               'The Next Tool' for Windows(R) 95 - V1.81
            (c) 1995-97 Christian Hagenah & Joerg Schliesser
                         (All rights reserved)

'The Next Tool' in brief:

- Archive Management: ZIP, RAR, LHA, ARJ, TAR, GZIP and TGZ archives
  can be treated like normal directories, including long filenames,
  without external programs.
- Disk Management: Formatting, Copying and Disk Images including
  1680 KBytes (DMF formats).
- File Management and Tools:
  - Virtual desktops for Windows(R) 95.
  - Command Line for the easy start of programs.
  - Powerful file commands with lots of options and real multi-threading:
    copy, delete, tename, find, text editor, multi-file hex-editor etc.
    Of course, everything also available in archives!
- Shell Functions:
  - Integrated in the taskbar and/or with an own application bar.
  - 'Commander' compatible window placement, as desired, and
    controllable by means of the usual keyboard shortcuts.
  - Operation through drag-and-drop and pop-up menus.
  - User-defined windows, commands, menus etc.
- In Addition:
  - Also runs unter Windows(R) NT 4.0
  - Quickview extension for ZIP, RAR, LHA and ARJ.
  - Self-Extracting archives ( as freeware) for ZIP, RAR, LHA and ARJ.

For a complete description of the functionality of 'The Next Tool',
please refer to the online documentation 'TNTWIN.HLP'.


Further Contents of this File:

I. ...... Purchasing a User License and a Registration Code
II. ..... Installing the Software
III. .... Updating a Version that was Previously Installed



I. Purchasing a User License and a Registration Code

The software 'The Next Tool' for Windows(R) 95 is shareware. That
means you can try out the software for 30 days free of charge. You
have to purchase a user license only if you want to use the software
permanently. If you purchase the license, you will get your personal
registration code to register the software and the right to use the
software permanently.

Distributing the unregistered version of the software is allowed,
as far as none of the guidelines that are named in the file
'LICENSE.TXT' are violated.

If you use a version of the software that is not registered, a
shareware notification will appear about 10 days after the software
was installed. After 30 days the notification will block the use of
the program and you can remove the notification without quitting
the program only after an increasing period of time.

For detailed information about the license agreement that is the
basis for the use of the software, refer to the file 'LICENSE.TXT'.

You can obtain a user license for 'The Next Tool' and your personal
registration code for 49 US$. For further information about how to
order, refer to 'ORDER.TXT' or use our order wizard 'ORDER.EXE'.
(To run the wizard, simply press the 'Order' button in the 'Info
about T.N.T.' property sheet.)

If you have access to CompuServe(R), you can also register by
GO 'SWREG' with RegNo. 8298.

In case of further questions or comments contact:

Mail:   Joerg Schliesser
        Software Development
        Rotenwaldstr. 41 A
        Stuttgart, 70197
        Germany

Fax:    +49 - 711 - 65 99 556

eMail:  TNTWin@aol.com
        or
        100322.3253@compuserve.com

FIDO:   Christian Hagenah@2:2487/3002.3


You can get new releases of the software 'The Next Tool' online
at the following locations (information is subject to alteration):

WWW:    http://members.aol.com/TNTWin/

FTP:    members.aol.com   cd /TNTWinENG   get tntwin95.exe

AOL:    <will be updated soon>

CIS:    <will be updated soon>

NEXUS BBS:    +49 - 511 - 95 088 97 (28800 Baud and ISDN)
              Login: tnt95eng      Password: guest

FIDO-Request: 2:2437/38 (28800 Baud & ISDN)
              Magic: TNT95ENG



II. Installing the Software

To install the software 'The Next Tool' for Windows(R) 95, open the
file 'SETUP.EXE' in the directory in which the various files of the
program are located. SETUP will guide you through the install process
by means of a wizard. Depending on the way in which you received the
software (on a floppy disk, in a directory on a CD-ROM or in a self-
xtracting archive) there are the following possibilities to execute
'SETUP.EXE':

- Installing by using the start menu...

Insert the floppy disk or the CD-ROM on which the T.N.T. files are
located in the corresponding drive and choose 'Run' from the Windows(R)
start menu. Afterwards you can enter the path of the file 'SETUP.EXE'
in the 'Open' edit control of the 'Run' dialog box. For instance, if
the file is on a floppy disk in drive 'A:', you would enter:

A:\SETUP.EXE

Then press the 'OK' button in the 'Run' dialog box. (Note: If the file
is in a directory on a CD-ROM, enter the corresponding path.)

- Installing out of a self-extracting archive...

If you received T.N.T. in the form of the self-extracting archive
'TNTWIN95.EXE' (for instance, by downloading the file with your modem),
proceed as described above to open the self-extracting archive by means
of the 'Run' option of the Windows(R) start menu. For instance, if the
archive is in the 'DOWNLOAD' directory on drive 'C:' is, enter

C:\DOWNLOAD\TNTWIN95.EXE

and press the 'OK' button in the 'Run' dialog box. Then a dialog named
'The Next Tool - Self-Extracting Archive' appears in which you can enter
the target directory for the extraction of the files. As soon as all
files are extracted you can run 'SETUP.EXE' directly.



III. Updating a Version that was Previously Installed

To update a version of the software 'The Next Tool' for Windows(R) 95
that was previously installed, run the install wizard 'SETUP.EXE' of
the new version as described above.
When overwriting an old version, you have the chance to keep your old
configuration files 'TNTWIN.INI' and 'TNTWIN.ICS', so your personal
settings will not be lost.
Anyway, please use 'SETUP.EXE' to update the software, so that
entries in the registry and other system parameters can be updated
and all improvements and extensions of the new versions become
effective.
