Copyright: WinSettings Copyright 1997 Pacific Gold Coast Corp.
Citation: WinSettings Copyright 1997 Pacific Gold Coast Corp.


Introduction

Introduction

WinSettings is a powerful Windows 95 utility program that helps you gain control of Windows. You will have the power to quickly change Windows 95’s style and appearance, such as the wallpaper, the Startup and Shutdown screens, and to play Background Music in a variety of formats. It comes with built-in conversion capability that can turn your favorite web graphics to wallpaper for you. You can even set it up to automatically change the Desktop scenery for you.

It provides many convenient and easy-to-use tools and features, such as the Image Changer for quickly customizing your Desktop, the ability to create Tray Icons in the Windows 95 taskbar system tray and to change Shell Icons (e.g. the Recycle Bin icon), and much more.  It also provides you new ways to control your Screen Savers. Unlike most other utility programs, it is designed to conveniently organize and manage your Windows 95 Desktop and appearance.

For power users, it offers you more ways to make your own file type associations than what is available in Windows. It enables you to configure Windows and DOS boot options. In addition, it gives you access to vital drive information on all local drives.

WinSettings is a must have for anyone who spends time working with Windows 95. It brings life to your computer and helps you gain control of Windows. To learn more about the features in WinSettings, click the Help Topics button.

See also:

Getting Started


Getting started

Getting started with WinSettings

When WinSettings is running, the WinSettings program icon will be visible in the taskbar system tray (where your clock is). Double-clicking the program icon will bring up the Options dialog box, and right-clicking will bring up the WinSettings menu. From this right-click menu, you can access the main features of WinSettings, such as the Image Changer, Background Music, WinSettings Options, Windows Configuration, and Help.

Hint: You have to select a list of desired images before using the Imager Changer features. To setup the Image List for wallpaper, the Startup Screen, Wait to Shutdown Screen, and Safe to Shutdown Screen, right-click the WinSettings program icon and select ImageChanger, Configure Image Changer. You can then click the Add button to setup the list of images for each category.

You also have the option to place the Display Settings icon in the taskbar system tray, which is to the right of the WinSettings program icon. Double-clicking the Display Settings icon will bring up the Windows Display Properties dialog box and right-clicking will bring up the available Desktop resolutions.


What is Image Changer?
What is Image Changer

What is Image Changer?

The Image Changer feature of WinSettings enables you to change your wallpaper, the Startup Screen, Wait to Shutdown Screen, and Safe to Shutdown Screen. They can all be changed quickly and easily from one central location. One of the unique features in WinSettings is the ability to use almost any image format for your wallpapers and screens. You can even replace your Windows 95 startup and other screens with your logo or any picture of your choice. To configure the Image Changer, select Configure Image Changer.

See also:

About Wallpaper

About the Startup Screen

About Wait to Shutdown Screen

About Safe to Shutdown Screen


Common Features

Common Features

The Wallpaper, Startup Screen, Wait Shutdown Screen, and the Safe Shutdown Screen tabs all have some common features.  All four tabs have the same look and feel and similar buttons.  In all four tabs, right-clicking on an image in the list will bring up a menu allowing you to open the image, preview the image, set the image, randomly set images, or remove the image. The tabs also have a “Random Order” check box.  When this box is checked, the Image Changer will randomly select an image from the ones you have added.  If the box is cleared, the Image Changer will select images in order.  To change the order, you can use the “Up” and “Down” buttons which are available on all four tabs.


Auto Randomize

The Auto Randomize Feature

The Auto Randomize tab is located in the Configure Image Changer Section of the Image Changer submenu.  The Auto Randomizer will automatically change your wallpaper after a specific time interval.

How to use the Auto Randomize Feature:

1. Select the Enable check box. This will turn the Auto Randomize on.

2. Put a number (from 1-70000) into the “Change wallpaper every _____ minutes” box.  This will tell the program how long to keep an image before randomly changing the wallpaper.


How to Change all the Images at once

How to Change all the Images at Once

Select Change All to change all of the images at once, including the Wallpaper, the Startup Screen, Wait to Shutdown screen, and Safe to Shutdown screen.  If any of the features are set to Random, the images will cycle randomly from the list you specified in the appropriate tab in the Configure Image Changer dialog box.


