And Version 5.0 is:
http://www.h-menu.com/H_menu-EN-Setup.exe
H-Menu is a fully configurable launcher, yet it remains invisible until
activated with the mouse.
Have everything you need just a click away and say goodbye to the START
button and a cluttered Desktop.
Animated Toolbars appear on contact with the screen’s edge, up to two
per side.
H-Menu also supports the use of Cascading Menus and Multimedia
capabilities.
Screen settings can be changed as you launch programs, or use the tray
icon, where you can also access Menu-bars, Dial-Up connections, Sound
controls, End Windows Session, Change Screen with a single click.
Customise H-Menu with animation effects and Separators to group items
together.
The number of Buttons per Bar and their size can be configured and you
can use your own bitmaps as backgrounds. Also you can create many sets
of Buttonbars under different user names and groups, then navigate
between them with links on each of the Buttonbar groups.
Try H-Menu and you will be surprised at the improvement it makes to
using Windows.
Multi-lingual! You can even create your own Language Module.
A. Unpack the H-Menu60.zip file.
B. Copy the 'H_menu.exe' file and the 'mnu' file on top of the old ones
in the H-Menu folder, usually: "C:\Program Files\H_menu"
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WHATS NEW IN H-MENU 6.0
ADVANCED USER OPTIONS
1. H-Menu is now a configurable STARTUP MANAGER.
A folder called Startup is automatically created in your user folder,
Me(H-Menu).
Place shortcuts to the programs that you wish H-Menu to launch at
Startup in the folder.
For example SysTray.lnk & AdaptecDirectCD.lnk
Next assign the start order & delay [in seconds] until the next item
is launched.
Do this by renaming the link with your requirements in brackets
before the file name.
For example (01-02)SysTray.lnk and (02-00)AdaptecDirectCD.lnk
H-Menu will launch Systray first (01) and two seconds later (-02) the
next item.
To enable H-Menu as StartUp Manager, alter it's shortcut in the
Windows StartUp Folder.
It should now read "C:\Program Files\H-menu\H_menu.exe" /StartUp
To bypass your 'StartUp Manager' press Ctrl on H-Menu startup.
2. H-Menu can now Launch Multiple Programs
From a single button launch multiple programs in your defined order.
Create & name a folder, for example MultiLaunch.
In this create shortcuts to the Programs you require to be launched.
Rename the shortcuts, as above, to assign the start order & delay (in
seconds).
Use a text editor to create a .hmb file in the folder for example
MultiLaunch.hmb
No entries are required in this file, which should remain blank.
Drag the .hmb file to an H-Menu Bar to create a Button
Clicking this button will MultiLaunch your desired programs in the
correct sequence.
NEW GLOBAL OPTIONS
1. Automatic Click Folder / Playlist Button
From H-Menu's Systray Icon menu Enable this option.
Hold the cursor over a 'Folder' or 'Music Playlist' button.
It will be pressed for you, opening the folder/list contents menu.
Delay time: 0-2 seconds
2. Desktop Backgound Manager
From H-Menu's Systray Icon menu, choose your Background Image
(.bmp/.gif/.jpg)
Or select a folder of images and H-Menu will cycle through them for
you.
This option can be disabled by pressing Ctrl when H-Menu starts up.
3. User Defined Keyboard Shortcuts for H-Menu items
The 'Change Menu Item' window now allows you to configure shortcuts
to each item.
Select your desired combination from Shift-Ctrl-Alt-LeftWin &
RightWin.
If the button is a Folder or Playlist, the Shortcut opens the menu at
the cursor.
4. Disable an H-Menu Bar
Right-click any item on a bar and select 'Disable Bar' from the menu.
To reactivate it either press 'PrtScn' while invoking the bar, or
Open an active bar & Tab to the disabled bar, right-click an item &
select 'Enable Bar'
Disabled Bar items can still be launched from the Systray Icon &
keyboard shortcuts.
5. Adjust Maximum column width of popup menus.
6. Give eche bar a unique name.
7. After switching screen resoluiton (Tray Icon), Ctrl + Enter (within
10 seconds) will restore previous state.
8. Ser Transparanty for the bars.
9. Enable/disable tooltips for the bars.
Enjoy,
Hans de Vries from Holland
