UnGame - The Games Eliminator - Version 2.0 for MS-DOS

Copyright (c) 1994-95 DVD Software, Ltd. All rights reserved.


                Table of Contents:

        Introduction ...................................... 1.0
        Installation ...................................... 2.0
        Running UnGame  ................................... 3.0
            Search ........................................   3.1
            Search and Clean ..............................   3.2
            Search and Log ................................   3.3
            Set Log File    ...............................   3.4
            Select Search Path ............................   3.5
            Exit ..........................................   3.6
        The Information Window ............................ 4.0
            Help ..........................................   4.1
            During the search .............................   4.2
            When a game is found ..........................   4.3
            In the end of the search ......................   4.4
        The UnGame Command Line ........................... 5.0
        Using UnGame on Local Drives....................... 6.0
        Technical Support ................................. 7.0
        Unrecognized Games ................................ 8.0

1.0 Introduction

Have you ever considered how many employee working hours are wasted playing PC 
games?  What about network performance degradation and wasted disk space?  You  
could achieve substantial savings if you could remove games from your network.
UnGame  can  search,  detect  and  optionally delete  games  from your network 
server's disk  or  from individual disks  (local C: drives).   UnGame searches  
through  the  files  in the specified directories  for  a special "signature". 
These  signatures  are held in  the UnGame database,  which  already  includes 
thousands of the most popular games.  The file signatures are not based on the 
filename, so, simply renaming a game will not prevent its detection.

Release 2.0 can detect 3100 different games.  The shareware version can detect 
100 different games only.

UnGame can delete games under Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, OS/2 and
DOS.  UnGame supports all major PC networks (Novel, Windows NT, Banyan and
Lan Server).

This document describes the use of the DOS version, including the batch 
option.


2.0 Installation (DOS version)

Note that you can run UnGame from your floppy disk,  but it's faster to run it
from your hard disk or network drive.


2.1 Installing from a distribution diskette

Create a  directory on  your drive  (network or  hard disk) and  copy all  the
UnGame files  from the distribution diskette to this directory.  For example -
in order  to install UnGame on drive C:  in a directory called ungame,  from a
distribution diskette  inserted in  drive A,  type  the following from the DOS
prompt:
    c:
    md c:\ungame
    copy a:*.* c:\ungame


2.2 Installing from a downloaded ZIP file

Create a directory on your drive (network or hard disk)  and copy the ZIP file
to this directory.  Use PKUNZIP to expand the compressed files.   The original
compressed  file  name is  UNGAM20S.ZIP  (shareware version)  or  UNGAM20R.ZIP
(registered version).


Note:
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If your  are using a DOS version below 3.1 you must set the UnGame environment
variable to  point to your ungame directory by inserting the following line in
your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
    set ungame=c:\ungame


3.0 Running UnGame

Before you  run UnGame,  it  is strongly recommended that you take a backup of
your data.   Although  the game "signature" recognition  process  is accurate,
there is always a very low chance (although remote), that a non game file will
be deleted.

To  run  UnGame,  type UnGame  from the  ungame directory  (or from  any other
directory if  a path  exists) and press <ENTER>.  Upon entering UnGame you are
presented  with  the main  menu.  The menu  has six  options.  You can  select
different options by:
    a.   Using the   UP and   DOWN arrows  on your keyboard and pressing ENTER
         on the highlighted option
    b.   Typing the highlighted option letter


The following options are available:

3.1 Search

This option scans the selected drive for games.  If a game is found,  you have
the option  to clean  the game  (delete it  from the disk) or continue without
cleaning.


3.2 Search and Clean

This option scans the selected drive for games.  If a game is found,  the game
files are cleaned (deleted) and the scan continues.
USE THIS OPTION WITH CAUTION!   It will delete all known games in the selected
drive/path.


3.3 Search and Log

This option  scans the  selected drive  for games.  If a game is found the log
file is updated and the scan continues.  We recommend that you use this option
before you use the Search and Clean options so you can review the log file for
a list of the games to be deleted.


