Heiko's Volkov Commander Plug-In v1.02

Email: heiko_j@gmx.de

Functions
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Add a new User Menu to the Volkov Commander 4.99 or higher:

- Store/Backup files from NTFS Partitions under DOS (as ACE, ARJ or ZIP file)
  included a batch file to restore the long file names under Windows 98/NT/2000/XP
  So you can backup files from a defekt Windows NT,2000,XP installation!
  (from non encrypted NTFS partitions, codepage 850 English/German tested)

- Create advanced lists of files (with complete path, with drive letter 
  or with additional text strings to create file lists and batch files easy)

- Archive menus for ACE, ARJ and ZIP files


System Requirements
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- MS-DOS 7.10, to use the NTFSDOS Menu
- SmartDrv.exe is not required, BUT recommended (it works faster)
  (Do not load SmartDrv.exe if you use a temporary directory on a RAM drive)
- NTFSDOS 3.02 Freeware
  http://www.sysinternals.com/files/ntfs30r.zip
  http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/ntfsdos.shtml
  (NTFSDOS Professional is NOT supported)
- Volkov Commander 4.99 or higher
- a temporary directory with enough space on a FAT16, FAT32 Partition 
  or on a RAM drive (RAMDRIVE.SYS, XMSDSK.EXE or alike)
- minimal one, or better all of the following DOS packers:
  ACE 2.04 DOS, ARJ 2.60 or higher for DOS and PKZIP 2.50 DOS

Installation
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1.) Backup your old .MNU files from the Volkov Commander (VC) directory
2.) extract all .MNU files from this archive into the VC directory 
    and overwrite the old .MNU files
    (experts can manual edit the VC.MNU file)
3.) extract all .EXE files from this archive into a path, which 
    is set in the %PATH% environment variable
    (if the VC directory is a part of the %PATH% environment variable,
    you can extract all files into the VC directory)

Files:
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CombiLst.exe  (CombiList v1.02)
flstEdit.exe  (File List Editor v1.02)
REC_LFN.exe   (Filelist Tool For Reconstruction Long Filenames v1.02 )

Menu Files for Volkov Commander 4.99: 
ACE.MNU
ARCHIVES.MNU
ARJ.MNU
LIST.MNU
LIST_ADV.MNU, 
NTFSDOS.MNU
NTFSDOSI.MNU
VC.MNU
ZIP.MNU

How to use the compress/restore function for NTFSDOS drives?: 
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1.) Start DOS 7.10 and define a temporary directory (SET TEMP=... must be set)
    (if you start DOS from a floppy disk or CD-ROM and you 
    have not a FAT16/32 partition use a RAM drive)
2.) Load smartdrv.exe (not required, but will work most faster on hard drives)
    If you use a temporary directory on RAM drive do not load smartdrv.exe!
3.) Load NTFSDOS.EXE (to mounting NTFS partitions)
    It is NOT recommendable to load DOSLFN.COM if you use NTFSDOS.EXE! 
    (some computers crash or not work correctly if you try 
    to use NTFSDOS.EXE and DOSLFN.COM at the same time)
    If you want DOSLFN nevertheless start DOSLFN before NTFSDOS!
4.) Start Volkov Commander
5.) Select your files on a NTFSDOS drive and press F2 for the user menu
6.) Select "F5 Special Menu for NTFSDOS drives..."
7.) Select "Compress with ... (include LFN RESTORE.BAT)"
    Then select a path on a disk/drive to write 
    (example "D:\archive", D: must be a FAT16 or FAT32 partition)
8.) The created archive itself contains only short file names,
    to restore the long file names (LFNs) extract the archive with full path
    and start the batch file "RESTORE.BAT" in Windows only!
    DO NOT start the batch file under DOS!

If it possible prefer ACE and ARJ on NTFSDOS drives, PKZIP have on 
NTFSDOS drives some problems and will not compress all files in some cases.

If you have problems with your DOS configuration or memory, try to use the DOS 
configurations example from the file DOS_conf.txt. The paths you must edit!


Limitations of this Version:
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- REC_LFN.EXE can only reconstruction long names with a deepness of
  29 subdirectories (c:\dir1\dir2\dir3\dir4\dir5\dir6\dir7\ ... \dir29\)
- compressing of files from NTFSDOS drives only with full path
- NTFSDOS Professional (NTFSDOS Pro) is not supported
- the LFN RESTORE.BAT function support not all codepages
  (only codepage 850 English/German tested)
- PKZIP will not work with too long filelists on NTFSDOS drives,
  then select not too many files or try to use ACE or ARJ
- cannot compress empty directories


Legal Stuff
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Freeware. All rights reserved.
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY ON THE INCLUDED SOFTWARE, EVEN THE 
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
THE AUTHOR IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS WITH YOUR COMPUTER 
DUE TO THE USE OR MISUSE OF THE SOFTWARE.
