8416629@max.u.washington.edu (04/23/91)
Is there a way to disable the "save changes" box when you are exiting Windows 3.0? Also Is there a way lock the setup of Windows so that eventhough someone changed the size of the winodows, moved the icons it all comeback to the same setup next time Windows is rebooted? Could you send me your reply to the below address or post it here for the benefits of others. scott@max.u.washington.edu Thanks in advance. Scott K. Stephen
aragorn@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Steve J White) (04/23/91)
In article <1991Apr22.234209.1@max.u.washington.edu> 8416629@max.u.washington.edu writes: >Is there a way to disable the "save changes" box when you are exiting >Windows 3.0? > >Also Is there a way lock the setup of Windows so that eventhough >someone changed the size of the winodows, moved the icons >it all comeback to the same setup next time Windows is rebooted? > >Could you send me your reply to the below address or post it In order to disable the 'Save changes?' box just click the mouse on it before you exit Program Mmanager. This action should take the 'x' out of the box next to the phrase 'Save changes?'. As far as the window size & position saving that would have to be done in some sort of load macro, which of course I have very little experience with. Any takers? - steve -- "Laugh and the world laughs with you... | All disclaimers apply... snore and you sleep alone." | except my own, of course. - anonymous fortune cookie thingy | *** Steve J. White *** <<< aragorn@csd4.csd.uwm.edu >>>
8416629@max.u.washington.edu (04/23/91)
In article <11316@uwm.edu>, aragorn@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Steve J White) writes: > In article <1991Apr22.234209.1@max.u.washington.edu> 8416629@max.u.washington.edu writes: >>Is there a way to disable the "save changes" box when you are exiting >>Windows 3.0? >> >>Also Is there a way lock the setup of Windows so that eventhough >>someone changed the size of the winodows, moved the icons >>it all comeback to the same setup next time Windows is rebooted? >> >>Could you send me your reply to the below address or post it > > In order to disable the 'Save changes?' box just click the mouse on it > before you exit Program Mmanager. This action should take the 'x' out of > the box next to the phrase 'Save changes?'. Uppss... I guess I didn't make myself clear. When I said disabling the "Save Changes" box I mean completely disabling that option (in effect turning it into gray). Windows 3.0 will do this if for some reason it looses the group information for one of its folders. When this happen, when exiting Windows, the "Save Changes" will be gray and you won't be able to click on it. I was wondering if one can produce this in a more elegant way, since with the above method, it will also give you an error message each time you boot up Windows 3.0. Since we have several users per workstation, somehow locking the opening setup of Windows is very helpful. This way the more novice users won't get so confused after an experience user leaves the workstation with Windows in a state of total chaos. Sincerely, Scott K. Stephen
aragorn@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Steve J White) (04/24/91)
In article <1991Apr23.083518.1@max.u.washington.edu> 8416629@max.u.washington.edu writes: >Uppss... I guess I didn't make myself clear. When I said disabling the >"Save Changes" box I mean completely disabling that option (in effect >turning it into gray). Windows 3.0 will do this if for some reason >it looses the group information for one of its folders. When this happen, >when exiting Windows, the "Save Changes" will be gray and you won't >be able to click on it. >I was wondering if one can produce this in a more elegant way, since >with the above method, it will also give you an error message each time >you boot up Windows 3.0. > >Since we have several users per workstation, somehow locking the opening Well, I'll try again, Scott. ;-) I would thik that SOMEwhere in either the system.ini or the win.ini files there should be something that pertains to this. I would say poke around and look for anything that is related to defaults for the Windows setup and loading upon initialization. I'll look in mine and let you know if anything pops into my mind... or pops out. - steve -- "Laugh and the world laughs with you... | All disclaimers apply... snore and you sleep alone." | except my own, of course. - anonymous fortune cookie thingy | *** Steve J. White *** <<< aragorn@csd4.csd.uwm.edu >>>
dale@cec2.wustl.edu (Dale Frye) (04/24/91)
In article <1991Apr22.234209.1@max.u.washington.edu> 8416629@max.u.washington.edu writes: >Is there a way to disable the "save changes" box when you are exiting >Windows 3.0? > >Also Is there a way lock the setup of Windows so that eventhough >someone changed the size of the winodows, moved the icons >it all comeback to the same setup next time Windows is rebooted? I created a batch file called WIN.BAT and installed it in a directory that is before C:\win in the path (i.e. path=c:\bat;c:\win...). This batch file does several things. 1: Insures windows is not already running. If so then exit the current DOS shell. 2: Insures the enviroment is set up the way I want. 3: Allows selected programs to be run on exiting windows. (i.e. Autocad R11) This batch file could also copy a fresh copy of win.ini into the win dir. You should also copy progman.ini and all *.grp files. I copy all these files on boot up. Each time a user is finished they logout which preforms a reboot therefore the next person gets a clean copy. I wish Windows allowed multiple win.ini to be merged. A system default merged with a individual user's. Right now windows assumes one person to one machine. I have a student lab where a student could sit at any machine. I have had numerous requests to maintain each student's preferences. ( I mount their personal directory from UNIX via NFS.) Dale Frye Washington University in St. Louis
serge@wam.umd.edu (Serge Knystautas) (04/24/91)
As per your question about saving window sizes and positions, there's a shareware program out there called Aporia which is a substitute for Program Manager which does keep track of window sizes and positions. It takes some getting used to, but it also allows the use of windows within windows, (folders within folders for a Mac user). If you can get used to it, it's great. It even takes up less memory than Program Manager. You should be able to get it without too much problem using FTP, I think the latest version is 1.4 l8r.
icking@gmdzi.gmd.de (Werner Icking) (04/24/91)
aragorn@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Steve J White) writes: >In article <1991Apr23.083518.1@max.u.washington.edu> 8416629@max.u.washington.edu writes: >>Uppss... I guess I didn't make myself clear. When I said disabling the >>"Save Changes" box I mean completely disabling that option (in effect >>turning it into gray). [...] I know a solution which does NOT work. Make the PROGMAN.INI- and all *.GRP-files read-only. Windows honors these seetings, but it crashes if you try e.g. to change the display characteristics from 640x480 to 800x600. Hope this helps (avoiding unneccesary experiments). -- Werner Icking icking@gmdzi.gmd.de (+49 2241) 14-2443 Gesellschaft fuer Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung mbH (GMD) Schloss Birlinghoven, P.O.Box 1240, D-5205 Sankt Augustin 1, FRGermany "Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod."