Application Tips |
Opening Associated Files from a
DOS Box - Submitted 4/25/97
Using Another E-Mail Package when
Exchange is Installed - Added 3/22/97
Power Surfing - Submitted 3/18/97
Installing Windows95 OEM SR2 over an existing
version of Windows - Added 2/23/97
Office95 Upgrade Without Existing
Version - Submitted 1/28/97
Extracting files from Win95's CAB files -
Submitted 1/11/97
Lotus 123 Release 5 Lockup - Submitted
12/18/96
ScanDisk with OEM SR2 - Added 11/29/96
Wildcards with DIR and File Find - Added
11/29/96
ScanDisk Command-Line Switches - Added
11/24/96
Defrag Command-Line Switches - Added
11/24/96
Fixing Page Fault in MPREXE.EXE - Added
9/25/96
Changing the Telnet Scroll-Back
Buffer Size Added 7/27/96
Auto-Dialing for 32-bit Internet Applications
- Submitted 7/11/96
DOSSTART.BAT File - Submitted 6/23//96
Fixing Corrupted Exchange Files -
Submitted 5/8/96
Emergency Recovery Utility - Submitted 5/8/96
Fully Automating Office95 Installations -
Added 5/8/96
Turning off the ending = with Exchange -
Added 4/9/96
Using your mouse to select an area in a DOS
app - Added 3/30/96
Using Exchange with more than one ISP
phone number - Added 3/29/96
Installing Windows95 with no Plug and Play search
- Submitted 2/28/96
Installing Windows95 with no MSN or InBox
Icons - Added 2/28/96
Backing up the Registry - Submitted
1/28/96
Adding Notepad to SENDTO - 1/11/96
Having Eudora Pro be the default e-mail
program, rather than Exchange - 12/27/95
Free drive space errors with Norton Utilities
- 11/5/95
Setting Automatic Redial for Dial-up Networking
- 10/19/95
Using the new DOS Edit - 9/29/95
Creating Distribution List with Exchange
- 9/26/96
Using Memmaker - 9/23/95
Signatures using WordMail - 9/21/95
Creating Document templates - 9/3/95
Dial-In Scripting
New XCOPY switches
New Win95 Batch Install Program
Win95 SETUP switches - Includes
undocumented bypass of License screen.
Submitted 4/25/97
For a file with its associated application, say Word for Windows,
and a data file, FILE1.DOC
At a DOS prompt, type START FILE1.DOC (or just file1 if it's unique). Word comes up and loads the document.
Submitted by Marc Linn
Added 3/22/97
Normally when web browsing, if Exchange is installed, and you
click on a e-mail address
it will default to opening up. If you want to change it to
another e-mail program:
Eudora Pro has an option to set that automatically. Other programs may have switches you need to include.
Pegasus needs a -T %1 for it to automatically insert the e-mail address
Submitted 3/18/97
This tip works especially well if you have a large monitor and
run at a high resolution...
If you want to really power surf the web, open up more than one
browser. Arrange them on the screen so that you can see at least
part of each one at all times.
Once this is done, you can now drag links from one browser to
another. This saves you from having to use the back button
constantly, especially if you are on a page like a search engine,
where there are lots of links and you want to try a bunch of
them.
Also, if you encounter a web page with frames, and you want to
break out of the frames, you can drag a link to a new browser. No
more frames.
(You can also right-click a link and choose "Open in New
Browser".)
Here's an example of using two browsers...
Let's say you are going to be using a search engine for the next
hour or so. Start two browsers and tile them vertically.
(Minimize all programs except the two browsers, and right click a
blank spot on the taskbar, then choose 'tile vertically'). Now
drag the edges of the browsers so that the browser on the left is
about 3 inches wide. Drag the edges of the browser on the right
so that it takes up the rest of the screen. Now, using the
browser on the left, open your favorite search engine and do a
search. When the list of hits are displayed, drag a link into the
browser on the right.
This lets you see all the hits from the search engine while you
are surfing those sites... no more hitting the 'back' button all
day long.
Submitted by John M.
Added 2/23/97
Currently, you cannot install the new OEM version of Windows95
over and existing version of Windows (3.x or 95).
In order to get around this problem, simply rename any WIN.COM
file on your hard drive and install normally.
This will let you keep you current Windows settings.
It will make things easier if the location of your new version is the same as your old one.
Note: You will not be able to convert to FAT32 using this procedure. For that you need to FDISK your hard drive.
Submitted 1/28/96
To install office 95 upgrade version you need to own another
Office like application like WordPerfect or something right ?
Wrong !!
When setup goes to find an application to upgrade from just
point it to the EXCEL directory on the office CD and you're
off...
Enjoy.
