OSWPWLCM - RECREATING THE WELCOME FOLDER 10/19/94 =============================================================== RECREATING THE WELCOME FOLDER =============================================================== Please Read Entire Document for Full Explanation of Procedures ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Welcome folder is used in IBM OS/2 2.00.1, a preloaded OS/2 system. It can be lost by user error or by using the MAKEINI command. The MAKEINI command recreates the desktop for OS/2 2.0, which does not have a Welcome folder or any of the included utilities. The MAKINI command is issued from the command prompt or by pressing Alt+F1 when the system is starting. If you press Alt+F1, a new desktop is created under OS!2_21.0_D. USING WELCOME.CMD TO RECREATE THE WELCOME FOLDER ---------------------------------------------------------------- If you have a modem, you can download the WELCOME.CMD utility from the NSC BBS - (919) 517-0001 and remake your Welcome folder. After downloading the files to a diskette, do the following: 1. Open an OS/2 Window from the Command Prompts folder. 2. Place the diskette containing WELCOME.COM in drive A:. 3. Type A: and press Enter to go to drive A:. 4. Type Welcome and press Enter. This extracts the WELCOME.CMD file. 5. Type C: and press Enter to change to drive C:. 6. Type COPY A:\WELCOME.CMD C: and press Enter. 7. Type Welcome and press Enter. The WELCOME.CMD utility runs and restores the Welcome folder. NOTE: This utility cannot be obtained by the OS/2 Support Line help center. RECREATING THE WELCOME FOLDER ---------------------------------------------------------------- If you cannot download the WELCOME.CMD file, do the following procedures to recreate the Welcome Folder. STEP 1: Creating the Welcome folder ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Open the Templates folder on the desktop. 2. Press and hold the right mouse button to drag a FOLDER template to your desktop. Release the mouse button. Don't place the new icon on top of another. 3. Select the new folder icon to display the pop-up menu. 4. Select arrow to the right of Open to display the menu. 5. Select Settings to display the Settings notebook. 6. Select the File tab and type: Path: C:\OS!2_2.0_D NOTE: C: denotes the drive where OS/2 is located. 7. Select the General tab and type: WELCOME 8. Close the settings notebook. STEP 2: Creating the Welcome & Quick Tour program ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Open the Welcome folder. 2. Open the Templates folder and drag a PROGRAM template to the Welcome folder. The Settings notebook opens automatically each time you drag a program template. For convenience, leave the Templates folder open. 3. Select the Program tab and type: Path and file name: C:\OS2\VIEW.EXE Parameters: QTOUR.INF WELCOME Working directory: C:\OS2\INSTALL\PRELOAD 4. Select the General tab and type: Welcome & Quick Tour 5. Close the settings notebook. STEP 3: Creating the Tutorials folder ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Drag a FOLDER template to the Welcome folder. 2. Open the Settings notebook for the folder (see STEP 1.) 3. Select the File tab and type: Path: C:\OS!2_2.0_D\WELCOME 4. Select General tab and type: Name: Tutorials 5. Close the settings notebook. STEP 4: Creating the DOS User program Folder ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Open the Tutorials folder. 2. Drag a PROGRAM template to the Tutorials folder. 3. In the Program Settings notebook, type: Path and file name: C:\OS2\INSTALL\PRELOAD\DOSUSER.EXE Parameters: D Working directory: C:\OS2\INSTALL\PRELOAD 4. Select the Session tab and ensure that DOS full screen is selected. 5. Select the General tab and type: DOS User 6. Close the settings notebook. STEP 5: Create the System Overview program ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Drag a PROGRAM template to the Tutorials. 2. In the Program Settings notebook, type: Path and file name: C:\OS2\INSTALL\PRELOAD\SYSOVER.EXE Parameters: Working directory: C:\OS2\INSTALL\PRELOAD 3. Select the Session tab and ensure that DOS full screen is selected. 4. Select the General tab and type: System Overview 5. Close the settings notebook. STEP 6: Create the Application Installation Overview program ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Drag a PROGRAM template to the Tutorials folder. 2. In the Program Settings notebook, type: Path and file name: C:\OS2\VIEW.EXE Parameters: INSTALL.INF INSTALLING YOUR APPLICATIONS Working directory: 3. Select the General tab and type: Application Installation Overview 4. Close the settings notebook. STEP 7: Create the Tutorial program ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Drag a PROGRAM template to the Tutorials folder. 2. In the Program Settings notebook, type: Path and file name: TUTORIAL.EXE Parameters: Working directory: C:\OS2\HELP 3. Select the General tab and type: OS/2 Tutorial 4. Close the settings notebook. After creating the Tutorials folder, you can arrange the icons in the folder and then close the Tutorials folder. STEP 8: Creating the Features folder ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Drag a new FOLDER template to the Welcome folder. 2. Open the Settings notebook. 3. Select the File tab and type: Path: C:\OS!2_2.0_D\WELCOME 4. Select the General tab and type: Features 5. Close the settings notebook. STEP 9: Create the Services and Support program ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Open the Features folder. 