Supported Image Formats

Supported Image Formats

For all of the WinSettings Image Changer features, a variety of raster (bitmapped), vector (clipart), and multimedia file formats are supported.  The supported file formats include:

Raster (bitmapped) formats

Bitmap (*.bmp, *.dib), GIF (*.gif), JPEG (*.jpe, .jpg, .jpeg), Kodak Photo CD (*.pcd), PCX (*.pcx), TIFF (*.tif), TARGA (*.tga)

Vector (clipart) formats

Computer Graphics Metafile (*.cgm), Windows Clipboard (*.clp), Enhanced Metafile (*.emf), Windows Metafile (*.wmf), WordPerfect Graphics (*.wpg)

Multimedia formats

AVI (*.avi), Animator Pro (*.fli, *.flc)


About Wallpaper

WinSettings lets you choose which images you would like to see as your wallpaper. It also allows you to use them in any order you want, even randomly. You can use almost any image format of your choice and not only limited to *.bmp files.

Instead of seeing the same wallpaper day after day, you can choose your own favorite pictures, and set the time interval to change your wallpaper so you can see a different one every day, hour, or even minute! In order to do so, you have to set up your own Image List for WinSettings to choose from.

How to change your wallpaper

After you set up your own Image List, you can change the appearance of your Desktop by changing the wallpaper.  To change the wallpaper, select Image Changer from the menu, and then click Wallpaper.

See also:

Setting up Wallpaper

Supported Image Formats


Setting up Wallpaper

Adding wallpapers

To add a file to the wallpaper list:

1. Click on the “Add” button to display the Wallpaper Properties box.

2. Click the ellipses (…) to browse for an image. Once you select a file, you can either click “Preview” to view it, or click “Open” to select the file.

Hint: See Compatible Image Formats for a list of supported image formats.

3. Select how you would like the image to be displayed. You have the option to stretch the image to cover the entire desktop, tile the image across the desktop, or center the image on the desktop.

Hint: The stretch feature requires Microsoft Plus!

You can right click on a image in the list to access additional commands. The commands are as follows:

Modify - Select this option to modify the selected image's properties

Open - Select this option to open the selected file in Paint.

Preview - Select this option to preview the selected file.

Large Icons - Select this option to display the images as large icons

Details - Select this option to display the files in a detailed list.

Set - Select this option to set the selected image as the wallpaper.

Random - Select this option to randomly set a wallpaper.

Remove - Select this option to remove the file from the list.

Changing the display order

To change the order the wallpapers will be displayed:

1. Highlight the image to be moved.

2. Click either the Up or Down button to move the image accordingly.

If you don't want your wallpapers to be used in the same order, you can select the "Randomize" check box.

How to remove a wallpaper

To remove an image from the list, select the file and click the “Remove” button. This will take the file off of the list (the file will not be deleted).


About the Startup Screen

WinSettings lets you to change the look of your Windows 95 Startup Screen. It also allows you to view these images in any order you want, even randomly. Similar to the Wallpaper feature of WinSettings, you can choose your own Startup Screens from your own library of images. You can use almost any image format of your choice and not only limited to *.bmp files.

How to Change Your Startup Screen

Once you have added images to the Startup Screen Image List, you can instantly change the image by selecting the Startup Screen option from the Image Changer submenu.  Each time you select this option, WinSettings will automatically advance the startup screen to the next image on the Image List or randomly select one if you told it to.

See also:

Setting up the Startup Screen

Supported Image Formats


Setting up the Startup Screen

Adding startup screens

To add a startup screen to the list:

1. Click on the “Add” button. A dialog box titled “Browse for Startup Screen” will appear.

2. Find the image you would like to add to the list and click “Open”.

You can right click on a image in the list to access additional commands. The commands are as follows:

Modify - Select this option to modify the selected image's properties

Open - Select this option to open the selected file in Paint.

Preview - Select this option to preview the selected file.

Large Icons - Select this option to display the images as large icons

Details - Select this option to display the files in a Detailed list.

Set - Select this option to set the selected image as the Startup Screen.

Random - Select this option to randomly set up the Startup Screen.

Remove - Select this option to remove the file from the list.

