WTY-QLaunch 1.1 Freeware release

1.0 Introduction
- 1.1 History
2.0 Legal stuff
- 2.1 Disclaimer
- 2.2 Reverse engineering
- 2.3 Use of the software
- 2.4 Distribution policy
- 2.5 Privacy statement
3.0 How to contact us
4.0 Installing and using WTY-QLaunch
- 4.1 Installing WTY-QLaunch
- 4.2 Uninstalling WTY-QLaunch
- 4.3 Using WTY-QLaunch
- 4.4 Known issues
  - 4.4.1 Icon colors are distorted
  - 4.4.2 Icon is not replaced when changing it trough the link properties dialog

1.0 Introduction:

WTY-QLaunch is a small application that enables you to organize your programs and documents and to start/access them quickly from the status bar of Windows (95,98,NT, XP, 2000).

1.1 History

1.1 A GUI update, added more folders and a new install / uninstall system.
1.0 The first public release.

2.0 Legal stuff

This agreement is between you and WTY Soft. It contains important parts such as the disclaimer and our distribution policy. Read this agreement before using and/or distributing the software. By using and/or distributing the software, you are bound to the terms of this agreement. Should any part of this agreement found to be invalid or illegal by a court the remainder of this agreement will not be affected. All rights not expressly granted here are reserved by WTY Soft. This license is governed by the laws of The Netherlands, EC.

2.1 Disclaimer

THIS SOFTWARE ("WTY-QLaunch VERSION 1.1") IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. WTY SOFT SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTIONS, LOSS OF DATA AND THE LIKE) ARISING FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE, EVEN IF WTY SOFT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL WTY SOFT'S ENTIRE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU FOR THIS SOFTWARE.

2.2 Reverse Engineering

You may not modify, de-compile, disassemble or otherwise reverse engineer the product. Any such unauthorized use shall result in immediate termination of this license and may result in criminal and / or civil prosecution.

2.3 Use of the Software

Although this package is freeware, it's use is subject to this license agreement. This means you may only use this software when you fully agree and comply with this license agreement.
The license granted by this license agreement is non-exclusive and valid for both commercial and non-commercial use.

2.4 Distribution Policy

You may distribute this package when you comply with all of the following conditions:

You will include ALL files from the original package.
You will NOT ALTER any of the files is the package.
You will NOT SELL the product.
Distribution methods other than those listed below are considered selling.
- PHYSICAL MEDIA DISTRIBUTION: This package may be freely distributed on diskette, CD-ROMs etc. A distribution fee up to 5 Euro may be asked to distribute the media containing the package. This does not include BOOKWARE distributions (See below).
- ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION: This package may be freely distributed through any electronic distribution method, as long as it is publicly accessible and free of charge (no access fees, extra telephone costs etc.).
- BOOKWARE: WTY Soft does NOT consider book-ware distribution (disk/CD included with a book or magazine) to be freeware. Contact us if you want to use this method of distribution.
You will cease distribution of this package within a reasonable period after an explicit request from WTY Soft, and accept all arising costs.

2.5 Privacy Statement

WTY Soft respects your privacy. Therefore we guarantee that this software does not contain any kind of so-called "spyware" components. In case your email address is known to WTY Soft (e.g. from mail send to us with your questions or remarks), it will be used only for 'normal' one-on-one communication.

3.0 How to contact us

If you find bugs, have suggestions or questions about this program just send us an email. You can also look at our website, here you will find the latest version of this program and other programs by WTY Soft.

E-mail: info@wtysoft.com
Website: www.wtysoft.com

4.0 Installing and using WTY-QLaunch

4.1 Installing WTY-QLaunch

To install QLaunch just start QLaunch.exe. Follow the directions given by the installation program.

4.2 Uninstalling WTY-QLaunch

Use the standard software uninstall window from the control panel. The un-install program will remove the registry entries and the optional startup group link.

The registry keys used by QLaunch are:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\QLaunch\DisplayName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\QLaunch\UninstallString

The uninstall program will prompt you to remove the files manually. To simplify this task the QLaunch application folder will be opened.

4.3 Using WTY-QLaunch

After installing QLaunch a link to notepad (or possibly another program that handles the .txt files on your system) is visible in the status bar.

If you click on it with the left mouse button the text document is opened in an editor.
If you click on it with the right mouse button the QLaunch menu pops up.

This menu will contain two default links which are created in the installation procedure. If you click on a link with the left mouse button the link is opened in the associated program.
If you click on a link with the right mouse button a menu pops up.

In the popup menu mentioned above, you see the menu item 'open folder 0', if you click on this item a folder is opened that contains links to the files that are currently visible in the menu. You can drag links to this folder to add them to the menu (under 'folders' you can find links that you might want to use). Deleting links will remove them from the menu. QLaunch will use the associated viewer to launch the file when it is started, so you can drag every file type to this column. All links in the folder will be visible in the menu for column 0. Note that a menu can contain a maximum of 16 links.

The sequence of the links can be ordered in the menu by dragging the icons to another position. The sequence information is stored in the 'qlaunch.dat' file created in the column directory. Do not manually alter this file, deleting it will result in the recreation of the file by QLaunch, the prior defined sequence is then of course lost.

You can also add folders. Go to the menu, 'folders', 'QLaunch', here you see folder '0'. You can add folders '1' to '15' (maximum of 16 folders).

There are some points to keep in mind:

The folder should be numeric and the folder 'below' it should exist. E.g. when you create folder '3' it will not be seen by QLaunch unless folders '0', '1' and '2' already exist.
After adding a folder you have to use the 'restart' button in the menu to add the new menu to the status bar. Restarting your computer, or closing and restarting QLaunch will also work.
It is not possible to start the menu from empty folders.

4.4 Known issues

4.4.1 Icon colors are distorted

The status bar in certain versions of windows uses 16 colors. This means high color icons will be dithered. You can solve this 'problem' by selecting the link properties (right mouse click in the explorer window) and change it to a 16 color icon.

4.4.2 Icon is not replaced when changing it trough the link properties dialog

When the icon is changed through the link properties it is updated in the explorer window but not in Qlauch. This is a known issue in certain recent windows versions.

You can solve the problem by disabling the Indexing service for the lnk file using the following steps:

Use the 'open folder' menu item to open the explorer folder containing the link file.
Right click on the required lnk file and select properties.
On the properties dialog select the 'general' tab and click on the 'advanced' button.
Make sure the entry 'For fast searching, allow indexing service to index this file' is unchecked.