Last Minute Bugs & Warnings

 WARNINGS:

 Because this program provides the user with great  potential  to  expedite
 the organization and management of directories and files, it also  enables
 the user to do great harm to themselves if they do not  think  about  what
 they are doing.  The following warnings pertain:

   1.  MOVE Option (option 'M')  -   Please be very careful when using  the 
       move  option not to 'move'  critical system and hidden files  unless 
       you  are  sure  you  know  what you are doing.   DO  NOT  UNDER  ANY 
       CIRCUMSTANCE  attempt  to move the critical operating  system  files 
       ("msdos.sys"  &  "io.sys"   or similar on your system).   Such files 
       (found in the root directory of your boot drive)  need to be located 
       in  specific positions on your disk to enable proper booting of  the 
       computer.   Moving such files could prevent you from being  able  to 
       boot your system. 

   2.  DELETE Option (option 'Alt-D') -  Please be aware that currently the 
       default  answer  to  the  "Are your sure you want  to  delete  these 
       files?" question in the delete option is YES.   If you really DO NOT 
       want  to  delete ALL THE CURRENTLY TAGGED  FILES,  then  answer  the 
       question with a "N"  or hit the "ESC"  key.   Hitting any other  key
       (including the  carriage return key)  will delete  the tagged files. 
 
   3.  This  program depends heavily on successfully  reading  and  writing 
       global/drive data  to files,  the following procedure should be kept 
       in   mind.  Should the user experience any hangups after   initially 
       successful  use of the program,  it is  recommended  that  the  user 
       delete the "ds_globl.log", "ds_drv_?.log" and, as a last resort, the 
       "ds_prog.def" files.  The program will create the foregoing files if  
       it   does  not  find them and this may clear up any hangups   should  
       one  or  more  of those files get  messed  up  during a  write  file 
       operation. 

   4.  If the user changes display monitors (mono to  color,  or  color  to
       mono) the user will have to delete the "ds_globl.log" file to  force
       the DS program to recognize that a  new  display  monitor  has  been
       installed.

   5.  If using the Logitech Mouse software provided by Tom LaChe',  please
       note that the mouse driver software must be loaded into  the  system
       prior to the startup/execution of the Directory Scanner program.

   6.  Users of previous versions of this program should ensure they remove
       all files from any  previous  version  of the  program  to a  backup
       floppy so that this new version  will not  attempt  to use  outdated
       files.  You CAN copy over the "DS_PROG.DEF" file from  version  4.00
       to this version 4.10. This should preserve your defined  macros  and
       directory links; however, REVIEW YOUR DEFAULTS (USING ALT-F10) PRIOR
       TO USING THEM, AS VERSION 4.10 SHOULD  CONVERT  THE FILE FORMAT FROM
       VERSION 4.00  TO  4.10  WHEN  YOU  REVIEW  THEM.  DO  NOT  copy  the
       "DS_GLOBL.LOG" file from a previous version to this version.