CmdUtils -- (c) 1998 Matt Ginzton, MaDdoG Software
collection release 1.2: 6/28/98
home: http://www.maddogsw.com/
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A collection of a few free utilities to make life at the Win95/NT4 command line
a bit easier and more flexible.

CmdUtils currently include:
-- Recycle, a safe replacement for the DEL command, that sends files to the
   recycle bin instead of deleting them.  Recycle is also more flexible than
   DEL; you can specify multiple files at once (or use wildcards), and you can
   recycle whole directories at once (be careful!)

-- PropsFor, which displays the shell Properties dialog for all files (or
   folders, or drives) that you specify on the command line.  PropsFor also
   accepts multiple files at once, either individually or as wildcards.

-- ContextMenu (context.exe), which displays the shell context menu for the
   specified file(s); from here, with one more step, you can get Properties,
   Quick View, or any other supported action for the specified file(s).

-- FixP, which fixes the command-line prompt under WinNT after you've run a
   16-bit app.  (It'll work under Win95, too, but it's totally unnecessary --
   Win95 does this anyway.)  Ever notice how, after you run a 16-bit app from
   a directory with a long filename, the prompt starts using the shortname?
   If you think this looks lame, just run fixp.

For more details, run each program with /? on the command line to list options
and other information.

Usage notes:
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I suggest that you place these utilities in a directory on your PATH -- Win95
users, try C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND (or the COMMAND subdirectory of your Windows
directory, if it's not C:\WINDOWS).  WinNT users, try C:\WINNT, or your WinNT
directory.

If you find these utilities useful on a daily basis, feel free to rename them
to make the names easier to type -- for example, pf instead of PropsFor; cm
instead of Context, qv instead of QuikView, etc.  However, please distribute
them under their full names so that they can be more easily identified.

You can also use doskey to create aliases for these commands:
doskey del=recycle $*
will replace the del command with recycle.

Release history:
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version 1.2: 6/28/98:
  added /f parameter to recycle
  added /text parameter and Send To support to context (unfortunately Send To
      does not work with /text, though)
  removed quikview, because no COM magic is neecssary to invoke it -- just
      run c:\windows\system\viewers\quikview.exe (substitute your windows dir)
      This has the disadvantage of requiring a full path to each file, but
      the advantage of invoking the default viewer on unregistered file types.

version 1.1: 4/26/98
  added context and quikview

version 1.0: 4/14/98
  initial release

Terms and conditions:
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CmdUtils are free, but if you find them useful, I'd appreciate a note at
magi@cs.stanford.edu telling me what you think.

Warranty -- none, expressed or implied.

Visit http://www.maddogsw.com/ for updates to these
programs, as well as my other software -- try it out!
