WI-09: Small Windows Utilities ----------------------- 3349 Archive Management Small Programs Disk ----------------------- CCIZip 1.0 Creative Consortium Inc. $25 works as a front-end to PKWare and McAfee utility programs, allowing you to unZip files and check them for viruses without having to shell to DOS. CCIZip supports all of the PKWare and most of the McAfee options. PKZip (#1705) and McAfee's Scan (#7397) are required. Del@Zip (DELZIP) Compu Pro Services $10 lets you select a Zip file and delete files in the same directory that are in the Zip file. Intended for cleaning up directories after dearchiving a file. Easyback (EASYBAK) lets you compress a directory using PKZIP and copy it to a floppy just by clicking on an icon. Freeze! 1.0 REEVEsoft $10 is a file compression utility for Windows. This is not a shell to an external utility, but an actual Windows application. It is not particularly speedy, but it does fully support Window's non-premptive multi-tasking capabilities and has four different priority settings. You can selectively add or extract files from an archive, and it allows you to view the contents of an archive with time, date, and compressed/uncompressed file sizes. Image 1.0 Mandic, Aleksandar $10 creates an image of an entire floppy disk in an archive on your hard disk. LHAWin 1.0 Bennett, Earl $0 is a point-and-shoot Windows interface to LHA. An extensive help file describes all commands/options in detail. We could not get it to create a self-extracting archive, but all the other options worked. Requires LHA from disk #1862. UnZip Front End for Windows 1.1 (UZPFRNT) Shoreham Data $10 is a simple Windows shell for PKUNZIP. Requires VBRUN300. WZCat 1.01 (WZCAT) Treeless Software and Design $5 [March 1994 CD] helps you keep track of and locate elements contained in ZIP files. You can search whole disks or specific directories for ZIP files, sort by element, filename, date or size, and delete files that contain duplicate elements. Requires VBRUN300. Zip Scan! 2.5 (ZIPSCAN) Ratayczak, Richard $20 [March 1994 CD] will scan the contents of all ZIP files in a directory for viruses. PKZIP and McAfee's SCAN required. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3349 -------------------------------- --------------------------- 3888 Command Line Utilities Small Programs Disk --------------------------- CmdLine 1.0 Mercurio, Michael Jr. $10 allows you to start a DOS or Windows program and supply parameters without the need for a PIF or changes to the program properties. It also allows you to start Windows programs as icons. EditReplay (EDREPLA) Gowani, Irfan $20 provides easy access to previously entered commands for Windows. MultiApp 0.9 (MULTIAP) Navas, John II $0 will start multiple applications (Windows or DOS) from the Windows command line. WinCLI 3.0 Eschalon Development Inc. $35 gives you a DOS-like operating environment in Windows, for those of you who miss the DOS prompt. You can change directories, run programs and more, just as if you were at the real DOS prompt. Over twenty DOS commands are available. WinCommand 1.10b (WN-CMD) 09-93 CD Vesperman, Matthew S. $20 provides a familiar DOS-like command prompt in Windows. It will support several DOS commands from within its own window (DIR, MD, CD, etc.). WinCmd 0.9 (WIN-CMD) Frazier, Robert E. $20 is a command line interpreter for Windows. It emulates many COMMAND.COM functions and allows background copies, task management, enhanced DIR lists, and more. The program runs DOS or Windows programs from the command line. WinRunner 2.0 (WINRUNR) Heath, Ian $? (formerly WinStart) is a stub which causes a Windows application to load Windows when the user tries to execute the app in DOS. It can start Windows, display a message, or work in conjunction with BackMenu (#3545) in 386 mode to start a program under Windows. Also included: GLUE by D. J. Murdoch, which lets you paste the stub into existing programs. GLUE allows you to combine DOS and Windows programs so either version will execute in the proper environment. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3888 [8] -------------------------------- ---------------------- 12882 Cursor Utilities Small Programs Disk ---------------------- Animouse (ANIMOUS) Beckstrom, Troy $10 [March 1994 CD] lets you replace your standard mouse cursor with a selection of fun animated ones. Included are exploding bombs, radio-active arrows, a munching Pac-Man figure, and much more. This is an excellent way to increase the visibility of the cursor on your desktop. ArrowSmith 1.0 (ARROWSM) Karnes, Clifton $22 [October 1993 CD] allows you to change the default Windows mouse pointer and wait symbol. You can simply click on one of the 66 cursors/symbols that are included to make the change. You can also configure Windows to start with a selected pointer. This is an extremely useful utility for laptop users. Big Cursor 2.0 (BCURSOR) Cuddy, James F. $0 changes the arrow cursor to twice it's normal size. The larger cursor becomes transparent whenever it crosses over another item, so it doesn't obscure desktop visibility. Carets & Cursors 1.3 (CRT-CUR) Instant Replay Corp. $75 lets you choose different text editing carets and mouse cursors. Different cursors can be assigned to window classes, even within the same application. For example, you can make the cursor become a mouse when placed on a dialog, a thumb when placed on a bitmap button, a pen on an edit window, etc. This greatly improves the visibility of the cursor, as well as adding a little fun to the desktop. Change Cursor 1.0 (CHNGCRS) Seidman, James $15 allows you to change the arrow and hourglass cursors in Windows to whatever pattern you like. Several samples and an editor are included. This is a really well done, easy to use program, and the results are great! Meta-Mouse 1.5 (MMOUSE) Farpoint Software $20 [Feb. 1994 CD] improves the visibility of the Windows mouse cursor. It gives you several larger cursors to choose from, and also blinks the cursor at a rate you choose. This is intended primarily for laptop users, but works just as well on desktop systems. --------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #12882 --------------------------------- ------------------- 3352 File Searching Small Programs Disk ------------------- Click! Finder 1.0 (CLIKFND) The TrogloByte $15 is a file finding utility that can search across several drives. Once you have located files, you can call up your editor to view them, delete or rename them, or