              	      KudoŽ for Windows ReadMe file
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Installation:

This documents all the changes that the Kudo installer makes when installing
Kudo:

- Application files are copied to the target directory, typically c:\kudo

- The installer searches for the Microsoft OLE 2.0 DLLs on your machine. Three 
things can happen as a result of this search:

	1) If they are found (as the result of someone having installed 
	another OLE 2.0 compliant application), and they are of the same or 
	a newer version as the copies that Kudo is shipped with, then nothing
	is done.  

	2) If they are found but are of an older version than the 
	copies Kudo is shipped with, then the Kudo installer will copy its
	newer versions over the existing ones, wherever it might find them 
	on your machine.

	3) If they are not found, Kudo places new copies of all the OLE 2.0 
	DLLs into your windows\system directory.

The OLE 2.0 DLLs are functionally an extension to the Windows 3.1 operating 
system, and so are effectively not a part of Kudo at all.  This means that,
once installed, they are available for all applications that support OLE 2.0,
and need not be installed more than once.  Other OLE 2.0 compliant applications
will generally observe this convention, and will not duplicate these files in
their installation if they are already present.  For this reason, if you 
un-install Kudo, it may be risky to remove these files unless you are certain
there are not other applications that rely on them.  The OLE 2.0 DLLs are:

	ole2.dll
	ole2conv.dll
	ole2disp.dll
	ole2nls.dll
	ole2prox.dll
	compobj.dll
	storage.dll

- An additional DLL, BWCC.DLL is installed following an identical procedure
to the OLE DLLs.  This file fills a support function and is shipped with
many applications.

- The Kudo installer determines if it needs to modify AUTOEXEC.BAT.  You will 
be prompted before it modifies the file.  If you agree to modification, the 
line:
	SHARE.EXE /L:500 /F:5100

will be added to AUTOEXEC.BAT.  If there is already a line present that loads 
SHARE, then that line will be modified to ensure that the /L and /F options 
are at least as large as the amount that Kudo requires.

- The Kudo installer then registers Kudo as an application with Windows, 
and takes care of registering OLE 2.0 on your machine.  Effectively, this 
modifies the registration database, REG.DAT, in your windows directory, and 
indirectly, your WIN.INI file.  It is accomplished by running REGEDIT.EXE
with the files OLE2.REG and KUDO.REG, which are installed to your target Kudo 
directory.  This operation can be repeated manually if REG.DAT ever becomes 
corrupted, see tech note file "REGEDIT.TXT".

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Known Installation Problems:

Two situations have been observed to cause problems with the installer:

1) Installing to a PC that is configured as a diskless workstation can confuse
the installer as to the whereabouts of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.  In this 
situation, the installer generally cannot access your boot drive.  When the
installer attempts to modify your autoexec file, it will probably come 
up with a path to an AUTOEXEC.BAT that doesn't exist, such as A:\AUTOEXEC.BAT.
If this happens, you will need to make the modifications yourself. Select
the option to NOT have the Kudo installer modify your autoexec file, and
then, after the installation is complete, manually add the line:
		<path>\SHARE.EXE /L:500 /F:5100
to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.  <path> is the full path to your DOS directory 
(or wherever SHARE.EXE exists).  The /L & /F options are suggested minimums.
If you are already loading SHARE in your autoexec, then you only need to
ensure that you add the command line options to the SHARE statement.  If
the options are already there, and they are larger, then leave them alone.
If they are there but are smaller, then use the values suggested here.
You will need to reboot your computer for this change to take effect.

2) Installing to a network version of Windows can cause problems if the
user does not have write privileges to some of the Windows directories.
The Kudo installer may need to add some DLL's to your current windows\system
directory.  This directory will often be on a networked drive that is read-
only when you are running a network version of Windows.  You will get messages
to the effect of "Can't write to file ... due to read-only protection...", etc.
This indicates that you will need to have the network supervisor run the
installation in supervisor mode to obtain proper write access to the 
necessary directories.

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