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.* Start up
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.* Copyright (c) 1993-98 M. Kimes
.* Copyright (c) 2009 Steven H.Levine
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.* 29 Dec 09 SHL Split from install.ipf
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:h1 res=100125 name=PANEL_FIRSTTIME. Starting FM&slash.2
:p.
If you start File Manager&slash.2 &lpar.filename FM3&per.EXE&rpar. with no
command line parameters&comma. it opens the  :link reftype=hd res=97600.Drive Tree window:elink.
but no directory windows &lpar.unless the :link reftype=hd res=97000."Save state of dir windows":elink.
toggle is checked&per.
:p.File Manager&slash.2 optionally accepts names of directories in the
parameters field of its program object&semi. it willopen a directory window for each
one&per.
:p.
Hint&colon.  If you often do different specific things with FM&slash.2&comma.
you might set up a WPS object customized to start up ideally for each activity&per.
For example&comma. if you wanted to maintain your BBS areas&comma. you might
have one object with parameters like&colon. "D&colon.&bsl.BBSDIR
D&colon.&bsl.BBSDIR&bsl.MAILIN
D&colon.&bsl.BBSDIR&bsl.MAILOUT"&comma. and if you also like to use FM&slash.2
to set icons on files&comma. you might have another object with parameters like&colon.
"E&colon.&bsl.MYICONS D&colon.&bsl.NEWFILES"&per.  The State :link reftype=hd res=99400.quicklist:elink.
can also be used for this within FM&slash.2 itself&per.
:p.You can exclude drives in the parameters by prefacing the drive letter
with "&slash."&comma. and there can be more than one drive letter behind the
"&slash." &lpar.i&per.e&per. "&slash.BH" to exclude both drives B&colon. and
H&colon.&rpar.&per.  Hint&colon.  Many people like
to use &slash.B to exclude "phantom" drive B&colon. if they have a
single&endash.floppy system&per.
Similarly&comma. you can cause drives NOT to be prescanned by the
Drive Tree by prefacing the drive letter with "&semi."&comma. drives NOT to load
icons for objects by prefacing the drive letter with "&comma."&comma. drives NOT
to load subjects for objects by prefacing the drive letter with "&grave." and
drives NOT to load longnames for objects by prefacing the drive letter
with "&apos."&per.  This can be handy if you have a very slow drive like a
CD&endash.ROM or Zip drive&per.  FM&slash.2 Lite recognizes these switches&comma. too&per.
 See also the :link reftype=hd res=99980.Drive Flags dialog:elink. in FM&slash.2&per.
:p.If you place the plus sign "&plus." &lpar.alone&comma. separated from
anything else by spaces&rpar. in the parameters&comma. FM&slash.2 will log&comma. to
FM2&per.LOG&comma. delete&comma. rename&comma.
move and copy operations that are performed by drag&endash.and&endash.drop or
with the menus&per.  FM&slash.2 Lite recognizes this switch&comma. too&per.
:p.The parameter "&endash." &lpar.alone&comma. separated from anything else by
spaces&rpar. causes FM&slash.2 to ignore&comma. not load or save&comma. the previous state of
directory windows &lpar.see the :link reftype=hd res=97000."Save state of dir windows":elink.
toggle under Config Menu&endash.&gt.Toggles in the online help&rpar. for that invocation&per.
:p.You can specify the name of an alternate INI file with "&endash.&lt.inifilename&gt."
&endash.&endash. for example&comma.
"&endash.C&colon.&bsl.FM2&bsl.MYINI&per.INI"&per.
:p.You can also specify the INI file location with the environment variable
FM3INI &endash.&endash. for example&colon.  SET FM2INI&eq.C&colon.&bsl.FM2&bsl.MYINI&per.INI&per.