Fake Format

Version:	1.05
File Date:	Friday, November 26, 1999 4:15:40 PM
File Size:	158 KB
License:	Freeware
Company:	RJL Software (live link)
Support:	support@rjlsoftware.com

Fake Format simulates the Windows format functionality. Once the program is run, no matter which buttons are chosen Fake Format starts to format the drive. The user is unable to stop, interrupt, or cancel this format. Once the fake formatting is complete, the standard Windows format summary appears. Once the user closes this summary screen the <Close> button actually closes the program.

Usage

Version History

Common Usages:

Change a user's shortcut from a commonly used application to Fake Format. Example
Use WinStartup (live link) to setup that Fake Format execute every time the computer is turned on
Use Program Launcher (live link) to launch Fake Format every 10 minutes
Run the program while the user is away from the computer
Rename the file to "clickme.exe", so that a curious person will run the program
Send the program to someone via email (be sure to follow up the email with this document)

Version History:

v1.05:
- Corrected a problem under Windows NT and how it terminates
v1.04:
- Added splash screen at the end to notify users it is only a joke
v1.03
- Corrected a problem with the total bytes on the summary screen
- Corrected a problem with the bytes available on the summary screen
- Re-engineered the logic for the total allocation units on disk
v1.02:
- Corrected problem with drives larger than 2 gig (Thanks Todd!)
v1.01:
- Fixed some minor, yet obvious spelling errors
v1.00:
- Initial Version

Contact RJL Software:

Via email at support@rjlsoftware.com
Via Internet at our company web site (live link)

How Do I:

Create a Windows shortcut?
- Right-click on the program you want to create a shortcut for
- Select 'Create Shortcut' from the popup menu
- This will create a shortcut to the program at the same directory level. (See below for editing a shortcut)
Edit a shortcut?
- Select/Highlight a Windows shortcut
- Right-click on the shortcut
- Select 'Properties' from the popup menu
- Click on the 'Shortcut' tab
- Modify the 'Target' field with the drive letter and path to this program name. (Ex. C:\JOKES\{program name}.EXE )
Edit/Add command line options?
- Same as above except...
- Modify the end of the 'Target' field and add your command line options

Features:

Un-detectable with Task Bar
Invisible to the CTRL-ALT-DEL (Task Manager)
Virtually unstoppable (ALT-F4, CTRL-Break, won't work)

Disclaimer:

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DISCLAIMER

RJL Software, Inc. accepts no responsibility for damages resulting from the use of its products and makes no warranty or representation, either express or implied, including but not limited to, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This software is provided "AS IS," and the user assumes all risks therein. By downloading, copying, using software produced by RJL Software, Inc., or accessing RJL Software, Inc.'s website, you agree to be bound by this disclaimer.

RJL Software, Inc.'s software is provided as freeware and cannot be sold. It may be freely distributed to individual end-users for their personal use, provided they are informed by the distributor of RJL Software, Inc.'s authorship of the software being distributed. Tampering with the code is illegal. The files in this software package may not be disassembled, decomposed, reverse engineered, or altered in any way.

Software produced by RJL Software, Inc. may not be bundled with any commercial package, copied and distributed on CD-ROM or floppy disk, or distributed with any accompanying books or magazines without the express written consent of RJL Software, Inc.

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