execute them. DirAll 1.0 Prifling, Dieter $9 [March 1994 CD] allows you to generate detailed directory listings. It incorporates a cross-reference feature that enables you to find files with duplicate contents across your hard disks or floppies. Up to five different reports can be printed. This can also be used to check files that may have been altered by a virus. Requires WIN31. File Search 1.0 (FSEARCH) Sax, Mike $19 allows fast and easy file searching in the Windows environment. Multiple drives can be searched and advanced wildcards may be used. The program searches in the background so you can work on other applications. Found filenames can be copied to the clipboard so you don't have to remember them. The File Tool 2.0 (TFT) Erz, Frank $30 allows you to search multiple drives for files and specific text. Wildcards are allowed during searches. Double-clicking on found files brings up a box displaying the name, path, file size, time, date, and attributes of the file. You can then view the file in ASCII or Hex, and clip it's contents to the Clipboard. You can also rename, copy, move, delete, and change attributes of the file just by clicking on the proper icon. FSR/Win (FSRWIN) Williams, Mike $20 [March 1994 CD] helps to locate and change text in text files. It works like a "Search and Replace" operation in a text editor or word processor with the addition that it can perform the search in multiple files in the same operation. It works in the background so you and perform other operations. Nifty James' File Finder for Windows 1.05 (NJWFIND) Blaszczak, Mike $15 allows you to search your drives for files. Wildcards are supported, and it can also search for files that are stored within common archive formats. ARC, ARJ, DWC, LZH, LHA, PAK, ZIP, and ZOO archive formats are supported. You can optionally get information on found files, and you can run files if they are executable or if their extensions have been assigned associated apps. PsL File & Text Finder (PSLFIND) Ford, Nelson ASP $0 searches a drive for specified file names and/or specified text in files. Wild cards are supported. Matching files are displayed in a List box and may be viewed in Notepad by double-clicking the file name. VBRUN required. WinLoc 1.0 Hildreth, R. $10 tells you the location on your hard disk of specified files. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3352 -------------------------------- ----------------- 4933 File Viewers Small Programs Disk ----------------- FileView 1.14 (FVIEW) Page, William L. $10 lets you browse files of any size in ASCII or hex. Features include an on-screen ruler and text searches. File Viewer 1.2 (FVIEWER) 01-94 CD Maze Computer Communications $10 lets you browse the contents of files. It can display files as ASCII, hexadecimal dump, or as raw text with no respect for line ends and other control characters. Other features include word wrap, font support, DDE support, stay on top options, file printing, and more. Winview White, Neville $10 [March 1994 CD] is a file viewer and launcher which shows all of the files in all directories on one or more drives which match a given file specification. This allows you to find and delete duplicates. The contents of files can be displayed in Hex or ASCII (text). WnScroll 6.4 (WNSCROL) Domains $20 is a file browser that can accept files of any size. Multiple files can be displayed simultaneously as text or in hex. Other features include text search, automatic detection of best display mode, fast caching technique to minimize disk access, clipboard and printer support, and more. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #4933 -------------------------------- ----------------------- 2997 Keyboard Utilities Small Programs Disk ----------------------- Accent 2.2 pro++ Software $25 [Feb. 1994 CD] lets you input special characters (copyright symbol, accented vowels, etc.) directly from a standard keyboard. It uses a simple two-key combination, and the special characters are available from any Windows application. CCSwap 1.0 Michmerhuizen, David $0 lets you swap the Ctrl and Caps Lock keys under Windows 3.0. DefKey Davis, Verson E. Jr. $0 is a keyboard macro utility. It allows multiple keystrokes to be assigned to function keys and executed from any Windows application. The easy to use syntax allows you to include special characters and commands including Windows Control keys. VBRUN is required. Easy Macro 2.0 (EASYMAC) Wintronix, Inc. $25 [March 1994 CD] allows you to easily record and playback keystroke macros without leaving your application. You hit a single function key to begin recording, the same function key to stop recording, and another function key to play back your keystrokes. HotKey 1.1 (HOTKEYW) Software GT $20 lets you assign program execution to a single keystroke. It also lets you assign three common procedures to function keys: Close Top Window, Maximize Top Window, and Minimize Top Window. KeyNote 1.1 Yocum, Mike $0 lets you adjust the delay time for key repeat. The Control Panel only lets you adjust the repeat rate. PsL Pause (PSLPAUS) Ford, Nelson ASP $0 is a Pause button for Windows. The Pause button on the keyboard does not work in Windows, thus the need for this utility. Requires VBRUN. sTOP tHAT 1.6 (STOPTH) Wave Software $10 [Feb. 1994 CD] allows the Caps Lock key to behave in the same way as it does on an IBM Selectric typewriter. This guarentees that using the shift key will produce a shifted character even if Caps Lock is depressed. It also allows you to control how the Num Lock and Scroll Lock keys behave. Syswid $0 is a set of Recorder macros to restore the keyboard shortcuts for system menu items. These disappeared in Windows 3 for some unknown reason. For easiest use, add this file to the LOAD= line in WIN.INI. Includes Minimize, Maximixe, and Restore. WinClavier 1.1 (WINCLAV) GDG Systems $30 is a keyboard translation program that allows you to input French characters as text into any Windows application. WinKey 1.0 DataGem Corp. $15 lets you customize your keyboard: make the shift key operate like a typewriter's, permanently lock NUM LOCK on or off, permanently enable or disable SCROLL LOCK, and reverse the functions of the CONTROL and CAPS LOCK keys. