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CONTENTS OF THIS FILE

   COPYRIGHT NOTICE
   CONDITIONS OF USE
   DISCLAIMER
   DISTRIBUTION
   FILES INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE
   INSTALLATION
   UNINSTALLING CHORES
   MORE DETAILS
   FURTHER INFORMATION

COPYRIGHT NOTICE

The Chores DOS Scheduler and all accompanying files are copyright© (2000) to the author

Henry Bartlett
    237 Peel Street
    LAUNCESTON
    Tasmania
    Australia 7250
email: habitsoft@gmail.com

and may not be copied, decompiled or changed in any manner except as authorised by the copyright holder.


CONDITIONS OF USE

You may use CHORES free of charge for as long as you wish except that if you find it useful, you are requested to contact the author by postcard or email to the address above to let him know that you are using CHORES.

Any suggestions (preferably constructive) as to improvements are welcome. All information received in this way will be held in strict confidence and not used for spam nor made available to others.


DISCLAIMER

The author/developer disclaims all warranties as to this software, whether express or implied, including without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

The author has tried to ensure that programming errors in CHORES have been reduced to a minimum and that the program functions correctly but the author cannot be held responsible for any losses sustained through the use of CHORES.


DISTRIBUTION

CHORES may not be included in any commercial package or in any Cover disk without the author's explicit permission. Otherwise, you may copy CHORES and distribute CHORES freely provided:

  1. that the distribution package is copied complete.
    (that is all files are included and no changes are made to any files that form part of the package)
  2. that no charge be made for the media containing CHORES that is more than the reasonable retail cost of the blank media.

Users of CHORES who have suggestions about improvements or who find any problems in the use of CHORES are invited to contact the author.

email: habitsoft@gmail.com


FILES INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE

README.TXT - this file
CHORES.EXE - the CHORES program file
CHORES.INI - CHORES information and help file combined.


INSTALLATION

  1. Copy CHORES.EXE to a suitable directory (eg C:\utils) and CHORES.INI to the location from where it will be called.
    (eg C:\ if you will be calling it from AUTOEXEC.BAT.)
  2. Place a line similar to the following early in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file
    C:\XXXX\Chores.exe
    where C:\XXX is the directory you copied CHORES.EXE to.
  3. Open CHORES.INI in a text editor such as NOTEPAD or HABEdit and read carefully the comment lines (those commencing with ').
  4. Modify the data lines (those without ') so that all DOS programs that you wish to run on a regular basis are listed.
    <&nbsp; (Make sure to delete any references to programs that you do not have installed or do not wish to run.) .
    <&nbsp;

UNINSTALLING CHORES

  1. Delete the CHORES.EXE and CHORES.INI files.
    <&nbsp;
  2. Edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to remove the reference to CHORES.

FOR MORE DETAILS

Check the Chores Ini Page or use a text editor to read the CHORES.INI file.


FURTHER INFORMATION

For further information, contact

Henry Bartlett
email: habitsoft@gmail.com


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