within the Folder section select the radio
button for
'Browse folders by using a single window that changes as you open each
folder' ---Steve
17. Create Cascading Desktop Menus from START taskbar?
Create new cascading menus off the Start Taskbar. An example: In the Start
Menu
folder in your Windows 95 folder, create a new folder and name it, exactly:
Control
Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
(All on one line, must include the ".", the curly braces, all four hyphens,
and the hex
numbers exactly as shown.)
18. Desktop ICON Management?
(a) Does anybody know how to make the icons on the desktop 'snap' to a grid.
This is
a really obvious feature that any many window managers have had for ages.The
Arrange icons is useless cos it just put everything to one side and the
straighted icons
options only solves half the problem (which wouldn't be a problem if you
have snap to
grid). Right click desktop, click Line-up icons. It just lines them
up...how about that!-
(b) Is it possible to get rid of the Icons for My Computer and Recycle Bin
from the
desktop? I don't use them, Explorer gives the same possibilitys ...
Get rid of ANY icon in 5 seconds - and get them back when you change your
mind - in 3
seconds! -- without poledit, regedit and whatever-edit! 0. Click right
mouse button on
the desktop. Select Arrange Icons. Uncheck "Auto Arrange". 1. Drag the My
Computer
(or Recycle Bin, or Network Neighborhood) icon to the lower egde of the
screen. 2
Drag any other icon and place it above the icon you want to hide. 3. Press
the left
mouse button and drag a SELECTION RECTANGLE around both icons. Both icons
will be highlighted. Release the left button. 4. Click on the upper icon
and drag it -- and
the lower icon with it -- downward until the lower icon disappears below
the screen
edge. Voila! 5. Click on decktop to remove the selection. Drag the upper
icon to it's
place.
(c) To restore the hidden icons: Right click on decktop... Line up
icons... Here you
are! This way. Even for those who (like me) hates POLEDIT (once I
played with it ...
and *then* my mailbox got trashed... no,thanks). My record is 5
mouseclicks to hide
the icon -- who wants to beat it? ---- PA
(d) To set your Desktop Icons to Auto Arrange.... Right-click on the
Desktop.
Choos Arrange Icons. Then check on Auto Arrange.
19. Change the bootup LOGO for win95?
I don't know where the default is, but if you want to display your own logo
as a bitmap
simply create a bitmap no larger than 320x400 and no larger than 127k. Name it
LOGO.SYS and place it in the root directory (c:\) NOT in the windows dir
like the
logos.sys and logow.sys shutdown screens. Your logo will display upon
booting. NOTE:
the progress thing across the bottom does not display while Windows 95
boots. That
should do it.---Mike Dixon
4. MS-DOS issues and Dual Boot Up issues
1. Make more memory available to run DOS games?
Try this new config.sys=.
device=c:\windows\himem.sys
device=c:\windows\emm386.exe noems i=e000-efff
highscan dos=high,umb
Delete the words *RAM* and *AUTO* from the emm386 device line.Delete the
reference to the page frame.Good Luck!
>But, how can I get 600 conventional memory when I run a DOS session? Iwas
having
no problems before w95, but now I can't seem to get it nomatter how bare
bones I run.
(this is "full" DOS session, like rebooting to DOS).
After much pulling of hair, and threats to my computer, I found the
following tip which
helped free up conventional memory. Try adding the following lines to the
top of
conifg.sys:
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM HIGHSCAN
This freed up quite a bit of extra high memory in which to load drivers. I
went from 562K
conventional to 612K. Hope this helps.
2. Safeguards for dual win95/DOS boots?
Booting to an old DOS environment is handled in WIN95 by renaming the members of
two sets of files in the root directory of the boot drive (C: in most
cases). Initially, while
running in Win95 environment the files are as follows:
Win95 Files File Sizes DOS Files FileSizes
============ =========== ============= ===========
AUTOEXEC.BAT Variable AUTOEXEC.DOS Variable
CONFIG.SYS Variable CONFIG.DOS Variable
COMMAND.COM 92,156 COMMAND.DOS 54,645
IO.SYS 250,840 IO.DOS 40,774
MSDOS.SYS 1,637 MSDOS.DOS 38,138
During (after?) Power-on self-test (POST),if you press F4 to select DOS mode
boot, the
list of files (ABOVE)--on the left are all renamed to have the file
extension 'W40 and
those in the right column are renamed to have the extensions that had been
on their
counterparts in the left list. That is, the files then appear as follows:
Win95 Files File Sizes DOS Mode Files File Sizes
============= =========== ============== ===========
AUTOEXEC.W40 Variable AUTOEXEC.BAT Variable
CONFIG.W40 Variable CONFIG.SYS Variable
COMMAND.W40 92,156 COMMAND.COM 54,645
IO.W40 250,840 IO.SYS 40,774
MSDOS.W40 1,637 MSDOS.SYS 38,138
The above renaming sequence is reversed when you re-boot the PC after a DOS
session, if you don't interrupt the reboot process (i.e., you don't press
F4 again). In this
way, the Win95 mode of operation is reestablished. Note that selecting
'Restart the
Computer in MS-DOS Mode' is NOT the same as using F4 during POST. Instead you
go into a 'Win95' version of DOS. You will in fact be running the 92 KB DOS
command
processor. And some programs (e.g., Colorado Tape for DOS) will still
complain that
itsbeing run in Windows, and refuse to load!! You should type EXIT to
terminate this
form of DOS session; you'll get the message that Windows is reloading!!
