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1:h2 res=100110 id='PANEL_INSTALL'.
2Installation Instructions
3:p.Pre&endash.requisite(s)&colon.
4:ul.
5:li.WarpIN version 0.9.20 or newer must be installed.
6:eul.
7
8:p.First-time installation or upgrading FM/2&colon.
9:ul.
10
11:li.Install (or re-install) from a FM/2 ZIP file distribution
12:ol.
13:li.Unpack the FM2&asterisk.&per.ZIP archive in a private directory &lpar.for example&comma.
14C&colon.&bsl.FM2&rpar.&per. (UNZIP&per.EXE works nicely to unpack the file&per.)
15Two WPI files, FM2&asterisk.&per.WPI and FM2UTILS&asterisk.&per.WPI will be unzipped.
16:li.Follow the instructions for installing from WPI files below.
17:eol.
18
19:li.Install (or re-install) from a FM/2 WPI file distribution
20:ol.
21:li.If upgrading an existing FM/2, be sure to exit/close any running instances of FM/2 and its utility programs.
22:li.Open the WPS folder containing the WPI file(s).
23:li.Double click on FM2*.WPI. Since WarpIN associates itself
24with WPI files this will start WarpIN with FM2*.WPI as the
25parameter.
26:note.
27If you double click on FM2UTILS*.WPI instead of
28FM2*.WPI, you will only be able to install the FM/2
29Utilities. It is recommended that, even if you only want to
30install FM/2 Utilities, that you do so using FM2*.WPI.
31:li.You may then install FM/2 to a directory of your choice
32and, if FM2UTILS*.WPI is present, install FM/2 Utilities to
33a directory of your choice.
34:eol.
35:eul.
36
37:h3 res=100120 name=PANEL_UNINSTALL.
38De-installing FM&slash.2
39:p.De-installing FM/2 and/or FM/2 Utilities&colon.
40:ol.
41:li.Exit/close any running instances of FM/2 and its utilities.
42:li.Run Warpin without parameters.
43:li.Right click on the package you want to de-install and
44select "de-install all packages".
45:li.Click on OK in the "De-install Packages" window that
46appears.
47:li.Repeat steps 2 and 3 if you want to de-install both packages.
48:eol.
49
50:h3 res=100115 name=PANEL_MOVING.
51Moving FM&slash.2
52:p.Moving FM&slash.2 and/or FM&slash.2 Utilities&colon.
53:ol.
54:li.To preserve any customizations you may have made, copy your existing installation directory to the new
55location.
56:li.If you have added your own icons to any of the FM/2
57folders, then you should move them elsewhere temporarily.
58:li.Follow the instructions for
59:link reftype=hd res=100120.
60de-installing FM/2 and/or FM/2 Utilities
61:elink.&per.
62:li.Re-install to the new location using the
63:link reftype=hd res=100110.
64installation instructions above
65:elink.
66&per. This will update the WarpIN database and
67reset your icons to the new locations.
68:li.Move the icons you saved in step #2, back into the FM/2
69folders if you wish.
70:eol.
71
72:h3 res=100125 name=PANEL_FIRSTTIME.
73Starting FM&slash.2
74:p.Starting FM&slash.2 &endash.&endash. how it works&comma. customizing
75parameters&colon.
76.br
77&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.&endash.
78.br
79If you start File Manager&slash.2 &lpar.filename FM3&per.EXE&rpar. with no
80parameters&comma. it opens the :link reftype=hd res=97600.Drive Tree window:elink.
81but no directory windows &lpar.unless the :link reftype=hd res=97000."Save state of dir windows":elink.
82toggle is checked&per.
83:p.File Manager&slash.2 optionally accepts names of directories in the
84parameters field of its program object&semi. it&apos.ll open a directory window for each
85one&per.
86.br
87Hint&colon. If you often do different specific things with FM&slash.2&comma.
88you might set up a WPS object customized to start up ideally for each activity&per.
89For example&comma. if you wanted to maintain your BBS areas&comma. you might
90have one object with parameters like&colon. "D&colon.&bsl.BBSDIR
91D&colon.&bsl.BBSDIR&bsl.MAILIN
92D&colon.&bsl.BBSDIR&bsl.MAILOUT"&comma. and if you also like to use FM&slash.2
93to set icons on files&comma. you might have another object with parameters like&colon.
94"E&colon.&bsl.MYICONS D&colon.&bsl.NEWFILES"&per. The State :link reftype=hd res=99400.quicklist:elink.
95can also be used for this within FM&slash.2 itself&per.
96:p.You can exclude drives in the parameters by prefacing the drive letter
97with "&slash."&comma. and there can be more than one drive letter behind the
98"&slash." &lpar.i&per.e&per. "&slash.BH" to exclude both drives B&colon. and
99H&colon.&rpar.&per. Hint&colon. Many people like
100to use &slash.B to exclude "phantom" drive B&colon. if they have a
101single&endash.floppy system&per.
102Similarly&comma. you can cause drives NOT to be prescanned by the
103Drive Tree by prefacing the drive letter with "&semi."&comma. drives NOT to load
104icons for objects by prefacing the drive letter with "&comma."&comma. drives NOT
105to load subjects for objects by prefacing the drive letter with "&grave." and
106drives NOT to load longnames for objects by prefacing the drive letter
107with "&apos."&per. This can be handy if you have a very slow drive like a
108CD&endash.ROM or Zip drive&per. FM&slash.2 Lite recognizes these switches&comma. too&per.
109 See also the :link reftype=hd res=99980.Drive Flags dialog:elink. in FM&slash.2&per.
110:p.If you place the plus sign "&plus." &lpar.alone&comma. separated from
111anything else by spaces&rpar. in the parameters&comma. FM&slash.2 will log&comma. to
112FM2&per.LOG&comma. delete&comma. rename&comma.
113move and copy operations that are performed by drag&endash.and&endash.drop or
114with the menus&per. FM&slash.2 Lite recognizes this switch&comma. too&per.
115:p.The parameter "&endash." &lpar.alone&comma. separated from anything else by
116spaces&rpar. causes FM&slash.2 to ignore&comma. not load or save&comma. the previous state of
117directory windows &lpar.see the :link reftype=hd res=97000."Save state of dir windows":elink.
118toggle under Config Menu&endash.&gt.Toggles in the online help&rpar. for that invocation&per.
119:p.You can specify the name of an alternate INI file with "&endash.&lt.inifilename&gt."
120&endash.&endash. for example&comma.
121"&endash.C&colon.&bsl.FM2&bsl.MYINI&per.INI"&per.
122:p.You can also specify the INI file location with the environment variable
123FM2INI &endash.&endash. for example&colon. SET FM2INI&eq.C&colon.&bsl.FM2&bsl.MYINI&per.INI&per.
124
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