Exploring Windows(R) News - December 9, 1997

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CREATING A BOOT DISK
A boot, or system disk will get you to a command prompt in the event
that you have trouble booting your system. (Note: Different from the
Windows 95 Startup disk, a system disk does not include any diagnostic
or repair tools--it simply gets you to an MS-DOS prompt.) To create one,
start with a blank, formatted disk. To format a disk, right-mouse click
on your floppy drive icon, select format and choose from the Quick
(erase) or Full options. With a formatted disk in the floppy drive,
right-mouse click on the drive's icon, select Format and choose Copy
System Files Only. Click OK, and Windows 95 will copy Command.com,
Io.sys, Msdos.sys and Drvspace.bin (if applicable) to the disk. Why do
you need this disk if all of these files are on the Startup Disk? Well,
it never hurts to have a backup of the crucial files.

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NEW ICONS FOR YOUR SHORTCUTS
When you create shortcuts to executable files, folders or network
drives, you may want to customize the icons Windows 95 uses for those
shortcuts. Maybe you want to use an icon that more accurately represents
the task performed by the shortcut. Fortunately, changing a shortcut's
icon is a snap. To assign a new icon to a particular shortcut, simply
right-click the shortcut and select the Properties command from the
context menu. When you see the shortcut's properties sheet, click the
Shortcut tab. Then, click the Change Icon... button. (If the shortcut is
to an MS-DOS program, you'll find the Change Icon... button on the
Program tab.) Once the Change Icon dialog box appears, you can select
any one of the icons in the Current icon list. To see all the icons in
the file, simply use the scroll bar.


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