dcc@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Daniel Creswell) (05/10/91)
Currently the onlyt other option I am aware of is the MS-DOS executive which is a duplicate of the front-end used in Windows 2.11. To run it edit system.ini where (near the top) there is a line 'shell=progman.exe'. Change this line to read 'shell=msdos.exe' and then when you run Windows next time you'll get the Exec. It doesn't have icons but it does use a lot less memory. Thats it, Dan.
swh@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com (Steve Harrold) (05/10/91)
Try the USHER utility as a direct replacement for MS Program Manager. It's available at cica.cica.indiana.edu (129.79.20.22) in /pub/pc/win3/util. It allows you to design a system of popup menus to select applications to launch (am told it is a look-alike for X-windows). The topmost menu is triggered by clicking on an unused area of the Windows desktop.
tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen) (05/14/91)
Steve Harrold <swh@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com> writes: > Try the USHER utility as a direct replacement for MS Program Manager. > It's available at cica.cica.indiana.edu (129.79.20.22) in /pub/pc/win3/util. Other alternatives are Aporia (an object-oriented desktop) and Deus (a Macintosh Finder-like manager). Both are available at cica. [ \tom haapanen --- university of waterloo --- tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu ] [ "i don't even know what street canada is on" -- al capone ]
raisch@Control.COM (Robert Raisch) (05/17/91)
USE **USHER**!!!! It's on cica. It's a menu based shell. It's a lot like what a GUI *should* offer. It's trick. Usher allows you to make cascading menus that appear when you mouse on the root window, and selecting a menu item launches an app. Much like a window manager under X. I use it. I love it. I'm sending in my check. (It's cheap too.) /rr -- "I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti." -Lector
indra@brahms.amd.com (Indra Singhal) (05/20/91)
In the commercial area, hDC Windows Express is nice. It organizes the
desktop like a filing cabinet in a hierarchical way. You can have the
same program appear in multiple folders, if it makes sense with no
penalty.
It will take a .grp file from program manager and incorporate it into
its own scheme. It also allows you interactive inclusion of parameters
and will show you a menu of any target drive you specify.
Program manager with all groups iconized uses up about 14% of the
resources Express only uses about 3 and the size of folder has no effect
on the resources used.
Check it out!
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