winders(-1)		  					winders(-1)

PRONOUNCED
          , 
	Win- ders like East Tennessee Hillbilly. 

SYNOPSIS

d:\<path>\WINDERS [num] [/A <args>] [/B] [/D <d:>] [/I] [/P] [/N <filename>] [/W]
d:\<path>\WINDERS /H
d:\<path>\WINDERS /V
d:\<path>\WINDERS /?

DESCRIPTION

		WINDERS allows the user to choose to automatically run
		Windows or exit to DOS upon startup or reboot.
		It allows the user to specify a length of time to
		countdown before Windows 3.X is loaded.
		Windows may be loaded before the countdown
 		is complete by pressing one of the modifier keys
		([SHIFT], [ALT], or [CTRL]), the user may also
		exit to DOS pressing any other key.

SYNTAX

d:\<path>\ 	is drive and directory path where WINDERS executable is
		located.

num 		is length of pause before loading windows.  It must be
		first argument and may be range of 1 to 32767 in seconds.
		The default pause is 5 seconds.  0 seconds defaults to 5.

/A <args>	are the arguments to be passed to windows. The arguments are
		not optional and will generate an error if not found after
		the /a. There also must be a space between the /a and the
		<args> and multiple arguments must be placed inside
		quotes.  If you have problems getting this to work
                try using full path names on the executables.

/B		beep on countdown, default no beep.


/D <d:>         is to specify drive in where WINDOWS is located.
		The default is C:.

/P <path>       If executable file to start WINDOWS is not in \WINDOWS\ use
		this option to specify the path.
		Examples:

		\DIR1\DIR2\...\DIRn\WINDOWS\
		\WIN\  If WINDOWS is in a directory called WIN.

		NOTE: The final back-slash on the path is required.

/N <filename>   Used to specify the name of the file to be executed
		if it is not WIN.COM.
		Example:
		   Use /N WINDERS.BAT  if you want to execute a batch file
		   before entering windows.
		   This would be an easy way to disable a DOS screen saver
		   before starting Windows.
		   (See WINDERS.BAT)
		Note: If you change the name a new shell will 
		and the batch file will run from that shell which is
		not as efficient memory efficient as running 
		WIN.COM directly.

/I 		suppress loading Windows into screen. Default show intro screen.

/H or /?	help screen.

/V		prints out version information.

/W		supress display of WINDERS countdown banner.


INSTALLATION

	Installation is simple; copy winders.exe into a directory
	on your PATH.  Then put a line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT like:

	WINDERS 10 /B /I


Copyright (c)1992 Earl W. Hartsell.
This program is Freeware.

Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.