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2997 -------------------------------- International Keyboard Kit 1.3 [IKK] (10/93 CD) Keyboard Utilities Distant Markets Export & Import Ltd.; $68 Canadian allows you to instantly switch back and forth between your main keyboard layout and a foreign language configuration. Features include TrueType font support, 12 hotkeys, onscreen keyboard templates, and more. Requires Windows 3.1. Special order from the 10/93 CD. (86k) --------------------- 12512 Mouse Utilities Small Programs Disk --------------------- Dragger 1.0 Leotti, George $15 lets you do a mouse drag or double-click with single clicks of the mouse. Dragger is designed primarily for people with physical impairments, but it is so fast and easy to use that anyone may wish to use it. Instead of doing a click-drag, for instance, you click the right mouse button, click once on the element to be dragged, and once again on the spot for it to be dragged to. Fast-Paste 1.14 (FASTPST) Nee, Robert F. $10 enhances Window's cut-and-paste interface in a DOS window (ie: not "full screen"). It allows you to use the left mouse button for cutting and the right mouse button for pasting, which is much more convenient than using the Edit menu. This only works in 386 enhanced mode. MousePad 1.0 (MOUSEPD) Custom 'Q' Services $1 allows you to use the mouse (or other pointing device) to type with an on-screen keyboard. It will then copy the text string to the clipboard for pasting into another application. Mouse Warp 2.05 (M-WARP) (10-93 CD) Toggle Boolean $14 is a powerful multi-purpose mouse enchancement utility. It allows you to change the shape of the mouse pointer to make it more visible, and select either a left or right-handed pointer. An option is also provided to make the mouse blink after a specified interval of inactivity, so it will be easy to find. Pos 1.21 (POS-MOU) Feinleib, David $5 shows the cursor's coordinates relative to the whole screen as well as to the active window. It stays in front of other applications, so you can see it while you work. RightOn 2.1 (RIGHTON) (12-93 CD) McCarthy, Steve $15 allows you to program the right and middle mouse buttons to send virtually any keystroke to the window the mouse is in. Features include the ability to send simulated left mouse double clicks, independent left and right mouse button configuration, and the ability to send keystroke combinations of the Shift/ Alt/Control keys. Requires WIN31. --------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #12512 --------------------------------- ----------------------- 3146 Printing Utilities Small Programs Disk ----------------------- BarCode 3 of 9 2.0 (BAR3-9) Eclipse Software Programming $25 prints 3 of 9 barcodes on any printer that Windows will support. Features include font selection, up to three-across label printing, save/recall options, and more. VBRUN is required, and VB source code is included. Drag and Drop Printer 1.0 (DDP) FLFSoft, Inc. ASP $15 allows you to quickly and easily print ASCII files. You simply drag a text file from File Manager and drop it onto the program's icon. Features include full font/margin control, and the ability to print custom heading and footings. Requires WIN31. FedEZ 1.2 Fischer, John $5 allows you to create, store, and print Federal Express airbills on a dot-matrix printer. You can create templates for applications which require only a few changes, or start from scratch and build a new form. You will need a supply of Federal Express airbills (revision 1/91 o r 4/91 only), and a printer that is able to set a 5.5" page length. VBRUN is required. Label Ease 3.1a (LABELEZ) Robinson, Anthony J. $15 is a simple label printer for Windows. Cut, copy, and paste functions are supported. PrintClip 1.1 (PRNTCLP) Krumsee, Art $0 lets you print text that you have put in the Clipboard by double-clicking on the PrintClip icon. VBRUN reqd. (VB source code is included.) PRO Labeler 1.32 (PROLABL) Cheng, Chieh $5-$15 is a labeling program that works in works in Windows multi-tasking environment. It prints on 3-1/2" x 15/16" labels, prints 5 lines x 34 characters on each label, supports up to 9 columns, prints the same label up to 99999 times, can use 3 different printer ports, and uses less than 36K of memory. This program contains the PIF and Icon files necessary for installing on Windows 3.0, but will also work on non-Windows supported machines. TextPrint (TXTPRNT) Lapis Software $15 is an ASCII text printing utility. Features include a preview function, access to all printer fonts, clipboard support, and the ability to print files up to one megabyte long. It can collect text from any number of applications and store all of it in a buffer until ready to print. #3146 Miscellaneous ------------------- Deskjet 3.01 $0 is used for the defective HP DeskJet driver that would not print accented and other special characters. Print Que for Windows 1.2 (PRNTQUE) Chadbourne, Arthur S. $25 lets you specify a list of documents to be printed rather than waiting for each document to be sent before the next can be specified. Works with Excel and WFW. VBRUN required. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3146 [20] -------------------------------- -------------------------- 3709 Printing Utilities #2 Small Programs Disk -------------------------- 3709 Laser Printing ------------------- HPEnv 2.0 Himowitz, Michael J. $0 will print an envelope on an HPLJ without requiring you to reconfigure your printer for landscape mode. Support is provided for the Proprinter and two printer ports. VB source code is provided. VBRUN is required. Laser Labels 1.0 (LSRLABL) Evers, Dave $10 lets you create diskette labels on a laser printer. You can print either 3.5" or 5.25" labels using single sheet labels. Font styles and sizes are easily adjusted. You can print custom labels with your own chosen text, or directory listing labels, or a combination of both. You can make each label different or use the same settings and text for each one. Pswitch 1.06 Feinleib, David A. $15 lets you easily switch between an HP LaserJet's HPPCL mode and PostScript cartridge mode. Pulsar 2.0 (PLSR-VB) Tesserax Information Systems $15 switches between the PostScript and PCL modes of an HP LaserJet printer under the Windows environment. You can also access the Control Panel, Print Manger, and Printer Setup via panel buttons. It has the ability to sense the printer driver installed and can also sense the active printer's orientation. VBRUN is required. PS-Drv $0 contains a set of 82 Windows Printer Definition files for PostScript printers. These files allow you to add new PostScript printers, gaining access to all the fonts and paper sizes the printers support and the ability to use correct print areas and screen frequencies. VBBook Scott, Dennis $0 lets you print ASCII text files to an HPLJ printer in booklet format. VBRUN is required. