Windows users have long enjoyed the fact that when you start Windows, you 
could have Windows automatically start any programs simply by putting the 
program's icon into the 'StartUp' group/folder.

Wouldn't it be great to have a similar 'ShutDown' group/folder that right 
before Windows exited, it would run these 'WrapUp' type programs automatically 
for you? Imagine the uses for such a program...

You could automatically:

   - Shutdown your Oracle database and avoid corrupting your data.
   - Backup your PC's hard disk(s).
   - Log out of your PC network (LAN).
   - Synchronize your laptop PC's hard disk with your desktop 
     PC's hard disk or visa versa.
   - Access your favorite online stock-quote system and retrieve 
     your latest stock prices.
   - Send an email message.
   - Run your communications program and have it autodial your 
     significant other, so you could pick up the telephone and 
     tell him/her that you're on your way home.
   - Or any DOS program or batch file that can be run from within 
     Windows.
   - Eject the CD-ROM disk from your drive.
   - Or anything else for that matter...

WrapUp is compatible with Windows 95, Windows NT (3.51 and 4.0), and Windows 
3.1.


To install under Windows 95 and NT 4.0:

Copy the following files to any single area of your PC's disk:

        WrapUp.exe
        WrapUp.hlp
        WrapUp32.dll

A typical destination might be:  C:\TNT\WRAPUP

Start Windows 95 or NT 4.0.

Open your 'StartUp' folder from the Start-Programs menu. If you don't have a 
'StartUp' folder, create one... Then create a new icon for WrapUp so that it 
will automatically execute whenever Windows is executed. Don't run it yet...

Start WrapUp. It will create a new "ShutDown" folder for you. You can find it 
off of your Start Menu's Programs menu. It will then exit.

Move or copy your favorite programs' icons into your new 'Shutdown' folder.


To install under Windows NT or Windows 3.1:

Copy the following files to any single area of your PC's disk:

        WrapUp.exe
        WrapUp.hlp
        WrapUp32.dll

A typical destination might be:  C:\TNT\WRAPUP

Start Windows in either 'Standard' or 'Enhanced' mode. WrapUp  can not run in 
'Real' mode.

Open your 'StartUp' group. Create a new icon for WrapUp so that it will 
automatically execute whenever Windows is executed. Don't  run it yet...

Start WrapUp. It will create a new "ShutDown" group for you and then it will 
exit. 

Move or copy your favorite programs' icons into your new shutdown group.


To operate under Windows 95 or NT 4.0:

Restart Windows 95/NT 4.0.

Observe that WrapUp is running.

Shut down Windows by selecting "Start-Shut Down-Shut Down the computer?". 
WrapUp will then wake up, and ask you via a dialog box, if you want to close 
all of your currently running desktop programs, and then it will execute all 
of the programs in your shutdown group. Saying YES will do the above. Saying 
NO, will simply exit Windows. Saying CANCEL, will abort the exiting of 
Windows. You may override the default operation of WrapUp so that it won't 
present you with the above dialog box by appending a /N to the command line. 
In this mode, upon detecting Windows starting to shutdown, WrapUp will 
automatically close your desktop programs and then execute all of your 
shutdown group programs.

When you are finally ready to exit Windows, shut down Windows. This time, 
WrapUp will not intervene (since it already executed your shutdown programs) 
and you will truly exit Windows.


To operate under Windows NT 3.51 or Windows 3.1:

Restart Windows.

Observe that WrapUp is running.

Exit Windows. You will get the familiar Windows "Are you sure you want to 
close" dialog box. Say YES. WrapUp will then wake up, and ask you via a dialog 
box, if you want to close all of your currently running desktop programs, and 
then it will execute all of the programs in your shutdown group. Saying YES 
will do the above. Saying NO, will simply exit Windows. Saying CANCEL, will 
abort the exiting of Windows. You may override the default operation of WrapUp 
so that it won't present you with the above dialog box by appending a /N to 
the command line. In this mode, upon detecting Windows starting to exit, 
WrapUp will automatically close your desktop programs and then execute all of 
your shutdown group programs.

When you are finally ready to exit Windows, exit Windows. This time, WrapUp 
will not intervene (since it already executed your shutdown programs) and you 
will truly exit Windows.


To uninstall:

Delete WrapUp.exe, WrapUp.hlp and WrapUp.dll from your disk.


Notes:

Upon detecting Windows starting to exit, WrapUp closes all of your desktop 
programs so that after it then executes the programs in your shutdown group, 
it will be easy to determine which programs you need to deal with. They're the 
only programs left executing on your desktop.

LAN administrators can easily manage WrapUp by simply insuring that the proper 
shutdown group (GRP) file is present for proper operation. If the user is 
already running Windows in a LAN environment, then the proper group files are 
already present and no extra effort will be required. Please remember that one 
copy of WrapUp must be purchased for each and every user of WrapUp.

You can control the execution order of both your StartUp and ShutDown group's 
programs by modifying their GRP files. TNT's Grp2Ini program can make it easy 
for you to do this.

WrapUp memorizes the contents of your shutdown group when you first run 
WrapUp. If you modify your shutdown group's contents while WrapUp is running, 
then WrapUp will not detect these changes. In this case, you'll need to 
terminate WrapUp and then re-execute it so that it will re-examine the new 
contents of your shutdown group. This WrapUp behavior is due to limitations in 
Windows.

Non Windows Program Manager users (such as Norton DeskTop, PCTools MultiDesk 
DeskTop, and Windows NT) must modify WrapUp's command line with the /Pxxxx 
option so that WrapUp can correctly access the contents of the shutdown group. 
In order to do this, you must issue a WrapUp File-Modules pull-down menu 
command to see a list of desktop programs and their module names. Identify the 
name of your program manger program and its module. This module must be 
entered on WrapUp's command line as a /P option. For example, Windows 3.1's 
Program Manager's module name is 'PROGMAN'. Windows 95's Explorer's (Program 
Manager's) module name is 'Explorer'. Below is a list of known alternative 
program managers and their associated /P option.

   Windows 3.1:                 /PPROGMAN
   Windows 95:                  /PExplorer
   Windows NT 3.51 & 4.0:       /PWOWEXEC
   PCTools MultiDesk:           /PWNDTLIB
   HP DashBoard:                /PDASH

Command line syntax:   WrapUp [/N] [/Gxxx] [/Pxxx]

Note: At least one space must appear in between each switch.


WrapUp is NOT freeware. Only unregistered evaluation versions  of WrapUp may 
be freely distributed as shareware. Registered (paid for) versions of WrapUp 
may NOT be shared.

If you are unsure as to if your copy of WrapUp is registered or not, examine 
the Help-About screen for your name. If it says "UNREGISTERED..." then your 
are executing an evaluation version of WrapUp. 

Evaluation versions of WrapUp will only execute one of your programs that 
appear in your startup group. The remaining programs will not be executed, 
however for each remaining program, WrapUp will present a message to you 
stating that your program would have run in a purchased version of WrapUp.

If you like this program, send $39 dollars plus $5 shipping and handling for a 
single user license. Multi-user and site licenses are available. Upon receipt 
of payment, a registered version will be shipped to you. Registered users will 
be notified of future versions. 
                                     
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