
BYTE BUiLDERS INDUSTRIES Calmira DOS Pre-Boot Cleaner

Version Date:  July 9, 1999@1:30P

Price:
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Free, just like Calmira.  Isn't that just faboo?

Description:
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This program goes through your Calmira.INI and optionally, Start.INI to
remove any references to files/directories entered, that no longer exist.
This will clean up [Window positions], [Icons] and [IconSources], so that
unused/missing files won't be read in.  Old directories that have long since
gone, won't still hold a line in Calmira.INI.  The entire [Window Positions]
field gets sorted, so a size of 800 folders that don't exist will only pause
your startup a few seconds.  The actual change will give Calmira more of it's
resource space back and will cause less crashes.

Insert this command just prior to the WIN command in your AUTOEXEC.BAT.
[EG:   CALCLEAN /DRIVES=ACDE /CALMIRA=C:\CALMIRA /START=AE]

Options:
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 /START[=AB] Remove missing entries from Start Menu as well as Calmira.INI
             [Note:  You can specify drives, if not /DRIVES below are used.]

 The Start Menu is notoriously bad at being bloated by poorly installed
 software, via poorly written installers.  Therefore, it'll clean up any
 entries that no longer exist, with the exception of the main menu.  If it
 blanks a menu, it will leave a "holder", to still offer the menu, but with a
 blank entry inside, (it's name will say what happened).  If you use /START,
 the /DRIVES will be selected if you do not specify ones to directly use.  The
 reason /START offers drive selections, is you may not want your CD ROM driven
 programs to lose entries because the disc wasn't in the drive when you booted.
 [Warning:  IMGINDEX.DAT and BMPCACHE.BMP are deleted if the Start Menu is
  edited, so that the icons are re-read.  Some removable drives may lose their
  icons.  Sorry!]


 /DRIVES=ABC Select drives to test for validity in all areas of Calmira.INI
             [Note:  Specifying floppies/cdroms will cause them to activate.]

 Drives specifies what drives you want Calmira's Window Positions, Icons,
 Icon Sources and possibly (if selected), Start Menu programs, to be checked
 against, to see if the files/folders are gone.  If so, remove the entries as
 they're no longer of any use and are just eating valuable resources.


 /CALMIRA=.. Path where Calmira is.  [EG:  /CALMIRA=C:\CALMIRA]

 This is where Calmira resides.  If you have this in the Windows directory,
 you still MUST /CALMIRA=C:\WINDOWS otherwise, the program cannot find the
 files it's to work with.  You MUST specify where it can work.

Sample part of an AUTOEXEC.BAT:  (Copy CALCLEAN.EXE in your path anywhere.)

PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM;C:\DOS
CALCLEAN /CALMIRA=C:\CALMIRA /DRIVES=ACD /START=AD
WIN

Support:
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Bugs?  Well, apparently there is one.  It doesn't do anything harmful, just
doesn't DO anything at all!  If you run out of disk space, your original
file (if it's saved over) is actually renamed to:  Calmira.BBI and Start.BBI.
Those two will be your most recent originals.

If you need to contact us with a bug, tell us the Pgm Error which will have a
number and where.  If possible, email us a copy of your Calmira.INI, your
Start.INI and your AUTOEXEC.BAT, so we can have a look and do a test to see
if we can reproduce it here.

Support@BYTEBUiLDERS.COM