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3709 -------------------------------- -------------------------- 4856 Printing Utilities #3 Small Programs Disk -------------------------- #4856 Miscellaneous Printing ---------------------------- Chooser Cohen, Derek $0 allows you to quickly select the default Windows printer and change its page orientation without having to go through the Control Panel. As a side benefit, when minimized, the icon shows which printer is the currently selected default. Dumper 3.1 Waltham, N. $0 alows you to dump files which include printer codes directly to the printer. It is intended primarily for printing lengthy output from DOS apps which will not multitask smoothly under Windows. EndPrint 1.00 (ENDPRNT) Feinleib, David A. $15 provides an audible alert when Print Manager is finished printing. It also lets you close Print Manager when it finished. FilePrint 1.51 (FPRNTVB) Kapune, Albert $0 can directly print multiple copies of any plain ASCII file. It can also process a printer-specific PRN file as prepared by WFW, COREL DRAW!, or other program (using the Print-ToFile option). Every installed parallel printer port is supported, and drag and drop is also supported. Requires VBRUN200. Gpaper 1.0 Kelly, Dan $5 prints graph paper on your printer. Options include number of lines per page and number of lines per inch. There is also an option for printing thick divider lines. PrClip 1.0 (12-93 CD) Broughton, Jeff R. $0 provides an easy way of doing screen prints. Once the data is on the clipboard, a double click on the program's icon will send your data to the printer. Requires VBRUN300. WinPrt 1.5 Poellinger, Paul $10 [March 1994 CD] lets you print the Windows screen or Clipboard with the press of a key. Requires VBRUN300. WunderBAR (BARCOD) Ward Mundy Software, ASP $20 [March 1994 CD] is an Avery Label bar code printing utility for Windows. It supports 2 of 5 and 3 of 9 barcode styles, and supports most Windows-compatible laser printers. Requires VBRUN300. Xlabel 2.03 Tenax Software Engineering $35 is an easy-to-use laser label printing program for Windows. It can print from a file or screen input and can use pre-defined or user-defined label specifications. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #4856 -------------------------------- GrafPapr 0.100 [GP0100] (Custom Software Services; $20) - generates graph paper for linear, linear-logarithmic, and polar graphs. 10/93 CD-ROM. [93k] ----------------------- 2682 System Information Small Programs Disk ----------------------- CPU Usage Meter 1.2 (CPUUSE) Seidman, James $0 shows how much of your CPU's power is being used at any one time. This is a good analysis tool. Memory Pro 1.0 (MEM-PRO) Philippatos, Crito P. $9 (formerly Crito's Memory Display) shows free memory, the number of tasks running, and percentage of free resources on a small display bar. It also displays the largest contiguous block of heap space, Windows version, Windows Mode, CPU type, presence of numeric co-processor, keyboard type, and number of function keys. Background and foreground colors can be customized. VBRUN is required. Disk Space Meter (DSMETER) Glass, Brett $? is a disk usage meter that uses a gas gauge-like display. You can set the interval at which the statistics are updated from 1 to 99 seconds. VBRUN is required. DSize 1.0 (DSIZ-DO) Overmeyer, Doug $0 displays amount of free space on drives C: and up, listing all directories and the amount of space they use. This is useful when you need to make room on your hard disk and need to know where the most space is being eaten up. TPW source code is included. Diskfree 1.1 (DISKFRE) Beda, Paul $0-$10 displays the space statistics for all hard disks found on your system. The display is updated at 1 second intervals, during which the space current available is compared to the space available at the last update. If the space has increased or decreased, then a '+' or '-' is appended on the display line. DiskStat (DISKST) Wykes, Harry $0 displays a graph and numbers showing free disk space on your hard disk volumes, including removable media, but not network drives. The display can be manually canceled or it will remove itself after a set period of time, making it a good one to run during start-up. FileGage 1.0 (FILGAGE) Rubenking, Neil J. $0 provides a continuous watch on the number of free file handles. It displays a graphic lightbar on its icon, as well as the actual number of file handles free vs. the total number available. LoadMon Hutchins, Edward $0 graphically shows the load on your CPU and memory in an icon. LyWhit Utilities (LYWHIT) LyWhit Software $1-$2 consists of a program to display information about your hard disk and another to display system information, including the currently executing tasks, type of CPU (including 80*87, if present), the mode Windows is in, protected mode status, EMS type, available memory, and more. The author is no longer at the address provided in the documentation. (Not on this disk. Ask for disk #8478.) Mem 1.21 (MEMWIN) Feinleib, David A. $8 displays the amount of memory free, the largest block of memory free, and the amount of disk space free. It can sound an alarm when free memory drops below a specified level. Resource Gauge 1.1 (RESGAUG) Albury, Richard Franklin $0 lets you monitor your percentage of free system resources. An alarm warns you if resources fall below a specified level. C source code is included. SunRes 1.0 Welch, Matt $0 provides a simple graphic display of your free system resources. Super Resource Monitor 1.2 (SUPR-RM) SoftBlox Incorporated $0 provides a graphic display of usage of primary resources for the main Windows subsystems, GDI, User, and the currently active task. It can also provide periodic compaction of global memory. Sysgraph 3.0 (SYSGRPH) Crow, Bill and Hasselbeck, Jim $0 displays the load in the Windows system queue as a graph in an icon at the bottom of the screen. Additional system load is shown by dips in the graph. Sysres 2.3 EB-Software $15 measures memory usage and CPU usage in a graphical and text format. The graph is scalable to any size, and lets you know how heavy the system is being taxed at a glance. VBRUN is required. VBMem 1.2 Snider, Charles K. $0 displays Windows operating mode, presence of a math coprocessor and the amount of free memory available. The displayed memory updates as it changes in the system. When minimized, the caption displays free memory available. Winfo 1.0f Hughes, David $0 displays a wealth of information about your Windows system configuration. The video information it provides is extremely detailed. