Customizing Your DeskMan/2 Installation

Use Custom Installation to:

• install only selected DeskMan/2 components;
• automatically create shadows of selected DeskMan/2 components on your desktop; or
• designate separately the locations for the DeskMan/2 program files, .INI files, .DLL files, .HLP files, .INF files, and archive and repository files.

1. 1.The DeskMan/2 Installation Tool will open the Custom Installation Options Settings Notebook.

   Using this settings notebook, you can specify which components to install, and where to install the various files, with as much personalized attention as you wish.

   Do NOT click on the button labeled Install at this time.

2. On the first page, you can select which DeskMan/2 components to install:
   • Install the DeskMan/2 Object Archive Manager to save and restore objects, and to transport your desktop or selected objects on your desktop to another computer. Installing this component also allows you to install these other objects:
     • the DeskMan/2 Archiving Folder template, which can add a page to each folder's settings notebook allowing you to control automatic archiving for that folder;
     • the DeskMan/2 Archive Object template, which allows you to create additional DeskMan/2 archives;
     • the DeskMan/2 Standard Objects Archive, which allows you to recreate OS/2 standard objects (e.g. information folder and contents, system folder and contents, templates folder); and,
     • the DeskMan/2 Command Line Interface, which allows you write batch files and REXX scripts that use DeskMan/2 functions.
   • Install the DeskMan/2 Workplace Shell Extensions to create and use multiple desktops (the MultiDesk feature), to add access controls to objects and desktops, to generate audit trails, to remove selected items from object, folder, and desktop menus, and to add other productivity enhancements to OS/2's Workplace Shell.

     The WPS Extensions also include:

     • the DeskMan/2 Black Hole, which allows you to remove selected objects from your computer that even the OS/2 Shredder cannot remove (e.g. the shredder itself, desktops, and some templates);
     • the DeskMan/2 LaunchPad, which allows you to selectively remove the Lock up, Shut down, Find, and Window list action buttons; and,
     • the DeskMan/2 Object Explorer which allows you to examine and modify various objects, and to generate REXX files to recreate most objects.
   • Install the DeskMan/2 Configuration Image Facility to save and restore entire desktops (e.g. for disaster recovery or for rapidly reconfiguring your entire computer for a completely different function). The Image Facility provides both a graphical interface (PMImage) and a command line interface (DM/2 Image).
   • Install the VUEMan/2 Desktop Manager to create and use multiple Workspaces on your desktop, each with its own windows and task list. Installing the Desktop Manager will also install the DeskMan/2 Presentation Manager Extensions.

   If you are installing the entire DeskMan/2 suite of programs, be sure all four check boxes are selected, then go on to the next step. DO NOT click on the button labeled Install at this time.

3. Click your <leftmouse button> on the minor tab located along the bottom of the notebook labeled Other objects, and the DeskMan/2 Installation Tool will display page 2 of the Components tab.

   Using this page, you can choose which optional components to install (if a component is displayed in gray, it means the supporting component on the Components page is not selected):

   • Install the DeskMan/2 LaunchPad Object to add the DeskMan/2 LaunchPad template to the templates folder. Use this template to create launchpads from which you can selectively remove the Lock up, Shut down, Find, and Window list action buttons.

     Select Replace Default LaunchPad to automatically add the DeskMan/2 LaunchPad features to all existing OS/2 launchpads.

     Note : The DeskMan/2 LaunchPad is not supported on versions of OS/2 preceding Warp 3.0.

   • Install the DeskMan/2 Archiving Folder to add a new, additional folder template named Folder to the templates folder. Use this template to create folders whose settings notebooks include a page allowing you to control automatic archiving for that folder.

     Select Replace Default Folder, and this page will be added to all existing folders, including the existing OS/2 folder template. An additional folder template will not be added to the template folder.