Submitted 1/11/97
You don't have to use a batch file to extract a file from the
Win95_XX.cab files.
Just use the /A switch.
For example: To extract file1.dll from an unknown .cab file enter
extract /A x:\win95\win95_02.cab file1.dll
at the run command line.
Extract will start with the named .cab file and continue through
all .cab files in the folder.
To extract to a specific folder you can add "/L
destination" ("destination" is the complete path
to the desired folder).
Submitted by Andy Goldberg
[email protected]
Submitted 12/18/96
If your Lotus 123 Release 5 for Windows grays out the spreadsheet and locks up, here's what to do:
Submitted by Thomas Wilson
[email protected]
Added 11/29/96
With the new OEM version of Windows95, if the system was not
shutdown cleanly,
the next time it is started, it will stop and prompt you before
running ScanDisk.
New options are available for the MSDOS.SYS file to configure how
ScanDisk will start.
Added 11/29/96
In addition to the usual wildcards for doing such things as a
DIR or File Find,
new options are available with Windows95. The following are a few
examples:
COM - All files and folders that have COM in the extension
*ABC* - All files and folders with ABC somewhere in the name
*ABC - All files with ABC as the last characters in the name (no
including the extension)
*ABC? - All files with ABC as the second to last characters in
the name
?ABC* - All files and folders with ABC as the second through the
fourth letters in a name
?ABC? - All files and folders with at least one letter before and
after the ABC
Added 11/24/96
Scandskw
drive: - Drive letter of disk you want to scan
/A or /ALL - Scans all local, non-removable hard drives
/N or /NonInteractive - Start and closes ScanDisk
Automatically
Added 11/24/96
Defrag
drive: - Drive letter of the disk you want to
defrag
/all - Defrag all local, non-removable drives
/F - Defrag files and free space
/U - Defrag files only
/Q - Defrag free space only
/concise - Display the Hide Details view
/detailed - Display the Show Details view
/noprompt - Immediately starts Defrag
Added 9/25/96
Occasionally, after Exchange is installed, you will get errors
that indicate that MPREXE.EXE caused a page fault in KERNEL32.DLL
To solve the problem, delete the .PWL file associated with your
login ID.
Another solution is to download the Password List Update to
repair the existing PWL file.
You can obtain this a
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/software/passwd.htm
Submitted 7/11/96
If your 32-bit Internet applications do not automatically
invoke your
Windows 95 Dialer, here is a way I found to enable this feature.
Once you do this, close your internet application and
disconnect from your internet provider.
Re-start your Internet application and the Windows 95 dialer
should start up.
NOTE: From my experience, all Internet applications will be
effected and will automatically start the Windows 95 dialer.
Submitted by J. Walker
[email protected]
Submitted 6/23/96
There's a file name DOSSTART.BAT in the WINDOWS directory. By
editing this file you will be able to configure how to start DOS
whenever you exit Windows to DOS mode.
This is just like an AUTOEXEC.BAT file that starts up your
system.
Submitted by Robo
[email protected]
Submitted 5/8/96
To replace corrupted files in MS-Exchange run
c:\program files\microsoft exchange\mlset32.exe
Normally, just removing exchange won't delete the old files.
If it should happen that one is corrupted it won't be replaced by
the original from the CD when exchange is added again.
Running the program above launches the original exchange setup
applet which guides you through the original install process.
Submitted by Geoff J. Wiener
[email protected]
Submitted 5/8/96
Microsoft includes their Emergency Recovery Utility(ERU) on
the 95 CD-ROM
This utility makes a backup of the registry and other important
system files.
In some cases Windows 95 can be fixed by restoring the registry
with this utility.
The ERU program is in the \OTHER\MISC\ERU directory on the
Win95 CD.
If you have the floppy version of Win 95, the utility can be
found at Microsoft's web site
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/download/eruzip.exe
ERU is also a good way to keep recent backups of all your important system files!
Submitted by Kirk Davis
[email protected]
Added 5/8/96
There are several undocumented switches you can use to
automate your Office95 Installation.
An full unattended install should only take 3-4 minutes from the
CD.
/K | Enters the CD key /K "12345678" The CD key should not have the dash |
/Q | 0 - Quiet Install - with Exit screen 1 - No exit screen T - Shows nothing on the screen during install |
/N | User's Name /N "Name" |
/O | Organization Name /O "Org" |
/T | Specify the STF file The default is the SETUP.STF on the root of the Office95 CD. This is an ASCII text file you can copy to a local or network drive, modify the applications you want to install and then point your installation to use that file /T X:\NEW.STF |
/U | Uninstalls all apps but leaves common files in place |
/UA | Uninstalls all apps and removes common files |
/R | ReInstalls previously installed Office95 apps |
A whole string might look something like:
SETUP /K "12345678" /Q1 /N "YOUR_NAME" /O
"YOUR_ORGANIZATION" T: C:\NEW.STF
Other Windows applications use similar STF file structure.
