Q97843: Addicons Adds Program Groups and Icons to Program Manager

Article: Q97843
Product(s): Microsoft LAN Manager
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Last Modified: 30-JUL-2001

SUMMARY
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Because LAN Manager 2.2 setup is MS-DOS-based and requires dynamic data
exchange, Setup uses the Addicons utility as a proxy to add icons to the Program
Manager.

During installation, Setup creates an ADDICONS.INI file--which describes what
program groups to create and what icons to put in them--then adds Addicons to
the LOAD= line of WIN.INI.

The first time Windows is loaded after LAN Manager setup, Addicons reads its .INI
file, adds the groups and icons, removes itself from the WIN.INI LOAD= line, and
exits.

Here is a sample .INI file in which two groups are made: Group1 (LAN Manager) has
one program added, and TestGrp (The cool test group!) has two programs added.

[groups]
 group1=LAN Manager
 TestGrp=The cool test group!

[group1]
 1=NetAdmin,c:\lm22.dos\netprog\netadmin.exe

[TestGrp]
 1=notepad,notepad.exe
 2=Wonder Term, c:\windows\bogus\path\to\wondtrm.exe

Additional query words: 2.00 2.10 a 2.20

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