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//  Welcome to File Manager Guard
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//  for Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 3.1/3.11, 
//      Windows for Workgroups(tm) 3.11, and Windows 95/98
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//  Version 2.21                 Last updated: December 20, 1999
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//  Copyright (c) 1994-99, WinAbility.Com. All rights reserved.
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//  http://www.winability.com/  "The Way Software Should Be!" (tm)
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This file contains introductory information regarding FM Guard.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. Introduction
   1.1. About FM Guard
   1.2. What's new in this version 
   1.3. This is FREE software! (See you FREE REGISTRATION CODE here.)
   1.4. Information for Windows 95/98 users

2. Installing/uninstalling FM Guard

3. Restricting Windows with FM Guard

4. Getting updates to the software

5. Acknowledgements

6. Getting technical support


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//      1. INTRODUCTION
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1.1 About File Manager Guard
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File Manager Guard (or, for short, FM Guard) is a powerful utility
for Microsoft(R) Windows(tm) 3.1, 3.11, Windows for Workgroups
(tm) 3.11, and Windows 95/98, that allows one to selectively 
disable features and capabilities of File Manager and some other
Windows components.

After installing FM Guard, you will be able to prevent user(s)
from performing any or all commands of File Manager, from running
undesirable programs, browsing hidden files, changing file
attributes, etc. FM Guard allows you to select which drives should
NOT be accessible via File Manager and Common Dialogs ('Open',
'Save As', etc.). It even provides you with the possibility to
keep the size and location of the File Manager window in the same
place on the screen! And if you need to restore the capabilities
of File Manager for your use, just enter a password and they are
back.

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This SOFTWARE (including instructions for its use) is provided "AS IS"
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.

WinAbility.Com HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD
TO THE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND
NON-INFRINGEMENT.

THE ENTIRE RISK ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE AND
DOCUMENTATION REMAINS WITH YOU.

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1.2. What's new in this version :
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- You no longer have to pay for using FM Guard.
  It's "freeware" now!

-  The documentation to the program has been updated.

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1.3. This is FREE software!
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Yes, you no longer reqired to pay the licensing fee for continued 
use of FM Guard. Simply use the following registration information 
to make it registered, full featured application:

Registered name:  WinAbility.Com Customer
Registration code: 847081827

The information above must be added to both file FMGUARD.SYS 
(in the Windows\System directory!), as well as entered into 
the PASSWORD.EXE utility whenever you need to change the password 
used by FM Guard.

Please refer to the file Manual.txt for more information.

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1.4. Information for Windows 95/98 users
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If you are using FM Guard with Windows 95/98, be aware that FM Guard
restricts only the "old" File Manager, which is still available in
Windows 95/98 as the Winfile.exe file.  Also, only the "old style"
common dialogs (used by 16-bit applications) are restricted.

For Windows 95/98 users, we offer a separate product, "Folder Guard 
for Windows 95/98".  Please visit http://www.winability.com/ for more 
information.

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//      2. Installing/uninstalling FM Guard
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Unlike most other Windows applications, FM Guard is not a
stand-alone program; there is no special executable file you would
run to start FM Guard.  To use FM Guard, all you need is to properly
install it, and it will run automatically every time you run the
File Manager.

FM Guard comes with convenient SETUP utility.  Use SETUP when you
want to temporarily activate/deactivate the software or install it
onto your hard disk or network drive for permament use.

Installing over an older version
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If you are installing FM Guard on a computer which already has an
older version of the program installed, you may use the SETUP
program, however be sure not to overwrite your customized
configuration file FMGUARD.SYS in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
SETUP prompts you before it replaces any of the old files.  After
the copying of the new files is completed, you may manually add new
restricting commands (they are listed in the end of the 'fresh'
FMGUARD.SYS file) to your customized FMGUARD.SYS file.

Installing on a hard disk or network drive
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If you have already copied all the files from the FM Guard package
onto your hard disk (for instance, you have extracted the files
from an archive), copy FMGUARD.SYS into the WINDOWS\SYSTEM
directory, run SETUP.EXE and choose 'Activate' option.