One could also add a section about setting ATTRIB -R -H -S on MS-DOS.sys
then edit
in to add BOOTMULTI=1 in the OPTIONS section so you can hit F4 on startup.
Additonally, could add BOOTMENU=1 to get menu every time.For more details on
windows95 Start-Up, see 8.4 Start-Up Files
3. Set up a win95/DOS dual system?
Instructions can be found in Microsoft Windows 95 Resource Kit, Section 2;
pages
38-43 Dual Booting with F4 key is turned on by default if one installs win95
to a clean
directory
4. Change default for Dual Bootup?
It just takes a little work, and it's not even that difficult. Here's how
I did it on my system
(using info from Mike Dixon's Win95 QAID): Find the file "msdos.sys" (in root
directory) -right click on the file, go to properties, and uncheck the
"read-only" box -right
click on the file again, choose "open with...", and open the file (I used
Notepad as an
editor) -add lines or modify current lines to get the following:
BootMenu=2
BootMulti=1
BootMenuDelay=1
BootMenuDefault=8
-Then just save the file, go back and make it read-only again, and it should
work
(provided you installed to allow multi-boot in the first place). As I
understand it,
BootMenu=2 makes the boot menu come up by default (you could otherwise reach
it by
pressing F8 on bootup), BootMulti=1 allows multi-boot. BootMenuDelay=1 sets a
1-second delay before the bootup resumes automatically using the
(BootMenuDefault=8) number eight choice on the menu, which in the build that I'm
using is the option for "previous version of MS-DOS".
For me, this setup accomplished exactly what the original question
suggested, namely
an automatic boot into the old version of windows, with the option (if
you're quick with
the "1" key when the menu pops up) of booting to Win95 if you wish to do so.
---Andrew
5. Specific HARDWARE & SOFTWARE Issues
1. Unrecognized video card and updating drivers?
My setup went fine, but the Hardware Wizard couldn't find my video card (a
Avance
Logic GUI-Ultra) or my monitor (15' Darius, had the manufacturer but not the
modellisted). As a result I have to use VGA settings,which limits me too 16
color and
640x480 resolution. Is there an alternative?
This might rescue you from your 640 X 480 purgatory. I ran the automatic
resolution
changer that came with the video card, the one used with win 3.1. (It
doesn't go through
the setup program) So I selected my resolution and it prompted me to 'Restart
Windows?' I thought that it would send me into the Win95 Resart screen but
it didn't. It
rebooted windows and came back in just fine at 1280 X 1024 @ 256c.
2. Troubleshooting Tips?
Look first for an answer in PROGRAM RELEASE NOTES; it includes discussion and
'fixes' for known hardware and software problems located in the following
folder:
C:\Windows\Readme (83 kb).
If you have the CD-ROM (Preview Version), print a copy of the WINDOWS 95 (tm)
Resource Kit's Table of Contents (26 pages) located in folder: cd-rom drive
Letter\wrk95\chapters\RK0.toc.d.. The Resoure Kit documentation offers extensive
notes and technical discussion about various topics from:
------ TOPICS and chapters including Appendices --------
Installation 4 chapters
Networking and Remote Admin 12 chapters
Security 1 chapter
Performance Tuning 1 chapter
System Configuration 6 chapters
Communications (modems, NET, etc) 7 chapters
System Architecture and Registry 3 chapters
Other References (one chapter each);
International win95
General Troubleshooting
Glossary (16 pages)
Command-Line Summary (51 pages) 'DOS' commands
MS.BATCH.INF 'BAT' files
I printed the TOC, two SETUP chapters and pretty much all the chapters
between 21 -
35 and selected appendices including the Command-Line Summary and it was about
1,000 pages. No, I haven't read them all -- just chapters or pages related
to specific
problems I had or had anticipated.