Changing the display order

To change the order the Startup Screens will be used:

1. Highlight the image to be moved.

2. Click either the Up or Down button to move the image accordingly.

If you don't want your Startup Screens to be used in the same order, you can select the "Randomize" check box.

How to Put the Images in Random Order

To randomize the order of files each time you change the Startup Screen, you can select the Randomize check box.  Instead of displaying the files in the same order, it will randomly select the next image to be displayed.

How to Remove Images from the Image List

To remove an image from the Image List, select the file and click the “Remove” button. This will take the file off of the list (the file will not be deleted). If there were any files on the list below the removed file, they will move up one in the order to be displayed.


About Wait to Shutdown Screen

This function allows you to change the standard Windows 95 Wait to Shutdown screen to any image of your choice.  It also allows you to use them in any order you want, even randomly. Similar to the Startup Screen feature of WinSettings, you can choose your own Wait to Shutdown Screens from your own library of images. You can use almost any image format of your choice and not only limited to *.bmp files.

How to change your wait to shutdown screen

To do this, select the Wait to Shutdown option from the Image Changer submenu. Each time you select this option, the program will automatically advance the wait to shutdown screen to the next image on the Image List, or randomly select one if you told it to.

See also:

Setting up Wait to Shutdown Screen

Supported Image Formats


Setting up Wait to Shutdown Screen

Adding wait to shutdown screens

To add a file to the Wait to Shutdown Screen Image List:

1. Click on the “Add” button. A dialog box titled “Browse for Wait to Shutdown Screen” will appear.

2. Find the image you would like to add to the list and click “Open”.

You can right click on a image in the list to access additional commands. The commands are as follows:

Modify - Select this option to modify the selected image's properties

Open - Select this option to open the selected file in Paint.

Preview - Select this option to preview the selected file.

Large Icons - Select this option to display the images as large icons

Details - Select this option to display the files in a Detailed list.

Set - Select this option to set the selected image as the Wait to Shutdown Screen.

Random - Select this option to randomly set up the Wait to Shutdown Screen.

Remove - Select this option to remove the file from the list.

Changing the display order

To change the order the Wait to Shutdown Screens will be displayed:

1. Highlight the image to be moved.

2. Click either the Up or Down button to move the image accordingly.

If you don't want your Wait to Shutdown Screens to be used in the same order, you can select the "Randomize" check box.

How to Display the Images in Random Order

If you don’t want the Wait to Shutdown Screens to be displayed in the same order, check the Randomize check box.  Instead of displaying the files in the same order, WinSettings will randomly select the next image to be displayed.

How to Remove Images from the Image List

To remove an image from the Image List, select the file and click the “Remove” button. This will take the file off of the list (the file will not be deleted). If there were any files on the list below the removed file, they will move up one in the order to be displayed.


About Safe to Shutdown Screen

This function allows you to change your Windows 95 Safe to Shutdown Screen. It also allows you to put the images in any order you want, even randomly. Similar to the Wait to Shutdown feature of WinSettings, you can choose your own Safe to Shutdown screens from any image files on your computer. You can use almost any image format of your choice and not only limited to *.bmp files.

How to change your Safe to Shutdown Screen

Once you have added images to the Safe to Shutdown Image List, you can instantly change the image by selecting the Safe to Shutdown Screen option from the Image Changer submenu. Each time you select this option from the Image Changer submenu, the program will automatically advance the safe to shutdown screen to the next image on the Image List or randomly select one if you told it to.

See also:

Setting up Safe to Shutdown Screen

Supported Image Formats


Setting up the Safe to Shutdown Screen
Setting up Safe to Shutdown Screen

Adding safe to shutdown screens

To add a file to the Safe to Shutdown Screen Image List:

1. Click on the “Add” button. A dialog box titled “Browse for Safe to Shutdown Screen” will appear.

2. Find the image you would like to add to the list and click “Open”.

You can right click on a image in the list to access additional commands. The commands are as follows:

Modify - Select this option to modify the selected image's properties

Open - Select this option to open the selected file in Paint.

Preview - Select this option to preview the selected file.

Large Icons - Select this option to display the images as large icons

Details - Select this option to display the files in a Detailed list.

Set - Select this option to set the selected image as the Safe to Shutdown Screen.

