RunAll: what it does?
=====================
RunAll.EXE lets you launch ("Open")
   from Explorer or any other graphical shell
      several selected documents or programs at once.


How to use
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Method 1: SEND TO
   Create a shortcut to RunAll.EXE in SendTo folder.
   (typically, this is C:\Windows\SendTo)
       Now you can "send" several selected files/shortcuts
       from the desktop or some Explorer window.

Method 2: DRAG-N-DROP
   Create a shortcut to RunAll.EXE on your Desktop.
      Now you can DRAG several selected files/shortcuts
      and drop them on RunAll icon.

Method 3: SINGLE CLICK
   Create a shortcut to RunAll.EXE on Desktop or in Start menu.
   Then open the shortcut properties dialog,
      and type filenames you need to launch simultaneously
      as RunAll.EXE parameters in Target field.

The last method has 2 limitations:
   1) programs could be started only without arguments;
   2) all programs will have one and the same working directory.
To get over these restrictions, you can:
   first create shortcuts to the programs,
   and use filenames of these shortcuts as RunAll.EXE parameters.


Why not batch file?
===================
Well, on NT the following RunAll.cmd will do the job:

:again
start %1
shift
if not %1.==. goto again

On Win95 this works only for very small number of files, when
their combined pathnames do not exceed 128 bytes. From my Desktop,
the batch file happened to launch no more than 3 programs, while I
needed 5!


RunAll status
===============
This program is freeware. Anyone can distribute, modify, and use it
on his own risk. The author takes no responsibility for the results.

Source code (approx 42 lines in C + some resources) is available at
ftp://ftp10.pair.com/pub/vsap/RunAll_src.zip

Web page
http://www10.pair.com/vsap/FreeSoft.html


Victor Sapognikov (vsap@pair.com) * 8 Mar'98