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2682 -------------------------------- -------------------------- 4700 System Information #2 Small Programs Disk -------------------------- Disk-at-a-Glance for Windows 1.01 (DAAGW) Leonard, Steve $6 [Feb. 1994 CD] shows what's using your hard disk space. Features include a tree map with directory sizes and subdirectory counts and sizes, pie charts that depict the 16 largest directories, analog gauges that show free space for all drive letters and a hardcopy of the tree map, gauges and pie charts. DisplayTest 1.5 (DTTFW) Playroom Software $0 provides essential information about the display driver in use by Windows. The driver's filename and technology version are shown, along with the screen resolution and number of colors supported. It can also show a list of all modules loaded in Windows, along with their size, date, time, and path. DLL*Manager 2.0 (DLL-MGR) Woodhouse, Mike $0 displays a list of DLLs that are in memory and optionally lets you remove one or more. If you have frequent memory/resource shortage problems or use apps which are known not to remove their DLL's from memory when done, this utility will be helpful. Fres 1.52 O'Connell, Jamie $0 displays the time, date, Windows modes, free memory, and free resources in a small window. C source code is included. Space 1.01 (SPACEMB) Berro, Mike $? monitors the space available on all fixed disk drives. It will list every drive (including network drives that are "mapped" onto other drives) and display individual and total free space. Torque Gibson, Steve $0 determines the maximum memory-to-screen and screen-to-screen pixel transfer rates for the display system. Although Gibson disclaims that this is a measure of real-world video performance, it can be used to compare video systems in some ways. Winapps Workgroup Systems $0 lists all active EXE's, DLL's, drivers, and fonts that are loaded. Information includes path, file size, and date/time. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #4700 -------------------------------- ------------------ 3354 Miscellaneous Small Programs Disk ------------------ CardRead (CARDRD) Curran, Richard $0 translates CardFiles to DOS ASCII files. Cards can be read on the screen in Cardfile 40 character lines or reformatted to 80 character lines with or without deletion of embedded newline characters. All cards may be marked for subsequent printing or saving to an ASCII DOS file. Click 1.01 (CLICKDF) Feinleib, David A. $6 provides an audible keyboard click sound while you are typing in a Windows program. DDEWatch 1.3 (DDEWATC) Horizon Technologies, Inc. $85 monitors Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) messages. It displays each DDE message as it occurs, in real time. The information displayed contains the window handles of both the sender and receiver, the message type and any additional parameters. DialWord 1.0 (DIALWRD) Taggart, Terry $23 gives you a list of all letter combinations available for a specified phone number. This is intended for coming up with an easy-to-remember word or phrase for a phone number. VBRUN required. Exc2Crd 1.01 Reidelberger, Frank $0 is a macro that converts Excel 2.1d spreadsheets to Windows 3.0 cardfile CRD files. Excel is required. Formatting Shell 1.01 (FMATSHL) Cheng, Chieh $0 is a menu-driven formatting utility compatible with Windows and Desqview. Contains detailed information for installation in Windows and Desqview. Import Gostl, Jack $0 is a DOS application that will import a comma/quote delimited file into Windows 3.1 cardfile format. C source code and test files are included. Prices Silverman, Howard A. $0 contains an Excel macro that will extract security prices from Quicken for Windows and chart the price of each security versus the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Run 1.8 (RUN-WIN) Wiarda, Frits $? contains two programs that let you start any Windows application from a windowed DOS prompt. This will only work in 386 Enhanced mode. Saveset 1.01 Feinleib, David $5 allows you to cause the Save Settings Check Box that appears when you exit Windows to be automatically checked or unchecked. Tree Climber 1.0 (TRECLMR) Maurice, Michael P. $0 allows the user to walk the linked list of window nodes. It displays the window handle for parent, present and task. WinChain 3.0 (WINCHAN) Services Rendered $10 lets you run Windows applications from a DOS Compatibility Box, as well as from the DOS prompt. This program works in 386 enhanced mode only. WinChar 1.0 Jack, Roger L. $7 provides a listing of the OEM and ANSI character sets that are available under MS-Windows 3. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3354 -------------------------------- --------------------- 3560 File Association Small Programs Disk --------------------- Associator 1.1 (ASSOC) SP Services $0 displays a list of the associations currently in place between file extensions and applications. It allows existing associations to be changed or removed and new ones to be established. VBRUN is required. Detour 1.4 Bolin, Christopher S. $0 provides a pop-up menu with several alternate applications when you click on an associated data file. A browse feature in the edit section makes the set-up very easy. VBRUN is required. Multiple Program Association 1.0 (MPA) Brown, Chris $0 lets you associate up to 200 different programs for each file extension. Easy-to-follow instructions are included for editing your WIN.INI file. This is one of the best programs of it's type. Second Chance 1.0 (SECCHNC) Heath, Robert A. $0 lets you launch more than one application from a particular file type. For example, if you have a file with the extension of .DOC, Second Chance's pop-up menu will give you the option of opening the file in the Notepad application or the Write application, depending on how you configured the system. If you have configured only one application, it will immediately launch the program you have specified, by-passing the Second Chance menu. Smart Association 1.0.2 (SMARTA) Maramag, Alex $15 lets you associate a file extension with more than one program. After double-clicking on a file with a particular extension, you are presented with a list of potential apps for use with that file. For example, you could elect to associate .TXT files with both Notepad and Write. Requires VBRUN200. 