Sortmenu for Win'98 version 2.0
Copyright '98 Orca Software

Requirements: Windows'98 and the Visual Basic 5 Runtime files

NOTE: 	THIS PROGRAM IS FOR WINDOWS'98 ONLY!! 
	AND IS OF NO USE IF YOU	HAVE WINDOWS'95

Legal stuff:

Use this software at your own risk.  Orca Software cannot be held liable
for any damage, consequential or actual, to hardware, software or data
because of the use of this software.  Orca Software allows you to put
this freeware version of SortMenu software on your homepage for
downloading or give it to a friend, only if you leave it as it is.
You shall not, and will not, reverse engineer, sell, or copy, this Software,
in whole or in part, or include the same on CD's, magnetic disks,
magnetic tape, other electronic or non-electronic media, or use it for
commercial purposes without contacting and receiving written
authorization/permission from Orca Software, first.

Changes from 1.0 to 2.0 :
-New interface
-Multiselection of groups is possible now.
-No need to log off as in version 1.0, Sortmenu 2.0 will reset the   Windows Explorer for you.


Overview:

I found it very annoying, that everytime I installed a new program in 
Win'98, I would have to rearrange the startmenu items by hand.
This handy program will force Windows'98 to sort the startmenu for you.
You will have to reset the Windows explorer before you can see the effects
because Windows has to reread the changes this program makes.
I hope you will find this a usefull program.

Installing:

To keep the distribution file as small as possible,this program has no
setup.Just unzip sortmenu.zip to any place you like.

NOTE:	SORTMENU NEEDS THE VISUAL BASIC 5.0 RUNTIME FILES TO RUN !

Sortmenu was programmed in Visual Basic 5.0.

Visual Basic programs, like Sortmenu, are not "stand alone" programs. 
Like Sortmenu, they need the Visual Basic runtime files to work.  If
you don't know if you have these files, then just try to run Sortmenu.exe
If a message appears about a missing ".dll"  you must first
download the VB5 runtime files from any major shareware site, e.g.,
www.microsoft.com, or from the Orca Software website at:
http://www.horizon.nl/~rvosta.

Running:

Doubleclick the Sortmenu.exe icon to run Sortmenu.

In the listbox you can see all the startmenu groups that can be sorted.
If you haven't added any groups yourself, only the 'Programs' group is
displayed.
Select one or more groups you would like to sort and click 'Sort now'.
If you check your startmenu you will see that nothing has changed... jet.
Exit the Sortmenu program and it will ask you if you want to reset Explorer. Click 'OK' to reset.

Note: Make sure you saved all your data because this will close all
      open applications !!!!

Now take a look again at your startmenu and you will see it has been sorted.

If you would like to have your startmenu sorted every time, just check the
box that says: 'Auto-sort all groups shown, on every startup' and sortmenu
will add a reference to the registry that tells windows to sort the startmenu
on every startup.
Uncheck the box and the reference will be deleted.


That's all, enjoy!

If you like this program and would like to make a small donation, please
send it in a sealed envelope to:

Orca Software P.A.
De Jongsingel 28
5492 CS St Oedenrode
The Netherlands

or to my bankaccount: 13.82.82.056 (Rabobank Nederland)

Please include your email address or email me, so I can thank you!


This will keep me encouraged to keep on writing freeware programs!! 


Be sure to take a look at my homepage for other software released by
Orca Software.

Send all comments or remarks to: rvosta@horizon.nl