Random - Select this option to randomly set up the Safe to Shutdown Screen.

Remove - Select this option to remove the file from the list.

Changing the display order

To change the order the Safe to Shutdown Screens will be used:

1. Highlight the image to be moved.

2. Click either the Up or Down button to move the image accordingly.

If you don't want your Safe to Shutdown Screens to be used in the same order, you can select the "Randomize" check box.

How to Remove Images from the Image List

To remove an image from the Image List, select the file and click the “Remove” button. This will take the file off of the list (the file will not be deleted). If there were any files on the list below the removed file, they will move up one in the order to be displayed.


What is Background Music?

What is Background Music?

If you want to play music while you are using your computer, you can use the Background Music feature of WinSettings. You create and set up a play list, and then the music is selected from your play list. You can even choose to play the music in Random Order.


How to Setup Background Music

How to setup Background Music

To create a play list of Background Music, follow the steps below. The first step is to name your play list. You can have multiple play lists.

How to create a play list:

1. Choose Background Music from the WinSettings menu.

2. Choose Configure Background Music from the Background Music submenu.

3. Click the “New” button.

4. Type in a name for your play list and hit Enter.

How to add a file to a play list:

1. Select the play list you would like to add the file to and click the “Add” button to open the “Browse for Multimedia Files” dialog box.

2. Select the file to be added and click “Open”. (WinSettings will only display the files that it is capable of playing.)  The file will be added to the play list.

How to remove a file from a play list:

Select the file to be removed and click the “Remove” button. The selected file will be removed from the play list. The file will not be deleted.

How to remove a play list:

Select the play list, and click the “Delete” button.  The play list and all of the files inside it will be removed. The files will not be deleted.

How to change the order:

The files in the play list will be played in the order of the files from top to bottom.  The top file is played first, and the bottom file is played last.

To move a file up in the order to be played, simply select the file, and click the “Up” button.

To move a file down in the order to be played, simply select the file, and click the “Down” button.

After WinSettings finishes playing the last file, it will start over again.

How to play music in Random Order

If you don’t want your background music to be played in the same order, check the Randomize check box. Instead of playing the files in the same order, WinSettings will randomly select the next file to be played.


Playing Background Music

How to start playing Background Music

To begin playing the Background Music, select the Start Playing Background Music option from the Background Music submenu.

How to stop playing Background Music

This feature is located in the Background Music submenu, which can be conveniently accessed. When you select the Stop Playing Background Music option from the Background Music submenu, the background music will stop playing.


What is the Options Dialog?
What is the Options dialog box?

What is the Options dialog box?

The Options dialog box is where you can modify the WinSettings options.  You can change the Tray Icons, Tray Icon Menus, WinSettings Options and the Screen Saver Corners.  This can be accessed by selecting Options from the main menu or by double-clicking the main WinSettings icon in the Icon Tray.


How to Configure Tray Icons

Tray Icons are icons that are located in the System Tray, which is located on the Taskbar.  You can use WinSettings to place shortcuts to programs that you frequently use.  They will be placed on the right hand side of the taskbar.  If your taskbar is positioned vertically on your screen, the Tray Icons will be located on the bottom of the Taskbar.  The shortcuts appear as icons and can be easily accessed whenever WinSettings is running.

How to setup your own Tray Icons

If you click Options from the WinSettings menu, you will see a tab labeled Tray Icons. It contains the options that let you place shortcuts to programs in the form of icons on the Icon Tray located on the Taskbar.

The main window is the list of all of the tray icons added to the Tray. It displays all of the information about the icons placed in the Tray by WinSettings.

•	Description  Displays the associated icon and specified name of the program in the Icon Tray.

•	Run  Displays the path to the program that will be run when the icon is double-clicked.

•	Parameters  Displays the specified parameters required to run the selected program.

Adding Tray Icons

1. Click the “Add” button to open the Tray Icon Properties dialog box.

2. In the Run box, type in the path to the program, or click the ellipses (…) button to browse for the file.

3. In the parameters box, type the required parameters for the program to run.  Not all programs require parameters, but some do.  WinSettings will make a description for the file, which you can change.

4. Click OK and the file will be added to the list of Tray Icons.

Removing Tray Icons

To remove a Tray Icon, select the icon and click the Remove button. The selected Tray Icon will be removed.