3560 Miscellaneous ------------------ ASC Task Manager (ASCTASK) ASC $10 is an icon-based replacement for Task Manager. Instead of getting a blah-looking text list of applications, you get an attractive icon/button window. You can bring up a task by clicking on its button or terminate it by dragging the icon to the Trash Can icon. Describe 2.0 (DESCRIB) Crossmier, David $5 displays 4DOS file descriptions, which can also be edited. (Not on this disk. Special order from 11-93 CD. 34k) Desktop Stop! 1.10 (DESKSTP) Mezaros, Mike $0 keeps Norton Desktop from exiting without warning that you haven't saved. ExpCard 0.1 Mr. Softee $0 is a DOS application that will translate Windows Cardfile data into ASCII text. C source code is included. FLP $0 provides some DOS 5.0 disk formatting options from within Windows 3.0. VBRUN required. Glue 1.0 Murdoch, D.J. $0 will let you combine a DOS-based program and a Windows-based program so that if you are in DOS, the DOS version will execute, and if you are in Windows, the Windows version will run. This is a really slick idea, and much better than just getting a "This program requires Windows" message. GrabClip 1.0 InfoComm(UK) Ltd. $0 saves bitmaps on the Clipboard to disk automatically. Job Scheduler (JOB-SCH) Kosten, Michael A. $0 executes batch and executable files from the Windows environment on a specific day or time. VBRUN is required. Print Tree 3.1 (PRNTREE) Fisher, Charles H. Jr. $15 prints a formatted directory tree of your hard disk up to drive Z. Up to 200 dir/subdir entries are supported with up to five levels of nesting. Other features include on-screen viewing of the directory tree, printer on/off control, font sizing, alphabetizing of the tree entries, help screens, and more. Requires WIN31 and a 386 or better. SavAsIco XL 1.0 (SAVICXL) Reidelberger, Frank $0 is a macro that allows you to save your Excel document as an icon in Program Manager by specifying a title and group. Time and Money Tracker 1.0 (TMT) InfoPerfect Inc. $15 allows you to track time and costs for various events. You can easily set an hourly rate, and multiple timers can be run simultaneously. A key feature of this program is it's ability to track time while the program is not running, even if the computer is shut off. When you terminate the program without rebooting, it will save it's entire state. When started again, it will reflect the amount of time that has passed. Tinfo 1.1 THINK Corporation $4 displays your CPU type, the amount of free memory, and the date and time. The display window automatically stays on top of other applications, but uses very little desktop space. WorkSpacer 2.0 (WSPACER) WiGuys Software $0 lets you store individual desktop configurations for later use with Norton Desktop for Windows. It obtains appropriate information about your current desktop configuration, stores that information in a private INI file in your Windows directory, stores a list of chosen workspace names in a file in your NDW directory, and restores to the desktop a workspace you specify. The Norton Desktop for Windows Batch Builder and Batch Runner are required for operation. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3560 -------------------------------- ------------------- #4144 Miscellaneous Small Programs disk ------------------- dB2dB 1.0 $0 allows quick and easy transformations of database records from one database's format to another. VBRUN required. DoDOS 1.1 (DODOS) McLeod, Matt $15 [Feb. 1994 CD] allows you to run DOS applications which won't normally run from Windows, like games. It works by running a batch file that closes Windows, executes the program and then restarts Windows when you shut down the application. SuperSpy 1.01 (SUPRSPY) SoftBlox Incorporated $0 allows you to find Class and Instance information on any window on the Desktop. It also provides real-time and asynchronous tracking of messages sent to these windows. Trouble (TRBL-DP) Pipes, Dennis $15-$20 is a quick reference troubleshooting guide. Both a DOS version and a Windows version are included, but the Windows version is easier to use. Some basic trouble-shooting information is included, and it is easy to add more of your own, although the menu description threw us off for a while. The menu option is to "Add a File". What it really does is prompt you for information to add to the existing data file. Actually, it may be possible to add an entire file, but the skimpy documentation doesn't cover this at all. Aside from this confusion, we found the program to be very handy and easy to use. Virtual 386 Write Protect Device 1.4 (VWPD) Mom's Software $20 prevents disk corruption and crashes in Windows 386 enhanced mode. It can protect your hard disk from DOS low level sector writes, low level formatting, Interrupt 13h writes, and assorted viruses. Wsafe 1.0 Mom's Software $20 prevents disk corruption from occurring when using CHKDSK while Windows is running. Windows Start Program 1.2 (WSP) Nick Hodges $1 lets you fine tune your start-up in Windows 3.x. It allows you to run specific programs on specific days, and a 1to 10-second countdown timer appears when the program is invoked to give you time to change your mind about running a program. This is an excellent way to automatically perform tedious chores such as virus-checking, backups, etc. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #4144 -------------------------------- ----------------------- 4228 INI File Utilities Small Programs Disk ----------------------- Allini 2.1 Words Plus Connectivity $2 is a point-and-click INI file viewer/editor. It displays all the sections of any INI file, and lets you view the section or quickly delete it out of the file. You can also edit the section to change any item that needs updating or insert a new section or an entry. This is very handy for cleaning up a cluttered WIN.INI file. (Not on this disk. Ask for disk #18109.) IniDif 1.1 Computer Tyme $35/user is a DOS command line utility that compares two INI files and produces a third file that contains the differences between the two files. This allows you to install a new Windows program and compare the changed INI file to the original one. (Not on this disk. Special order from the January 1994 CD.) INIedit 1.22 Kindel, Charles E. Jr. $25 makes it easy to view, edit and print INI files. The interface is well done, and very easy to understand. INIedit 1.08 (INI_EDT) Sands, Richard $20 [Feb. 1994 CD] is a DOS program that lets you change the configuration of Windows on startup by automatically modifying the various INI files based on a text file of editing commands. For example, you could easily have it start up Windows with or without a network driver, with or without loading and running specified programs, etc. NewINI 1.0 Lundblad, Jeff $0 broadcasts the changes you make to the WIN.INI file, so you don't have to reboot your machine for the changes to take effect. Steve's INI Editor (SI-EDIT) 08-93 CD Peschka, Steve $5 lets you quickly and easily edit your INI files. The four files you edit the most can be automatically opened when you start the program. Other features include drag and drop support, a 3-D toolbar, and more. Requires VBRUN200. (Not on this disk. Ask for disk #18123.) SuperLoad! 