3. Find 32-bit (win95 compatible) software and programs?
The Best Windows95Software
http://www.pcix.com/win95/software.html
Windows 95 Software Archives
http://WWW.NetEx.NET:80/w95/
4. Find a 32-bit Postscript Viewer?
Try : ftp.wisc.cs.edu and the directory is: /ghost/aladdin; the files are:
gs333ini.zip --- the initialization files (required!)
gs333w32.zip --- 32-bit ghostscript interpreter
gs312fn1.zip --- font collection 1
gs312fn2.zip --- font collection 2
for 16-bit windows and dos, you may also want to get
gs333dos.zip --- ghostscript for dos
gs333win.zip -- 16bit ghostscript interpreter
The viewer program for windows is --- /ghost/rjl/gsvw123b.zip
5. Find a (32-bit) 1.6 meg diskette utility?
Copyqm - and you can get it from any simtel mirror in the /diskutil
directory. Don't forget
to set it for BIOS read sector (before you turn 50), not hardware sector
read. :-)
SimTel mirror ftp.oak.oakland.edu ---->SimTel/msdos/diskutil/
NOTE: This list was created on Fri May 19 17:54:18 EDT 1995 Some files may have
been added or deleted since that date. See file
SimTel/msdos/filedocs/areadme.txt for
additional information. NOTE: Type B is Binary; Type A is ASCII
Directory SimTel/msdos/diskutil/
Filename Type Length Date Description
========= ==== ====== ===== =====================================
copyq318.zip B 178493 941108 Dup. disks in one pass. Reads MS new DMF fmt.
There is also a shareware utility called VGACOPY. It's a nice graphical
interface and
allows you to copy all kinds of formats, even diskcopy 1.2mb disks to 1.44,
etc.I used it
at the office to make backup copies of our Win NT 3.5 disks. You can get
the utility off
of many BBS', AOL, and probably any other online service.
I found WinImage ver2.0 Beta 4 in the WUGNET forum on Compuserve under the name
WIMBTA.ZIP (257K)
6. Find a 32-bit Text Editor?
Where can I find a 32-bit text editor to handle any size file?
I use a *freeware* program that is delightful, comes either 16-bit or
32-bit, file size
unlimited: All around great text editor!! called Programmer File Editor
(PFE). It can be
found at cica or a cica mirror -- file name is: pfe0601.zip
ftp://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/editor
ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pc/win3/
7. EUDORA: stop receiving MS-EXCHANGE *.rtf attachments?
Click SPECIAL menu \ click CONFIGURATION Make sure the "Auto Receive
Attachment" box is not checked.
EUDORA 2.x At 12:37 AM 7/23/95 -0400, Paul wrote:Regarding Eudora, here's
another
option (at least in the registered version (2.1.1):
- Under the attachments setting, select a directory to have them goto.
- Check the "Delete Attachments when emptyping trash" box
So, by doing this, all the attachments will goto a separate directory and
then get deleted
when you delete the message if valid attachment, I just move it to another
directory
before delete the message it was contained in.
EUDORA LITE (eudora 1.4) freeware users don't have an automated solution but
there
is a "kluge" DOS solution. -- select the SPECIAL menu, CONFIGURATION: --
click on
"Auto Attachment Bar" C:\TEMP -- add a line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT using the
SYSEDIT (Systems Tools win3.x) to DEL C:\TEMP\R*.*
Confirmation can be passed automatically in a *.bat file (Use DELTREE /Y
C:\TEMP\*.*
if DOS 6.x and above or create a text file called Y.TXT with the first line
being the
character Y then a carriage return, and use DEL C:\TEMP\*.*<path\Y.TXT
(substitute
the location of Y.TXT for the word "path" here).
or
Echo Y|del C:\Temp\*.*
Works every time, & you don't have to worry about having deltree on the path.
Most of the the *.rtf files begin with R (for RE:). You will still have to
manually delete the
other *.rtf files but at least there in TEMP directory. If your brave
enough, add DEL
C:\TEMP\*.* I did try this option but on boot up, DOS prompts for confirmation.
I've created a directory called RTFtemp and turned back on eudora's auto
attachment
feature since the *.rtf files attachments are starting to increase again.
Create a shortcut
to RTFtemp and place on the desktop. Click on it. Edit. Select All.
Delete.Good Luck!
8. NETSCAPE
You apparently have not taken time to read the release notes under the Help
menu in
Netscape. I quote from:
http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/1.2/relnotes/windows-1.2b5.html
"Running the 32-bit version on Win95: If you get an error message "Netscape was
unable to create network socket connection (Reason 10047)," it is probably
because
you are trying to run the 32-bit version of Netscape using a 16-bit winsock
application.
