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From: george@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (George Browning)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Usher shell replacement for Windows 3.0!!
Message-ID: <1991Jan15.035457.28891@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Date: 15 Jan 91 03:54:57 GMT
Reply-To: george@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (George Browning)
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Usher is a pop-up application launcher menu that appears when the user 
presses the left mouse button on the desktop.

Features:
     - Uses less than 8K of memory
     - Automatically determines if it is the shell and will execute
       any files on the run= or load= lines in win.ini
     - Will also work as an application under an existing shell
     - Supports hierarchical menus
     - Has a Run... menu entry, which displays a dialog box for
       launching other applications
     - Displays the current date and time as separate menu entries
     - Can reload its usher.ini file without having to quit Windows
     - It can change to a different working directory before launching
       an application
     - Very easy to customize the menu
     - Has a Exit Windows menu entry to leave Windows

I've just uploaded the file to cica.cica.indiana.edu (129.79.20.22)
in the uploads directory.  Included in the usher.zip package:
     usher.exe - the executable
     usher.ini - a sample usher.ini file
     usher.wri - the documentation as a MS Write file

This program is Shareware and a $15 contribution would be greatly
appreciated.  It would also encourage future nifty Windows utilities.

Thanks and enjoy,

george

PS: Please write back with any comments.


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| o |  George Browning                 george@catt.ncsu.edu        | o |
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