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From: Barry Bailey
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: WIN 3.0 *.INI files
Message-ID: <9848.5350.forumexp@mts.rpi.edu>
Date: 24 Sep 90 22:47:00 GMT
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   Unlike some respondents to this list I find File Manager and Program
   Manager to adequately serve my needs. I have setup Program Manager
   with three program groups tiled next to each other, one program group
   overlapping two of the above groups and the games group left as an
   icon. I minimize both FM and PM after use, which keeps the screen
   uncluttered. Because PM is less dynamic (i.e. I don't often add,
   delete, or move applications) this arrangement has been many times
   better than the MS-DOS Execute. I boot into Win 3.0 and rarely use
   the keyboard except within applications. It is equally easy to launch
   DOS and Win 3.0 applications.
 
   However, in file manager, when used at all, I constantly am expanding
   and contracting directory views. In doing so, FM automatically
   cascades each new directory window. If I want to launch an
   application by double-clicking on the data file this is fine. If I
   wish to move/copy files it becomes somewhat awkward. It is far less
   awkward to perform these functions when the directory windows are
   tiled. Is there a way to tell FM that you always want windows tiled
   (the default being "cascade")?
 
   Similarly, I find Win Write to be a very handy word processor for
   short memoes and documents (I also use PageMaker, for aesthetically
   more complicated documents). However I find that I often end up
   resetting certain options and features (e.g. fonts, ruler on, page
   layout margins, footer distance, etc.). Is there an .INI-like file or
   similar means of initializing Write, saving and passing on settings
   for each new document created?
 
   Last but not least - when launching window applications I noticed
   that they always default to the current (e.g. \WIND\*.xxx) directory
   for data files. I would like to be able to set the initial directory
   as one can do with PIF's for DOS applications. How might I do this?
 
   thanks
 
   barry