App Launcher for Microsoft Windows 95/98.
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Release Date: 5th June, 1999.
Document Updated:18th July, 1999.
Version: 2.0
Platform: MS Windows 95/98, perhaps NT(haven't tested yet)
Program Status: Freeware

-Purpose-
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App Launcher is a small program that lets you launch your applications easily
from the system tray, you can even use it to manage your URL addresses.

-DISCLAIMER- (A simple quote :-)
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THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT A WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, ALL
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING
ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED. THE AUTHOR
SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES AS A RESULT OF USING OR REDISTRIBUTING
THE SOFTWARE. YOU SHOULD TAKE YOUR OWN RISK FOR USING THIS SOFTWARE.

-Package-
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APPL20.exe - Main executable file.
ALEdit.exe - A handy menu editor.
KMenu.dll  - KMenu library, used by APPL20.exe.
readme.txt - this file.

-How to use-
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First of all, place the whole package into a suitable directory, say,
c:\program files\appl20

after you placed all files into the directory, run APPL20.exe, you'll then see
that there is a small icon appears in the system tray, beside the clock.

- to construct your menu, left click the icon, select "Menu Editor...", the
editor window will be shown up.

*Add new short-cut:-
Press "Append" or "Insert", or you can drag the target file into the menu list.

*Modify existing short-cut:-
Either double click on the desired item or hightlight the desired item and 
press "Edit".

*Insert a horizontal or vertical seperator:-
Press "Insert H.sep" and "Insert V.sep" respectively.

*Remove item:-
Highlight the item you want to remove, then press "Remove".

*Item order:-
You can change the item order by hightlighting the desired item and press the
up-down arrow button.

*You can also add/delete/rename a menu by clicking the "menu" lable on the
menu bar, after you created a new menu, you can switch to that menu by right
click on the App Launcher tray icon and select.

- to config App Launcher, left click the icon, select "Preferences...", the
preferences window will be shown up.

*by clicking on the sample menu, a menu with available options will be popped
up, you can pick your favourite highlight color, font, style etc.

*Follow the instruction given by the lables to config App Launcher.

*It's quite simple and easy to use, not to say too much here.

-Tip-
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You can always call up the App Launcher menu by pressing "ALT" + "`" hot key.

For Windows98 users, you can put an "&" sign before a caption word to make it
a short-cut key to that item.

-Known problem-
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*Can't launch a dial up networking(DUN) short-cut from App Launcher, if you want 
 to launch DUN with App Launcher, use .DUN files.
*When the menu goes larger than the screen, it may fail to show.
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Comment/bugs report: smallpotato@innocent.com
Edgar Lee. (smallpotato@innocent.com)