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Desktop Integration This section outlines how to integrate TCI into the Windows desktop for easier access to TCI features. Use these instructions if you are running a fairly standard Windows configuration. If you have altered your Windows desktop properties substantially, you may need to take those changes into account. Creating Explorer Shortcuts to TCI The TCI installation program normally creates a program group which appears on the Start Menu under Programs, and includes items which start TCI or its online help. If you want to create additional shortcuts elsewhere on the Start menu, or modify the Programs entries, click the right mouse button (right click) in an open area of the Task Bar, and select Properties on the popup menu. Select the Advanced tab, then the Start Menu Programs tab to modify or adjust the menus as required, as you would for any other Start Menu entry. You can also create one or more shortcuts on the desktop to run TCI. To do so right click in any open area of the desktop. On the popup menu click New, then Shortcut. Fill in the drive and path for d:\path\TCI.EXE (use the appropriate drive and path for your system). Add any other command line options you wish to set to the end of the line. No additional settings are necessary. The only required item is the drive and path for TCI.EXE. However, you can put command line switches or a command at the end of the command line for any shortcut. This allows you to run specific commands or set configuration options when you start TCI from that shortcut. See Command Line Options for details.
Shortcuts on the desktop can be activated by "double clicking" your pointer device, or (when highlighted) by the Enter key on the keyboard. You may also modify the "Properties" of a desktop shortcut by specifying a "shortcut key", which will activate it from your keyboard. Warning: if you rename (or move to another directory) a shortcut (link) file which had a shortcut key assigned, that assignment continues to point to the original file, which no longer exists. Creating Explorer Context Menu Entries Windows Explorer offers the ability to define new entries that will appear in the right click menu for various desktop objects such as files, directories and drives. Double-clicking on an icon triggers the default action (typically the open action) for the file type represented by that icon, but you can create additional entries and/or change the default to a different existing entry. While the FTYPE command can be used to change the command associated with the default action, more extensive changes will require the File Types Explorer dialog (under the Tools/Folder Options menu) or direct modification of the Windows Registry. Select the method with which you are most comfortable. Many users find it convenient to add a TCI Prompt Here option for directories (folders). Some Windows configurations already include a DOS Prompt Here which is typically hard-coded to point to CMD.EXE but can be readily adjusted to point to the program of your choice. As usual when dealing with the Registry, use caution and make sure you have a backup! |