2. Drag a PROGRAM template to the Features folder. 3. In the Program Setting notebook, type: Path and file name: C:\OS2\VIEW.EXE Parameters: SERVICES.INF SERVICE AND SUPPORT Working directory: C:\OS2\INSTALL\PRELOAD 4. Select the Genral tab and type: Services and Support 5. Close the settings notebook. STEP 10: Create the Your System program ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Drag a PROGRAM template to the Features folder. 2. In the Program Setting notebook, type: Path and file name: C:\OS2\INSTALL\PRELOAD\PRESYS.EXE Parameters: Working directory: C:\OS2\INSTALL\PRELOAD 3. Select the Session tab and ensure that a DOS full screen is selected. 4. Select the General tab and type: Your System 5. Close the settings notebook. After creating the Features folder, you can arrange the icons in the folder and then close the folder. STEP 11: Creating the Applications folder ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Drag a new FOLDER template to the Welcome folder. 2. Open the settings notebook for the folder 3. Select the File tab and type: Path: C:\OS!2_2.0_D\WELCOME 4. Select the General tab and type: Applications 5. Close the settings notebook. NOTE: Some of the applications that can be in the Applications folder are in other sections of OS/2. If you do not want to create shadows of these applications, go to Step 15. STEP 12: Creating a shadow of the Application Installation Overview program ---------------------------------------------------------------- The icon for the Application Installation Overview program is in the Tutorials folder. Create a shadow of this application. Instructions for creating a shadow are in the Master Help Index and in Using the Operating System. STEP 13: Creating a shadow of the Productivity folder ---------------------------------------------------------------- The icon for the Productivity folder is in the OS/2 System folder. Create a shadow of this application for the Applications folder in the Welcome folder. STEP 14: Creating a shadow of the Games folder ---------------------------------------------------------------- The icon for the Games folder is in the OS/2 system folder. Create a shadow of this application for the Applications folder in the Welcome folder. After creating the Applications folder, you can arrange the icons and close the folder. STEP 15: Creating the Configuration Tools folder ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Drag a Folder template to the Welcome folder. 2. Open the Settings notebook for the folder. 3. Select the File tab and type: Path: C:\OS!2_2.0_D\WELCOME 4. Select the General tab and type: Configuration Tools 5. Close the settings notebook. The Configuration Tools folder contains applications that are critical your version of OS/2. This is why you need to recreate the Welcome folder. STEP 16: Creating the Create Utility Diskettes program ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Open the Configuration Tools folder. 2. Drag a PROGRAM template to the Configuration Tools folder. 3. In the Program Setting notebook, type: Path and file name: C:\OS2\INSTALL\PRELOAD\BOOTDISK.EXE Parameters: Working directory: C:\OS2\INSTALL\PRELOAD 4. Select the General tab and type: Create Utility Diskettes 5. Close the settings notebook. STEP 17: Creating the Configure program ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Drag a PROGRAM template to the Configuration Tools folder. 2. In the Program Setting notebook, type: Path and file name: C:\OS2\INSTALL\PRELOAD\CONFIG.EXE Parameters: Working directory: C:\OS2\INSTALL\PRELOAD 3. Select the General tab and type: Configure 4. Close the settings notebook. STEP 18: Creating the Selective Uninstall program ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Drag a PROGRAM template to the Configuration Tools folder. 2. In the Program Setting notebook, type: Path and file name: C:\OS2\INSTALL\PRELOAD\UNINSTAL.EXE Parameters: Working directory: C:\OS2\INSTALL\PRELOAD 3. Select the Gernal tab and type: Selective Uninstall 4. Close the settings notebook. STEP 19: - OPTIONAL You may need to update the CONFIG.SYS if an ALT-F1 key sequence was used. The following line should appear at the bottom of the CONFIG.SYS. DEVICE = C:\OS2\INSTALL\PRELOAD\PREL_IMG.SYS C:\OS2\INSTALL\PRELOAD\WELCOME.RGB 5 To edit the file: 1. Type E CONFIG.SYS at an OS\2 command to start the editor. 2. Page down to the bottom of the file and type: DEVICE = C:\OS2\INSTALL\PRELOAD\PREL_IMG.SYS C:\OS2\INSTALL\PRELOAD\WELCOME.RGB 5 NOTE: This should appear on one line and not be separated on two lines unless the line is too long for the editor and it automatically wraps to the next line. 3. Select File from the menu bar at the top and then select Save. If asked to choose a file type, select TYPE and then Choose the PLAIN TEXT option by selecting the SET button. 4. Close the editor. 5. Type Exit and press Enter to return to the OS/2 command prompt. After rebuilding the Welcome folder, close all the windows on the desktop. Shutdown the sytem and make a backup copy of the OS2.INI and the OS2SYS.INI files in the OS/2 subdirectory. You can copy these files when you start the system from the Utility diskettes. ---------------------------------------------------------------- IBM disclaims all warranties, whether express or implied, including without limitation, warranties of fitness and merchantability with respect to the information in this document. By furnishing this document, IBM grants no licenses to any related patents or copyrights.