IconPlucker Help

June 2002

Definitive Solutions, Inc.

 

 

Introduction

IconPlucker © searches your system for icons, and allows you to copy them to the Windows clipboard, or save them as ICO or BMP files. It should probably run on Windows 95 or later, and has been tested on Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000.

 

 

Installation and UnInstallation

To install IconPlucker, just put the "IconPlucker.exe" file anywhere you want.

To uninstall IconPlucker, just delete the "IconPlucker.exe" file, the "_IconPlucker.log" file (if it exists), and the "IconPluckerHelp.html" file (if it exists). Also, there will be a tiny amount of information stored in your Registry by IconPlucker. This is neither a vast conspiracy nor the result of sloppy programming; it is simply a side-effect of the way the Registry works. Despite what you may have read, leaving this information in the Registry will do your system no harm. (However, if you wish, and we do not recommend this, you can delete the "HKCU \ Software \ Definitive Solutions \ IconPlucker" value in the Registry. If you decide to do this, you should be aware that playing around with the Registry is a good way to damage your system's software beyond repair, and do so at your own risk.)

 

 

Features

Yeah, there are a lot of programs like this in the world, so why did I write another? Because of the others I tried, all of them either (a) were crappy, (b) cost too much, and/or (c) didn't work the way I wanted.

What I wanted to do was, I thought, simple: tell the program to scan all my hard drives (and CD, ZIP, network drives, whatever) all at once, go get a cup of coffee, and then automatically (using the middle mouse button) scroll through the list of images until I found one I liked. I wanted to be able to leave this list of images up all day long – I didn't want to have to exit the program or reboot just to get any work done. Also, it had to have these features:

 

 

Registration

Here's the deal. Try IconPlucker for as long as you want. If you decide you can use it, use the "Help | Register" menu item to register it. When you register it, you'll get an email back that gives you a "Registration Key". When you enter the Key into the program, it makes those annoying "Register" screens go away. (It's only $4.95, for heaven's sake!)

If, on the other hand, you decide you can't use it, you can uninstall it (or not).

 

 

Known Bugs

A couple of things don't work, so don't try them:

 

 

Bugs and Suggestions

Due to the infinite combination of hardware, firmware, wetware, operating systems, device drivers, patches, service packs, DLLs, and system settings present in the world, there is no way to guarantee this program will work on your machine. If you're running Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT 4, it should work fine. If you're running Windows 98, Windows 98SE, or Windows ME, it probably will work fine. If you're running Windows 95, it's time to upgrade, but IconPlucker might still work.

That being said, if you find a bug, let me know at IconPlucker@DefinitiveSolutions.com. It may be fixed in some future revision. (If it's easy to fix, I'll do so and send you a new version to try.) NOTE: If you email me about a bug, save us both some time: tell me what operating system you're using, and exactly (don't paraphrase) what the error message says. Also, use the "Help | Enable Logging" menu item to enable logging, run the program again and re-create the problem, and then email me the "_IconPlucker.log" file that was generated when the problem occurs. (For the paranoid: the "_IconPlucker.log" file is a plain ASCII text file, so you can use NotePad or whatever to view it before sending it to me.)

If you have an idea for a feature, let me know.

 

 

Conclusion

Thanks for trying IconPlucker. Visit our website at www.DefinitiveSolutions.com for more inexpensive software.