Modifying Tray Icons

After the icons are placed in the Icon Tray, you can modify the information such as the name, location and parameters as follows.

1. Select the file, and click the Modify button.

2. The Tray Icon Properties dialog will appear.

3. Enter your desired changes, and click OK.


How to Configure the Tray Icon Menu

You can place shortcuts to programs on all of WinSettings Tray Icons with the exception of the Display Settings icon.

Creating and editing your own Tray Icon Menu Items

This is located in the Options dialog box (select Options from main menu).  From here, you can specify the programs you want to appear in the Tray Icon Menu. You can also modify these selections, and remove the menu items.

The main window is the list of all of the menu items added to the Tray Icon Menu. It displays all of the information about the icons placed in the Tray Icon Menu by WinSettings

Adding Menu Items

1. To add menu items to the Tray Icon Menu, first click the “Add” button. The Tray Menu Item Properties dialog appears.

2. In the Description box, type in the name or description that you would like for the file. This name will appear in the Tray Icon Menu.

3. In the Run box, type in the path to the program, or click the Ellipses button to browse for the file.

4. In the Parameters box, type the required parameters for the program to run.  Not all programs require parameters, but some MS-DOS based programs do.

5. Click OK, and the file will be added to the list of icons for the Icon Tray.

Removing Menu Items

Just as you can add menu items to the Tray Icon Menu, you can remove them.

Select the file and click the Remove button. The selected file will be removed (the file will not be deleted).

Modifying Menu Items

After the items are placed in the Tray Icon Menu, you can modify the information such as the name, location and parameters.

1. Select options in the main menu, and go to the Tray Icon Menu Tab.

2. Select the file, and click the Modify button.  Tray Menu Item Properties dialog will appear.

3. Make your desired changes and click OK.


How to Change WinSettings Options

How to Change WinSettings Options

To set options available in WinSettings, use the WinSettings Options tab. It contains the options that let you designate your preferences for WinSettings.

WinSettings Startup Options

Here, you choose whether or not you want WinSettings to randomize your Wallpaper, Startup Screen, Please Wait to Shutdown Screen and Safe to Shutdown Screen upon startup.  You can randomize them all, or just some of them.

The splash screen is the program’s title screen.  When you initially run the program, the splash screen is shown.  Check this option only if you want the splash screen displayed upon startup.

Windows Startup Options

Here choose whether or not WinSettings should automatically load when you start Windows. There is also an option to empty the contents of the Documents menu in the Start Menu.  If this option is selected, WinSettings will automatically clear the menu when it starts up.

Other Options

Choose whether or not to show the display settings tray icon.

Background Music

Choose whether or not to play Background music upon startup.


How to Designate the Screen Saver Corner

How to Designate the Screen Saver Corner

A screen saver corner is a corner of the screen that you can place the mouse cursor in to instantly enable the screen saver.  Instead of having to wait for the screen saver to activate, just place the cursor in the corner of the screen you designated as the Screen Saver corner, and the screen saver will activate.

You can choose which corner of your screen will activate the screen saver by checking one of the following:

Upper-left corner

Lower-left corner

Upper-right corner

Lower-right corner

You can set how far from the corner of the screen your cursor must be to activate the screen saver.  To do this, you can enter the maximum number of pixels from the corner of the screen that the mouse cursor needs to be to activate the screen saver.

WinSettings checks the corner of your screen to see if the cursor is there.  You can set how often this is done by entering a value in milliseconds in the "Check Every" box.  You can also set how long the mouse must be in the corner before the screen saver activates in the “Activation Delay” box.

Hint: 1000 milliseconds equal one second!


Windows 95 and DOS Boot Options

How to Change Windows 95 Boot Options

The Boot Options of WinSettings include settings such as the Boot Menu, configurations, what to start up, how to start it up, and maintenance options such as ScanDisk on startup.

How to Setup Your Own Boot Options

The Boot Options Tab is accessed from the Configure option on the main menu. It contains the options that let you designate how the computer starts up. WinSettings lets you control the startup options of Windows, and all from one place.

Boot Menu

In this box, you can specify the configuration of your computer’s boot menu. A boot menu is a menu that is displayed when Windows starts up. It lets you choose from different startup configurations for your computer.