If you don't have FM Guard files on the hard disk, choose the
'Install' option instead. Then enter the DOS path to the directory
where you want FM Guard to be installed. In this case, SETUP.EXE
will copy all files to the new location and then activate them. In
addition, you will be prompted to create a separate program group
for FM Guard. It's not essential to have such a group, but it may
be convenient.

Alternatively, you may install FM Guard manually:

1. Create a directory on a hard disk or network drive for FM
   Guard, say C:\FMGUARD, and copy all the files from the FM Guard
   installation disk into that directory. If you have obtained FM
   Guard compressed in an archive, extract all the files into the
   FMGUARD directory (or other directory of your choice).

2. Close File Manager.

3. Copy the FMGUARD.SYS file into the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory on
   your hard disk (be sure not to overwrite the newer version of
   this file if you already have one!). The directory may have
   another name in your system, but you can identify it by the
   presence of the files USER.EXE and GDI.EXE (Windows system
   files) in it.

4. Open file WINFILE.INI for editing (using Notepad or any other
   text editor). This file is located in the WINDOWS directory on
   your hard disk (or other directory you specified when
   installing Windows). Please note: the file you need is
   WINFILE.INI, not WIN.INI.

   Find the section [AddOns] in this file and add the following
   line to it:

        FM Guard=C:\FMGUARD\FMGUARD.DLL

   (or specify the directory in which you copied FM Guard files,
   if other than C:\FMGUARD).

   The resulting portion of WINFILE.INI should look like
   this:

        ...

        [AddOns]
        <other File Manager extensions may be listed here>
        FM Guard=C:\FMGUARD\FMGUARD.DLL

        ...

   (... means other lines).

   If there is no [AddOns] section in you WINFILE.INI file, you may
   create one, adding the lines shown above to the end of the
   WINFILE.INI file.

   Save the WINFILE.INI file.

5. Run File Manager.

You should find a new menu item, "Guard", among other items of the
File Manager's main menu.  If you cannot see the "Guard" item in the
main menu of File Manager, an error has occurred.  Please verify
that you have performed all the steps above, and, in particular,
specified the correct path in the [AddOns] section of the
WINFILE.INI file.  Also, make sure that file FMGUARD.SYS has been
copied in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, and that other files have
not been corrupted when copying them into the FMGUARD directory.

Uninstalling FM Guard:
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To prevent File Manager from loading and using FM Guard, choose
'Guard -Disable' from main menu of File Manager, then run
SETUP.EXE and choose 'Deactivate'. If you decide to start using FM
Guard later on, run SETUP.EXE and choose 'Activate'.

Alternatively, you may uninstall FM Guard manually:

1. Choose 'Guard' command from main menu of File Manager and then
   choose 'Disable' from popup menu. When prompted for the
   password, type it in the dialog box. If you have not registered
   FM Guard yet, use the word 'FMGuard' as the password.
   Otherwise, use the password assigned with the PASSWORD.EXE utility.

2. Close File Manger.

3. Remove the line 'FM Guard=...' from the [AddOns] section of
   WINFILE.INI (using Notepad, for example). You may also wish to
   comment this line out instead, by placing a semicolon ';' as
   the very first character of the line

After that you can restart File Manager: FM Guard will not be
loaded. If you decide later to start using FM Guard again, restore
the string 'FM Guard=...', specifying the complete DOS path to
FMGUARD.DLL, in the [AddOns] section of WINFILE.INI.

The following steps should be completed only if you wish to
remove the FM Guard from your system permanently:

4. Delete all the files from the directory on your hard disk where
   you installed FM Guard;

5. Delete file FMGUARD.SYS from the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory;

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//      3. Restricting Windows with FM Guard
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Please refer to the MANUAL.TXT file, included in the FM Guard
distribution package, for information on using this utility.

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//      4. Getting updates to the software
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The latest evaluation versions of all our products can be 
downloaded from our web site:

    http://www.winability.com/

An evaluation version may be converted into the licensed version 
by supplying a valid registration code.

            
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//      5.  Acknowledgements
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I would like to thank Gerald B. Collins for his valuable help in 
preparing the documentation for this utility.

Thank you for using WinAbility.Com products!

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