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* Program: LAUNCHER.EXE                     *
* Author : R.J. Lindelof                    *
* Email  : lindy@mc.net                     *
* Home   : http://user.mc.net/lindy         *
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*** Description:

    This program will secretly launch a user specified
    program or WAV file every "x" minutes.

    Works with Windows 95/98/NT

    Easy to use and distrubute, no installation required.

*** Setup:

    Progarm Path = The path to the executeable program that you
                   want run.

    WAV File Path = The path to the WAV File you want to play.

    Minutes to Launch = The amount of time (in minutes) that you
                        want to continuely launch the progarm.

*** Options:
  
    Change the program's command line to:
     
      LAUNCHER.EXE {Program/WAV to Launch} {Minutes to Launch}

    For example:
      
      "C:\Program Files\Jokes\LAUNCHER.EXE" {Program/WAV to Launch} {Minutes to Launch}
      "C:\Program Files\Jokes\LAUNCHER.EXE" C:\WINDOWS\NOTEPAD.EXE 10
            This would launch notepad.exe every 10 minutes.
      "C:\Program Files\Jokes\LAUNCHER.EXE" C:\WINDOWS\MEDIA\TADA.WAV 3
            This would play TADA.WAV every 3 minutes


*** CLOSING:

    For this version there is NO easy way to stop this program.

    There are 2 hard ways to STOP this program from running:

       1. Press CTRL-ALT-DEL, and highlight "Program Launcher", and the
          click on <End Task>
       
       OR

       2. Shutdown/Restart the computer

*** Fun/Joke Usage:

   Add this program to users Start Menu's Startup group.

   Execute this program from a floppy or hard drive, setup the options,
   the run away!


***  Integration:

     All of my freeware programs integrate very well,

     Download OPEN_CD.EXE from my website http://user.mc.net/lindy/apps.htm
     and combine that with this program so that the CDROM drive will
     open every X minutes. An excellent joke!

     Download SHUTDOWN.EXE from my website http://user.mc.net/lindy/apps.htm
     and combine that with this program. Add it to your Startup group so that 
     Windows95 will shutdown X minutes after starting.


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Any problems, questions, or just want to tell me
how you used it, email me at lindy@mc.net

If you want to find future versions of this program please visit:
http://user.mc.net/lindy/apps.htm

Enjoy!

R.J.


#########  VERSION HISTORY:  ############

Version 1.02 - Added functionality to launch a .WAV file and play it.


Version 1.01 - Added functionality to change to Window Style of
               the launched program. Thanks to Aaron Boss for the
               enchancement idea.

Version 1.00 - Initial Version.


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LAUNCHER is Freeware and may be distributed freely from any Shareware sites 
and on shareware magazines CD-ROM.

Standard disclaimer

The author of this program accepts no responsibility for damages resulting from the 
use of this product and makes no warranty or representation, either express or 
implied, including but not limited to, any implied warranty of merchantability or 
fitness for a particular purpose. This software is provided "AS IS", and you, 
its user, assume all risks when using it.

DISTRIBUTION

The product package may be freely distributed. Tampering with the code is illegal.
You may not disassemble, decompose, reverse engineer, or alter any of the files in 
the package.

COMMERCIAL USE

This software is provided as freeware and cannot be sold. This software can be 
bundled with any commercial package or distributed by itself or accompanying books
or magazines as long as the package is intact.


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