To run the 32-bit version of Netscape, you need a 32-bit winsock
application. Win95
comes with a 32-bit TCP/IP stack, but you need to install it." ---Xiphias
9. Windows95's Shareware & Freeware Goodies
Eudora Lite
(windows mail-reader program - freeware) File Date: 8/14/95
ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com/quest/eudora/windows/eudor152.zip
McAfee VirusScan Version 2.2.5 (9508) (windows virus scanner) File Date: 8/17/95
ftp://papa.indstate.edu/winsock-l/Misc_Utils/Virus/wscr225e.zip
Craig's Connect Time Monitor, version 2.8.1 (freeware - timer to keep track
of your
time online -- upto 32 configurations) File Date: 8/19/95
ftp://papa.indstate.edu/winsock-l/time_log/ccm281.zip
NetTerm 2.5 (win3.x & win95 compatible Unix telnet & BBS, zmodem emulation
program) File Date: 8/19/95
ftp://papa.indstate.edu/winsock-l/Windows95/Telnet/neterm25.zip
WS_FTP32, version 95.08.19 (free ftp client - 32 bit win95 compatible; new
options
incude .wav files) File Date: 8/19/95
ftp://papa.indstate.edu/winsock-l/ftp/wp_ftp32.zip
WinZip beta for Win95 (it is excellent)
ftp://ftp.winzip.com/winzip/wzbeta32.exe
http://www.process.com/win95/win95ftp.htm
Lview (graphics program)
http://www.process.com/win95/win95ftp.htm
http://www.peinet.pe.ca:2080/Chorus/U_report/issue14.html#2
Lview Pro can be ftp'd from oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/win3/graphics/lview1b.zip
(that's
Lview "one" b) If you have Windows 95 or Windows NT (version 3.5 or higher)
you could
also try SnapShot 32. You can capture the entire desktop, a single window,
or parts
of a window as well as pull down menus and the cursor. It can be ftp'd from
192.149.1.51/anon/snap233.zip --- @ Judy Senecal
Morecntrl.zip (change the colors displayed in a help window ... The
shareware app
more control (morecntrl.zip) and old Win3.x 16bit will do the trick.) --- bc127@
http://www.geopages.com/WallStreet/1413
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11
- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.1, 3.11
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SUMMARY =======> You can change the color of Help jump terms, Help glossary
terms, text that run Help macros, and selected text in Microsoft Windows by
adding
lines to different sections of the WIN.INI file, as follows:
Highlighted text Section of WIN.INI Line to add
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Help jump terms [Windows Help] Jumpcolor=(R G B)
Help glossary terms [Windows Help] Popupcolor=(R G B)
Help macros [Windows Help] MacroColor=(R G B)
Windows screens [colors] HighlightText=(R G B)
The R, G, and B values are integers between 0 and 255 that specify the relative
intensities of red, green, and blue. For example, the following turns the
text bright blue:
Jumpcolor=0 0 255 In this example, zero turns the red and green intensities
off, and 255
turns the blue intensity to the brightest level. After you make the change
in the WIN.INI
file and save it, you can access the Program Manager, choose Help, then choose
Contents. The color change you made appears. You do not have to exit and restart
Windows to see your color change.
MORE INFORMATION=====> The following table lists the default 16-color
palette with
the Line to add: White (JumpColor=255 255 255) Light Gray (JumpColor=192
192 192)
Gray (JumpColor=127 127 127) Bright Red (JumpColor=255 000 000) Red
(JumpColor=127 000 000) Bright Green (JumpColor=000 255 000) Green
(JumpColor=000 127 000) Bright Blue (JumpColor=000 000 255) Blue (JumpColor=000
000 127) Yellow (JumpColor=255 255 000) Brown (JumpColor=127 127 000) Cyan
(JumpColor=000 255 255) Aqua (JumpColor=000 127 127) Violet (JumpColor=255 000
255) Purple (JumpColor=127 000 127) Black (JumpColor=000 000 000) NOTE: If your
video driver supports more than 256 colors, the jump colors may not
displayed correctly.
REFERENCES ==> WININI.WRI, Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11, Disk
3 (for 1.44MB and 1.2MB diskettes) and Disk 6 (for 720K diskettes) KBCategory:
kbusage kbdisplay KBSubcategory: win30 win31 wfw wfwg winhelp Additional
reference
words: help text change color colors 3.00 3.0 3.0a 3.00a 3.1 3.10
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