3.4 Set Log File

This  options  allows  you  to  change  the log  file name  from the  default:
UNGAME.LOG.  A log file is created by the UnGame program when using any one of
the above options.
This file contains the following information:
    -   Name of the games found
    -   Disk  statistics - how much disk space can be saved by deleting the
        game files located on the disk


3.5 Select Search Path

The default search path is the root directory of the current disk. Use this
option to select a different search path. UnGame will search through the
selected directory  and its  sub-directories.  Note that  you can also set the
search path from the command line. See details below.


3.6 Exit

Use this option to EXIT from UNGAME. You can also exit the program at any time
(even during a search) by pressing the ESC key.




4.0 The Information Window

An information  window is  located on the right side of the menu.  It displays
operating instructions  or other  information according  to the program phase.
The different phases and their associated screens are detailed below.


4.1 Help

A help screen is  available while  selecting options  from the main menu. This
screen includes context sensitive information on the highlighted option.


4.2 During the search

The information window displays the number of games found, the number of games
deleted, the disk space that is saved and the selected search path.


4.3 When a game is found

The information  window displays the name of the game that was found,  a short
description of  the game,  the size of the main EXE file,  the total number of
the files that the game includes and the total game size.


4.4 When the search terminates

The information  window displays  the total  search statistics.  The number of
files searched, the number of games found, the total disk space that the games
occupy,  the number of files deleted and the total size of the files that were
deleted.



5.0 The UnGame Command Line

It is highly recommended  that UnGame will be scheduled to run periodically on 
all server drives.  The best time to run it is after a scheduled backup.  Make
sure that the PC it is running on has security authorization to all drives.

You can  use the  following command  line options  to bypass the main menu and
select an operation directly from the DOS command line.


UNGAME [search path] [-S] [-C] [-L] [-B] [-Y] [-D] [-Q] [-O] [-Flogfile] 
                     [-Xexclude]
    search path    Path/Disk to begin the search.
    -S  Search mode.
    -C  Search and clean mode.
    -L  Search and log mode.
    -B  Batch mode:  Does not display the GUI. Exit the program on completion.
        This mode should be executed with the /C or /L only.
    -Y  Automatic "yes" answer to all safety prompts issued by UNGAME.  Should 
        be used with caution!
    -D  Disable Ctrl-Break and Esc (to prevent termination by the user)
    -Q  Quiet/suppress all messages to screen (in batch mode)
    -O  Write to Log Only if games are found.
    -F  Set the log file name.
    -H  Display this help.
    -X  The filename of a file  which contains the names of games and files to 
        exclude from the search (so they will not be deleted.)

Note:  All command line options can be specified in either upper case or lower
       case.




6.0 Using UnGame on Local Drives (C Drives).

Games can be found not just on servers but also on local drives (C drives). It
is possible to use UnGame to clean games from local drives as well.  Following
is an example of how it can be done:

Insert the following command to the AUTOEXEC.BAT or to the user login script:

   UnGame C:\ /B /C /Y /O /D /Q /FF:\UnGame\%userid.LOG

UnGame will search the local drive (C) for games, will clean them, log all its 
activities in the file F:\UnGame\%userid.LOG (only if games are found) and 
then will exit without any prompt.

Alternatively,  you can build a BAT file that will activate UnGame in the user 
login script once a week (or once a month). 



7.0 Technical Support

For technical support, please contact DVD Software, Inc. at:

        BBS.................... 714-757-1829,  1200-14.4K baud, USR V.32
        Fax.................... 714-757-1832
        Compuserve............. 76131,1450
        America Online......... UnagmeSup
        Internet..............  UngameSup@AOL.COM
        Mail..................  DVD Software, Inc.
                                P.O. Box 16112, Irvine, CA 92713-6112
                                2 Ravenna, Irvine, CA 92714

For ordering information, please read ORDER.TXT


8.0  Unrecognized Games

The UnGame database contains 2280 games.  New games are added continuously. If
you find a game which is not recognized by UnGame,  we would appreciate if you 
could inform DVD technical support of the following details:
   Name of game
   Release
   Vendor
   Name and size of main EXE (or COM) file.

DVD will do its utmost to include the game in the next update of UNGAME.

A planned feature of UnGame is the ability of users to add games to the UnGame
database.  Watch for it in one of the coming releases.