   • Install the DeskMan/2 Archive Object template to create and use more than one archive - storing some objects locally on your computer and others on a file server, for example.
   • Install the DeskMan/2 Standard Objects Archive if you wish to restore the standard OS/2 objects (e.g. information folder and contents, system folder and contents, templates folder).
   • Install the DeskMan/2 Command Line Interface to pass DeskMan/2 functions directly to objects.
   • Install the DeskMan/2 Black Hole Object to remove objects from your computer that even the OS/2 Shredder cannot remove (e.g. the shredder itself, desktops, and some templates).
   • Install the DeskMan/2 Object Explorer to examine and modify various objects, and to generate REXX files to recreate most objects.
4. Click your left mouse button on the tab along the bottom of the notebook labeled Shadows, and the DeskMan/2 Installation Tool will display page 3 of the Components tab.

   Use the checkboxes on this page to direct the DeskMan/2 Installation Tool to automatically create shadows of the DeskMan/2 components on the desktop and in the System Folder. Set these checkboxes to suit your needs. The DeskMan/2 Installation Tool will create these shadows automatically when it installs the DeskMan/2 programs.

   Note : Do NOT click on the button labeled Create shadows now. Use this button to create these shadows manually after the DeskMan/2 components have been installed if you declined to allow the DeskMan/2 Installation Tool to create them automatically.

5. Click your left mouse button on the tab labeled Paths along the right edge of the settings notebook and the Installation Tool will display a page on which you can designate the locations of the program files.

   Unless you are installing DeskMan/2 on a Remote IPL configuration (the workstation has no disk drive and all files are stored on a file server), DevTech recommends that you locate each of these directories on the target computer.

   Set the desired locations for each type of file.

6. Click your left mouse button on the tab labeled Data locations along the right edge of the settings notebook and the Installation Tool will display a page on which you can designate the locations of the data files.

   Unless you are installing DeskMan/2 on a Remote IPL configuration (the workstation has no disk drive and all files are stored on a file server), DevTech recommends that you locate the .INI files on the target computer. The Archive and Repository directories may be located on the file server.

   Set the desired locations for each item.

7. When you are satisfied with your settings and are ready to install the DeskMan/2 programs, return to page 1 of the Components tab and click your left mouse button once on the button labeled Install.
8. The DeskMan/2 Installation Tool will ask if you wish to save a copy of your Workplace Shell.

   The Configuration Image Facility can automatically save an image of your desktop before installing any programs. This is useful if you find it necessary to later return your system to its initial condition (as if DeskMan/2 had never been installed). DevTech recommends that you enable this facility. In the Do DM/2 WPS Image backup before install? section, be sure the radio button labeled Yes is selected.

   If you enable the DM/2 WPS Image backup, the DeskMan/2 Installation Tool will perform a limited backup during the installation process, storing the Workplace Shell information that is saved on the disk drive containing your operating system only. If you have stored objects on drives other than this drive, they will not be saved at this time.

   Click your left mouse button once on the button labeled Proceed.

9. If this is an initial installation, the DeskMan/2 Installation Tool will ask you for your Customer Name.

   Enter the name under which you wish to register DeskMan/2, then click your left mouse button once on the button labeled OK.

10. The DeskMan/2 Installation Tool will display its progress while saving an image of the WPS and installing the selected components.

    When the backup is complete, the DeskMan/2 Installation Tool will verify the accuracy of the saved image. If the Installation Tool detects a change in the computer's configuration between the start of the backup and the end of the verify procedure, it will display a Warning message. You can choose to either save or discard the backup image, and the installation will continue.

    If, however, the DeskMan/2 Installation Tool encounters a condition that will probably prevent a successful backup, it will display an Error message. The Installation Tool will discard the image and continue with the installation.

    When the DeskMan/2 Installation Tool has successfully completed the installation, it will notify you.

11. Click your left mouse button once on the button labeled OK, and the DeskMan/2 Installation Tool will return you to the DeskMan/2 Installation Tool welcome screen.
12. Click your left mouse button once on the button labeled Exit, and the DeskMan/2 Installation Tool will ask how you wish to change your CONFIG.SYS file - automatically or manually.

    These changes are described in the section on Changes to Your CONFIG.SYS file. Select the desired radio button, and click your left mouse button once on the button labeled OK.

13. The DeskMan/2 Installation Tool will return you to your desktop.
14. Shut down your computer using the Shut down item on the desktop pop-up menu, then restart your computer to complete the installation.