You could have this launch automatically at the end of your
Windows95 installation if you are using INF files.
Added 4/9/96
When using Exchange, sometimes other e-mail packages
will end
each line with a = character.
To turn this off:
Added 3/30/96
If you want to use your mouse to select an area to copy while
you are in a windowed DOS program:
This eliminates the need to select text by using the pull down menu.
Added 3/29/96
If you set up exchange to connect using the modem, you can
only have one phone number listed.
If you have more than one phone number available for your
provider, you would need to create another profile,
which would have your e-mail to go to two mail boxes.
To get around this problem, simply select Network for
the connection.
Connect first using either phone number and then start
Exchange
Then no matter what phone number you used to connect to the
internet,
all your e-mail will be in one place.
Submitted 2/28/96
If you want to install Windows95 and have it not test for any
Plug and Play devices,
simply add a /IP after the SETUP command.
Submitted by Maurits Pfaff
[email protected]
Added 2/13/96
If you want to install Windows95 and not have it create the
MSN or Exchange InBox every time
you need to create a setup INF file. Instructions for doing this
can be found later in this section under
Batch Install Program
Having created an INF file you want to use, add the following lines to remove both icons during installation:
[Install]
UpdateINIs= msn.remove
DelReg=NoInbox_Icon
[strings]
Setup_MSN_DESC="Set Up The Microsoft Network"
[NoInbox_Icon]
HKLM,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\"{00020D76-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
Use CFGBACK.EXEon the Win 95 CD. It is in the
/OTHER/MISC/CFGBACK directory.
It will save up to 9 copies of the registry in*.rbk file format.
You can restore any of these when necessary.
Submitted by KJ King
http://www.snowcrest.net/kjking/
Submitted 1/11/96
Create a shortcut to notepad.exe in the C:\WINDOWS\SENDTO
directory.
Then, you'll have the option to view a files contents by
right-clicking it and "sending" to the notepad.
Immensely useful for deciphering old set-up files (or .DOC files
that aren't Word files, READ.ME etc.)
Submitted by Mike Blackmer
[email protected]
Added 12/27/95
If you are using the Internet Explorer and send e-mail, Win95
defaults to using Exchange.
If you would rather use Eudora Pro as your e-mail program:
Now when you e-mail from within the Internet Explorer, Eudora
will come up as your
e-mail program.
Submitted 11/5/95
If the readings on the amount of hard drive space is showing
more than is possible
This will now give you an accurate reading.
Submitted by K.J. King
[email protected]
Submitted 10/19/95
Submitted by Scott Do
[email protected]
Added 9/29/95
The DOS based text editor that comes with Windows95 has some
advantages
over the one that came with prior versions of DOS.
EDIT can also be used on prior versions of DOS.
Just copy EDIT.COM to your old DOS directory.
Added 9/26/95
Submitted 9/23/95
Heres a blast from the (supposed) past:
Submitted by Dan Rhodes
[email protected]
Added 9/21/95
If you are using WordMail that comes with Office95, you
can send e-mail using Microsoft Word.
Exchange will automatically detect the addition and start WordMail
when you create a new e-mail or reply to an existing one.
It will use Word's spell checker, most of the WINWORD text
formatting capabilities (centering, full justification, bold,
italics)
a special Mail button bar and quite a few new features. It is
certainly worth trying out.
This may sound like MS hype but I'm actually quite impressed
To include a signature:
Advantages are:
Submitted 9/3/95
I have found a lot of variations and options on this tip.
Submitted by Xavier Flix
:[email protected]
The Internet Jumpstart Kit that comes with the Plus! Pack
allows you to script your Dial-Up Connections
proc main waitfor "login:" transmit "your_login_name^M" waitfor "password:" transmit "your_password^M" waitfor "TERM = (vt100)" transmit "^M" waitfor "your_logon_prompt" transmit "ppp^M" ; My provider requires "ppp" to be typed in. endproc
There are quite a few new switches to the XCOPY command. To get a full listing, type XCOPY /?. Below are some of the additions over DOS 6.X.
If you are re-installing Win95 and use the same settings and programs each time, there is a Batch Installation program in the Admin\Nettools\Netsetup directory on the CD.
You can specify what applications, network, protocol etc. to load when you install Win95. Save the file, then run SETUP FILENAME.INF when you re-install Win95. . You won't be prompted for much else
There is a program, MKCOMPAT.EXE in the SYSTEM directory. If allows you to change several settings that could help with problem programs.
There are several switches that can be used when running SETUP
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