•	Selecting the Always Show Boot Menu box will display a boot menu each time you start up the computer.

•	In the Default Item box, you specify the number of the menu item you would like Windows to highlight when the menu is displayed.

•	The Default Item Delay is the amount of time the menu is displayed before the Default Item is automatically selected.

0	Boot Options

1	In this box, you select what functions you would like the computer to activate when you start up.

•	Windows usually starts with a Startup Screen.  If you do not want this displayed when you start Windows, make sure this box is NOT checked. If the Startup Screen is not shown, you can see the execution of the autotexec.bat and config.sys files.

•	If you select the Function Keys Available option, you will have access to the function keys on your keyboard when the computer is started up. If this is not selected, the function keys will remain inoperative during startup.

•	If you select the Load Windows option the computer will automatically load the Windows GUI (Graphical User Interface).

•	Putting a number in the Boot Delay box will cause the computer to pause for that number of seconds before booting up.

0	Advanced Options

1	In this box, you select the advanced boot options available with Windows.

•	If you select Load Dos at top of Memory, DOS would be loaded at the top of memory, which would increase the compatibility with certain programs.

•	By selecting the Enable Boot to Previous OS, the computer will automatically start up in the Operating System that was used previously on the computer before Windows 95.  This function will only work if Windows 95 was installed as an upgrade.

•	Selecting the Load Disk Compression Driver option would enable Disk Compression on your computer. If you have compressed your fixed disk drives, it is suggested that you do not disable this feature.

•	When you select the Enable Double Buffering option, the computer enables double buffering. To allow Windows to decide for you, use the intermediate state (gray).

•	When Boot in Safe Mode is selected, Windows will always start up in Safe Mode.  Safe Mode is used when there is a system configuration problem.  In safe mode, Windows starts up using only the default settings for the monitor, network, mouse driver, and the minimum device drivers needed to run Windows.  You will not have access to CD-ROM drives, printers or other devices.

•	If you select Boot to Windows 95 / Dos 7, the computer will start up using Windows 95 and Dos 7.  Enable boot to previous OS must be checked to disable this.

•	Selecting Enable Boot Warning / Menu will cause the computer to display the boot warning when you start up the computer; this enables the “Starting Windows 95” message.

•	When you select Enable Network Support, the computer is able to connect to a network.

0	Scandisk Options

1	In this box, you have the option of having ScanDisk run when your computer starts up. ScanDisk can be set up in the following three ways:

•	Don’t Run ScanDisk will not run ScanDisk when the computer is started up.

•	Run After Error Without Prompts will run ScanDisk only when errors are detected when the computer starts up without confirmation or prompts from the user.

•	Run After Error With Prompts will run ScanDisk only when errors are detected and it

•	will prompt the user before running.

Hint: This does not work on older versions of Windows 95.


How to Modify Registered File Types

How to Modify Registered File Types

This tab shows all of the information on the file types that are registered with the computer.  From here you can view all of your computer's recognized file types and their extensions, modify their information, create new file types, and remove old file types.

1.  Click the “New” button, and the File Type Properties dialog appears.
2.  Enter the name or description of the file type, the extension of the file type, and the icon you would like associated with the file.
3.  Select the file type, and click the modify button.
4.  Edit the information as you would like.
5.  When you are done, click the OK button, and the information will be saved.

To remove a file type:

Select the file type, and click the remove button.

To modify the file type information:

1.  Select the file type, and click the modify button.
2.  Edit the information as you would like.
3.  When you are done, click the OK button, and the information will be changed.

Associating Actions with File Types

You can also associate actions for the file type, which will appear in context menus.

To associate an action with a file type:

1.  Click the “New” button and the “Editing Action For...” dialog appears.
2.  Specify the name of the action and the application you would like it to run.
3.  You can modify the action information by selecting the file and clicking edit, remove the selected action by clicking the remove button, or set the selected action as the default action by clicking the “Set Default” button.


How to Change Shell Icons

How to Change Shell Icons

Shell Icons are special icons set up by Windows.  They are for common files, programs, system folders, network and disk drives, and start menu items. WinSettings lets you change these icons to any icon you would like.

