========== DSHORT 1.1 by C.S. Allin, copyright 2025 Visit my cool website: http://www.crunchyslug.com DSHORT is released under the C.S. Allin DSHORT License 1.0. See license.txt for details. (If you think DSHORT is worth money, please visit my website and consider donating. Every little bit helps me avoid the poor house) ========== DSHORT is an MS-DOS utility that allows you to create special, global shortcuts to MS-DOS programs. Once you create a shortcut you can access it by simply entering its name in the command prompt from anywhere. For example, if you make a shortcut to C:\DOOM\DOOM.EXE then no matter where you are, even if you're in drive A:, you can just type "doom" and it'll launch C:\DOOM\DOOM.EXE. DSHORT and the shortcuts you create with it can also be accessed via the Run command in the Start Menu(if you're running it under Windows, that is). This is a ridiculously useful program and I'm genuinely proud of DSHORT. If I could've released this in the late 80's it would've made me millions, I tell ya. ----------- 1.1 UPDATE! ----------- Fixed a severe bug that made DSHORT choke on paths over 25 characters long. DSHORT 1.0 should be totally disregarded. Pretend it never happened. ------------ INSTALLATION ------------ Step 1: Extract DSHORT.ZIP to C:\. This should create the directory C:\DSHORT and put the file D_INST.BAT in C:\. Step 2: Put the line "call d_inst.bat" at the end of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. This simply adds C:\DSHORT to your PATH environment variable, which is the magic that makes DSHORT shortcuts accessible from anywhere. You could add C:\DSHORT to PATH manually but I think D_INST.BAT makes it a little less annoying. Anyway, reboot. Step 3: There is no step 3. ----- USAGE ----- DSHORT interactively walks you through the process of creating a shortcut. So just run it! ------------- COMPATIBILITY ------------- I haven't been able to test DSHORT on anything but a PC running Windows 98 SE. But theoretically it should be compatible with MS-DOS 3.3 and up. And maybe even earlier versions of MS-DOS if you don't use the call command. ----------- FINAL WORDS ----------- Well, that's it. Enjoy my miraculous magnum opus, DSHORT! If you use MS-DOS(or maybe other flavors of DOS too?) then it's genuinely a game changer.