Iconshell

Files required to run:
SHELL.EXE
SHELL.SPR
SHELL.HLP
SHELLR.BAT
desktops are saved into xxx.cfg files.

Installation: Copy the files into a directory.
              See later for detailed instructions.

Starting up:  Type SHELLR
                or SHELLR c:\shell.cfg

Registered version improvements:
 Very fast loading of screens for background. A full disk of pictures
is provided with the registered version.
 A program converts PCX pictures to the format for backgrounds.
 A program allows to merge two files of icons.
 The command line may have three parameters: desktop filename, file of
icons, background, they are optional.
 Until 64 file descriptions allowed in the directory window (8 only
with this version).
 Three new files of icons, from commercial & shareware softwares.
of course, removing screen and references as a shareware evaluation version.


INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE

Copy  first  the  files  on  the disk or the hard drive unit where they
will  be  used.  If  they  are stored into an archive, copy the archive
into a directory and unpack it here.
If  you want Iconshell automatically load at the start-up of the compu-
ter,  add  the  following  command on the last line of the AUTOEXEC.BAT
file:

   SHELL.EXE  C:\SHELL.CFG

or SHELLR.BAT C:\SHELL.CFG

  The  second  syntax  is to have Iconshell automatically reloaded when
one quits a program that Iconshell has launched.

If  a  previous  to 1.8 version is already installed on the disk, erase
first  all  older  files  of  this version, to avoid compatibility pro-
blems.

Once  installed,  change    the  content  of  icons to give files their
full path  with  correct drive and dir.
You    must  absolutely set  an exact path to the three desktop loading
icons:  Shell,    Disk   command,  SW tools, and all future desktop you
will create.

For example, the current content of the "Disk command" icon is:

  BOARD DISK.CFG

Change that to a full path, for example:

  BOARD C:\DISK.CFG

And  then,  you  can  move to any sub-directory and apply the disk com-
mands to current sub-directory.

Program  that  have their path included into the definition of the PATH
variable  in  AUTOEXEC.BAT  does  not need for a path definition in the
icon.  For  example,  all  files in the directory DOS are always acces-
sible  if AUTOEXEC.BAT has a line as:

  PATH=C:\DOS;


STARTING UP ICONSHELL

Type:   shell
    or  shellr

It's better to specify the path of the desktop file:

   shellr c:\shell.cfg

If installed on the c: drive, type simply SE.
SE.BAT returns  to the root directory of the c: disk, and load
Iconshell with  the SHELL.CFG desktop file as parameter.