1.0 (SUPR-LD) Graphical Dynamics, Inc. $0 adds power and functions to WIN.INI's RUN and LOAD features. With SuperLoad, you can add command line parameters to programs being run, as well as changing to a start-up directory. You can also launch a program in a hidden window or a maximized window. WinStart 1.1 (WINSTAR) Duggan, Andrew P. $15 extends the LOAD and RUN options in your WIN.INI file. It allows full command lines for programs, and lets you specify size and placement of their windows. WinSwap 1.0 Mount, Steve $0 is a DOS app to help manage INI files. It allows you to swap two lines in any text .INI file without keeping separate files for each setup you need. This is very handy for keeping different video configurations, shell configurations, etc. Watchman [WATCHMN] (10/93 CD) System Utilities Distant Markets Export & Import Ltd.; $50 Canadian is an advanced file protection application. It automatically checks for any changes to WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI, or any other file you specify. Every time you boot Windows it checks for changes and gives you options to accept the changes or restore them to the last backup copy. There is even a DOS application that allows you to restore files in case Windows refuses to start. Requires WIN31. NOTE: Watchman is not on this disk. It can be special ordered from the 10/93 CD. 4228 Misc. System Utilities --------------------------- Comreset 1.0 (COMRSET) FBN Productions $0 will reinitialize the serial ports of your computer after exiting Windows 3.0 running in 386 Enhanced mode. DFree 1.2 NEOCOM Microspecialists, Inc. $18 performs disk analysis for all hard and floppy drives on a stand alone system or across an entire network. It features 3D pie and bar charts that display the krive size, free space, and disk utilization. Requires VBRUN. Enhanced DOS for Windows 1.01a (EDOS) Mom's Software $20 provides new commands for DOS windows in the 386 Enhanced Mode. You can change Slice, Alarm and Priority from the DOS prompt. DOS commands that corrupt disks, such as CHKDSK/F, are disabled while in a DOS Window. A Status command shows you free memory, swap file size, back/foreground status and priorities, EMS/XMS configuration and more. HighMem Saldanha, Ashley $0 is a text file containing information about Windows 3.0 and high memory. Hot Line 1.1 (HOTLINE) Hunnicutt, Heath I. $25 keeps a record of error messages generated by Windows 3.1. When iconized it displays a green telephone that flashes red when errors are detected. You can also add comments to the error log at any time. M-Watch 1.0 Olson, Jeff $10 shows how much memory a program uses within Windows, and whether or not it is completely freeing that memory upon termination. MS-Logo $0 contains instructions for patching WIN.COM with DEBUG to keep the Windows logo screen from displaying on boot-up. The instructions are easy to follow, and it works for us, but anytime you patch COM files, you do so at your own risk. RealCtrl [Lite] 1.1.3 (RC-LITE) AT-Ware $0 allows you to quickly change many different system parameters usually accessed through the Control Panel. It can turn the warning beep and fast task switch on or off, change the window border width, change the keyboard time delay/speed, adjust icon spacing, alter the screen saver time-out, and more. You'll still have to restart Windows for the changes to take effect, but this is a much more convenient way to edit your desktop. (Not on this disk. Ask for disk #18089.) RealCheck 1.0 (REALCHK) Playroom Software $0 warns you when you have started Windows in the Real mode. Settime (ST-TIME) Pruitt, Steve $0 dials the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington for the correct time and resets your system clock. VB source code is included. Modem required. Settime (STIMWIN) Williams, Chris $? updates your system's time by dialing Washington D.C.to get the current universal time, converts it to local time and automatically updates your system clock. A modem is required. WinLite 2.1 Lenherr, Fred K. $15 automates setting up Windows 3.1 on a high-density floppy. This is ideal for portable computer owners who don't have room or don't want to put Windows on the hard disk. Everything is on the floppy that's needed to run Windows apps, plus popular accessories such as Calculator, Notepad, etc. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #4228 -------------------------------- ------------------ 12098 Utilities #5 Small Programs Disk ------------------ DOSCOM 2.0 Collett, Andrew $20 lets you execute DOS commands and programs from within Windows. You can repeat a command by clicking on it in the History list. Requires VBRUN100.DLL. MixCase 1.40 (MIXCASE) Ivory Tower Software $35 [Sept. 1993 CD] converts all-caps documents to more readable mixed case. It works with any text file or any Windows clipboard text. A customizable capitalization dictionary is included. VBRUN200 is required. Super DDE Client Utility 2.00 (SDDECU) SoftBlox Incorporated $0 lets you initiate and maintain DDE conversations with any number of applications acting as DDE servers. It provides an interactive means of establishing the conversation, requesting and poking of data items, setting and unsetting of advisories, and executing server specific commands. Multiple instances can be invoked with each being able to track its own set of conversations. This program is compatible with Windows 3.1. Stdemo Player 1.0 (STDEMO) Kvitchko, Mikhail $20-$30 lets you create demos and tutorials using any Windows application. Using a script language, it can start one or more Windows applications, perform