How to Modify your Shell Icons

The Shell Icons tab is located in the Configure dialog. It contains the options that let you change the Shell icons.

The main window of the Shell Icons Tab displays all the Shell Icons, the icon it is associated with, the file where Windows gets the icon, and the icon number from the icon file.

Changing Icons

•	Restore All  When you click this button, all of the Shell Icons on the list return to the default icon. This is the same as clicking the Plus! Icon button if available, or the default button for each Shell Icon.

•	Plus! Icon  After selecting a Shell icon, clicking this button will automatically change the selected icon to the Microsoft Plus! default icon. This will only work if you have Plus! installed on your system.

•	Default Icon  After selecting a Shell icon, clicking this button will automatically change the selected icon to the default icon.

•	Modify  After selecting a Shell Icon, clicking this button allows you to change the shell icon.  When you click the button, the Shell Icon Properties dialog will appear.  You can type in the name of the icon file in the Icon file name box, or you can click the ellipses button to browse for the file. While browsing, you can see the icons in each of the icon files. You must select a specific icon from the browse dialog.  If the Icon File field specifies a valid icon file, you may be able to change the icon number.  Some files only contain one icon. The numbers for these icons start at 0.


How to Access Shell Folders

How to Access Shell Folders

Windows automatically sets up folders (Shell Folders) such as Fonts, Desktop, and Control Panel.  WinSettings displays these folders and their locations so that you can access them collectively and directly.

How to Work With Shell Folders

This is located in the Windows Configuration Dialog under the Windows Configuration selection on the main menu.  It lets you view the location of all of the “Shell” or system folders installed on your computer by Windows 95.

Viewing Folders

The main window is a file list of all of the Shell Folders on your system.  It lists the shell folders and their names or locations. This lets you see the location of the folders directly.  Double-click to open the folder.


How to View Drive Information

How to View Drive Information

This is accessed from the Disk Info selection of the main menu.  From here, you can display all of the information about all the local drives such as the size, serial number, and file system.

The main window shows all of the following information on the computer’s local drives, and all of the mapped network drives:

•	Drive – Lists the Letter of the drive, and the icon associated with that type of drive.

•	Type – Lists the type of drive, such as Fixed Drive, Removable Drive, and CD-ROM.

•	Size (MB) – Shows you the total size of the drive uncompressed.

•	Free (MB) – Shows you the amount of free space on the specified disk.

•	Used (MB) – Shows you the amount of space used on the specified disk.

•	Bytes Per Sector – Shows you the number of bytes per sector on the specified disk.

•	File System – Shows you the type of file system used on the disk.

•	Max Filename Length – Shows you the maximum number of characters allowed to a filename on the specified disk.

•	Name – Shows you the name of the specified disk.

•	Serial # - Shows you the serial number of the specified disk.

•	Compressed? – Shows you, yes or no, if the disk is compressed.

•	Case Preserved? – Shows you, yes or no, if the disk is case preserved.

•	Case Sensitive? – Shows you, yes or no, if the disk is case sensitive.

Each time you access this feature of WinSettings, the information is automatically updated.  To manually update the information, click the Update Info button.


How to View Disk Usage Information

How to View Disk Usage Information

This is accessed from the Disk Info selection of the main menu.  From here, you can display all of the information about all the files of a specific extension on any local drives or mapped network drives.  This information is organized in queries listed in the main window.

The following information is displayed in the main window:

•	Extension  Displays the file extension specified for the search.

•	Path  Displays the drive and folder that was specified for the search.

•	#  Displays the number of files with the matching extensions.

•	Total #  Displays the total number of files searched through.

•	MB  Displays the number of megabytes occupied by the files with the specified extension.

•	Total MB  Displays the total number of megabytes occupied by the files searched through.

•	%  Displays the percentage of the disk occupied by selected files among all the files searched through.

To create a query:

1. Click the Add button.
2. In the Disk Usage Data dialog, put in the directory and the file extension you would like to find.  Enter * in a directory for all drives, or * in extension for all extensions.
3. When you click OK, the query will be added to the list and the program will search the specified drive for files of the extension you selected.

To remove a query:

To remove a query from the list, select the query and click Remove.

To update a query:

To update one query, select the query and click update.  Only the selected query will be updated. To update all of the queries, click Update All.