Stars 2.0 for Windows                         03/17/91
David Stafford                                CIS 72411,2670 or 76666,2542
                                              MCI DSTAFFORD 361-6512
                                              Kamakura NS Bldg 4-F
                                              Onaricho 4-16
                                              Kamakura, Kanagawa 248 Japan

This program animates the Windows desktop with stars creating an effect
similar to looking through a spaceship window.

On slower machines Stars may appear to be a little "jumpy".  This is because
Stars conserves resources and runs only when the CPU appears to be free.

Running Stars a second time will terminate the previous instance.  This gives
you a chance to close Stars if you selected "Hide icon" from the system menu.

If anyone knows how the undocumented Windows function SetDeskPattern works I
would appreciate hearing about it.  It would be nice if Stars could replace
the background pattern for icons when it runs.  Until then it's best to
select an all-black background from the control panel.

Many people told me that the stars in version 1.0 were too small so I have
made them a little larger.  This version does not include the popup menu as
1.0 did since that functionality has been moved to my Launch program.  The
current version of Launch (as of this writing) is 1.5.

Stars 2.0 is freeware.  Enjoy it!  If you like it let me know.

Please feel free to distribute this program to others.  Just be careful and
remember to include both files (STARS.EXE and STARS.TXT) together.

Possible enhancements for the future: Add command-line switches to control
the icon and the initial speed.  Use SetDeskPattern to change the background
in the icons on the desktop.  Make the stars more interesting somehow.  Do
you have any ideas?

-Dave