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FastFolders V2.62 Readme
Copyright (c) 2002 DeskSoft
http://www.desksoft.com
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Welcome to FastFolders, a system extension which increases your
productivity dramatically by giving you quick and easy access to
folder contents and files. Without opening each and every folder,
you can browse the directory structure starting at any point by
clicking the right mouse button on a file, folder or drive. The
program modifies the context menus of shell objects, adding a menu
item which displays the directory structure on demand. If you drag
and drop an object on a folder or drive using the right mouse
button, you can copy or move the object(s) to any folder of your
computer by selecting it from the FastFolders menu. In addition,
FastFolders includes a revolutionary feature to resize the items
of the status bars of all Explorer windows to fit all important
information (e.g. file sizes) optimally.
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Instructions:
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To use FastFolders, open the context menu of any shell object ("My
Computer", "Network Neighborhood", a drive, folder or file, etc.)
by right-clicking it. When you move the mouse pointer over the
FastFolders menu item, a submenu opens which displays the contents
of the selected object. To open any object, simply click the menu
item with the left mouse button. To access the context menu of the
object, click the right mouse button on the item. Pressing CTRL
while clicking a menu item opens the parent folder instead of the
object.
CLICKING THE FASTFOLDERS MENU ITEM ITSELF OPENS THE FASTFOLDERS
OPTIONS DIALOG, which allows you to customize many options of
FastFolders, including a filter for the file extensions to display.
The FastFolders item of the context menu of the "Start" button in
the Taskbar contains all items of the Desktop. This allows quick
access to all objects on the Desktop.
The usual keyboard navigation for menus also works with the
FastFolders menus.
IMPORTANT: Some users have reported, that SmartStatus occasionally
causes Windows to hang at startup. If you experience this problem,
please select the option "Safe mode" in the SmartStatus group of
the main dialog. This way, SmartStatus will only be activated
after you right-click any object for the first time after booting
Windows.
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Remarks
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Menu speed:
It is recommended to set the menu show delay to 0 seconds, because
this will allow the fastest navigation through the directory tree.
Under certain circumstances, this setting may have no effect, e.g.
if an old version of the MS IntelliMouse Driver is installed. In
this case, please update the driver to the newest version available
from the Microsoft website (http://www.microsoft.com/mouse/).
Default editor / viewer:
This edit field allows you to specify a command line which is
invoked if you select a file type which has no executable program
associated with it. Typical examples are files like: "Readme.1st",
"Disk.id", "Setup.nfo", etc. It is recommended to enter your
favorite text editor, so you can view all these files quickly.
By default, FastFolders chooses the program which is associated
with .TXT files (generally this is NOTEPAD.EXE). So the default
command line is: "C:\WINDOWS\NOTEPAD.EXE %1". The "%1" at the end
makes NotePad load the file which was selected by the user. If
you choose any other program than NotePad, loading the selected
file probably works the same way, so please make sure that the "%1"
is specified at the end of the command line.
SmartStatus 98:
If you are using Windows 98 or Windows 95 with Internet Explorer 4
and its desktop enhancements, you will probably have noticed that
the important information in the status bars of Explorer windows
(e.g. volume information for drives, file sizes) is only visible
if you make the window very large. SmartStatus resizes the parts
of the status bars to display all information optimally. (If you
are using Windows XP, 2000, NT or Windows 95 without IE 4.0,
SmartStatus has no effect!)
Transition effects for menus and tooltips:
For Windows 98, ME, 2000 and XP, transition effects for menus and
tooltips (e.g. fading, scrolling) are disabled for the FastFolders
menus.
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Installation and uninstallation:
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To install FastFolders, simply run FFSetup.exe. The Setup program
will guide you through all necessary steps. To uninstall
FastFolders, open the Windows Control Panel, select "Add/Remove
Programs" and the select the FastFolders item from the list of
installed programs. Click "Add/Remove" to remove FastFolders from
your system.
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FastFolders System requirements:
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*) Pentium CPU or higher
*) 8 MB of RAM
*) Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT 4.0 / 2000 / XP
*) Mouse or compatible pointing device
*) 1 MB of free harddisk space
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Contacting DeskSoft:
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If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to
send us an email or visit our website:
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.desksoft.com
If you experience any problems running the program, please make
sure to include information about your computer configuration,
hardware and software.
The DeskSoft Team.
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