keystrokes or mouse actions, explain what is going on, accept user input, and much more. An example script is included. TypeSmart 2.2 (TYPSMRT) Lian, Tim W. $32 helps reduce keystrokes when typing long or repetitive words. It works in the background while you are in a text editor or word processor, creating a database of the words you have typed. If you start to type a word already used in the same session, it pops up and allows you to insert the word by pressing the ALT key and a letter from the list. This is an excellent time-saving utility. All API function names are included for interested programmers. Uninstall (UNINSTL) Anyware $50 assists with the removal of DOS or Windows programs. It takes a snapshot of your system before and after the installation and compares the two, determining which files and directories were added, deleted, or changed during the procedure. Uninstall for Windows 1.5 (UN4WIN) It's Your Money, Inc. $20 lets you remove Windows-based software from your system. It compares hard disk file status before and after the application has been installed and run. It tells you what new files and directories have been created and what changes have been made to CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI. WinTrail 1.10 (WIN-TR) Rooftop Software $any keeps a log of the programs you have been running during any one day in Windows. It lists those programs with the start times and duration of each. If the program is turned off, the down-time is recorded when it is re-started, and screen savers are recorded as periods of inactivity. Requires VBRUN. --------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #12098 --------------------------------- ------------------ 12359 Utilities #6 Small Programs Disk ------------------ ByeBye CBII Enterprises $5 allows you to shut down Windows at a specified time. Also included is ByeBye2, which will shut down Windows on a specific date and time. ColrMastr 1.02 (COLRMAS) Speedbyte Software Development $30 is an advanced desktop color management utility for WIN31. It allows you to change color schemes on the fly without modifying the WIN.INI file. Support is provided for up to 100 custom colors, as well as up to 40 different color schemes. Other features include automatic color scheme loading for specific applications, the ability to import existing schemes defined in Control Panel, and more. DownRite 0.2 (DWNRITE) Tranzoa, Co. $0 moves a top-level window to the bottom of the window stack and activates the next top-level window. Outside! 2a (OUTSID!) Warren, David $10 makes it easier to run DOS applications that misbehave under Windows 3.1. It will shut down Windows, run the DOS app, then restart Windows when the DOS app is finished. This can be run from an icon, or you can use command line options. VBRUN200 is required. Soldier Backup (SOLBAK) 01-94 CD Jones, E. Scott $25 is an easy-to-use backup system for Windows. You simply create a script describing which files to backup and a destination, and it will backup only files which have been modified. A brief tutorial with context sensitive help is included. TopIT 3.0 Digital Artistry $0 allows you to make any window stay on top of all others. It creates a list of all active windows, and you simply click on an item in the list to make it stay on top. Buttons are provided to quickly refresh the list and remove a window from the top. WinGate 1.0 Sunrise Computer Consulting $15 copies text from the Clipboard to a second monitor. Also included is PagePop 1.3, a 3.2k TSR which copies the current VGA text screen to a second monochrome monitor. Win-Link (WINLINK) 01-94 CD WTB Software $4 expands the capabilities of a DOS box in 386 Enhanced Mode. It allows you to run Windows programs from a DOS box, allows DOS programs to print to the Windows spooler, and provides Interprocess Communications between Windows and DOS applications. YACC 1.0 (YACC) 01-94 CD Saladino, Ben $5 (Yet Another Clipboard Collector) remembers up to 1000 characters of the text that you copy or cut to the Windows Clipboard. It stores the text in a list box, and to recall information you simply click on an item and copy it back to the clipboard. --------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #12359 --------------------------------- ------------------ 12834 Utilities #7 Small Programs Disk ------------------ ClipCap 1.3 (CLIPCAP) Sawert, Brian $0 [February 1994 CD] is a DOS filter that lets you send text files or keystrokes in DOS to the Windows clipboard. This can be run from within a Windows DOS box or from the Windows command line. CardExport 1.0 (CRDEXP) Maurer Associates, ASP $0 [March 1994 CD] allows you to export Windows Cardfiles to ASCII delimited files. Requires VBRUN300. RunHere 1.2 Davids, Noah $10 [February 1994 CD] lets you control the size and location of an application's window when it is launched. Several different applications sets can be configured at once, with any number of programs in each set. Upjoy 1.0 BIGGUN International $30 [February 1994 CD] is a joystick driver for Windows 3.1. It includes an easy installation, and supports all IMB compatible joysticks. Features include axis mapping, button mapping, sensitivity adjustment, HAT trim control, and more. WinCONTROL 1.10 (WCTRL11) Luhan Software $15 [Jan. 1994 CD] allows quick access to several handy Windows functions. Features include an easy restart/exit Windows option, fast reboot, and the ability to quickly invoke File Manager, Control Panel, and Windows Setup. Other features include a robust task manager, memory resource monitor, and more. WinTrio (WINTRIO) Visual Software Design Group $20 [February 1994 CD] is a set of useful utilities for Windows. It contains Audition (a sound file player), Launch Pad (a file locator/launcher), View Port (a graphic viewer), and StopWin (a quick exit utility). Requires VBRUN300. Xfile 1.5 (XFILE) Phase 33 Digital, Inc., ASP $18 [February 1994 CD] is a unique multifunctional desktop utility for Windows 3.1. It provides selectable "modes" which provide various file, system, and informational functions. --------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #12834 --------------------------------- Shuffle! [SHUFFLE] Richardson & Chaney Engineering $40 is a Windows Cardfile replacement. It allows unlimited card decks, hypertext card links, a flashcard display, sound links, and an MDI display of multiple card decks. Several amusing sample decks are provided. Special order from the March 1994 CD: 53K. ]]]]]]]]]]