Some Tools Not Included in Windows 95 (159852)

SUMMARY

Cardfile (Cardfile.exe), Clock (Clock.exe), Macro Recorder (Recorder.exe), Microsoft Schedule+ (Schdplus.exe), Windows Calendar (Calendar.exe), and Write (Write.exe), which are included with Windows and Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1 and 3.11, are not included with Windows 95 or Windows 98. The functionality provided by these tools is provided by other features included with Windows 95 and Windows 98, or can be obtained using various other Microsoft products.

While the versions of Cardfile, Clock, Macro Recorder, Windows Calendar, and Write included with Windows and Windows for Workgroups version 3.1 and 3.11 generally function properly in Windows 95 and Windows 98, use of the indicated software on versions of Microsoft Windows that they were not shipped with is not recommended.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about these tools, please see the appropriate section below.

Cardfile

If you install Windows 95 or Windows 98 over an existing installation of Windows or Windows for Workgroups version 3.1 or 3.11, the version of Cardfile included with your previous version of Windows is not removed from your hard disk and should function properly in Windows 95/98. If you did not install Windows 95 over an existing Windows or Windows for Workgroups installation and you want to use Cardfile, you must expand the Cardfile.exe and Cardfile.hlp files from your original Windows or Windows for Workgroups disks or copy the files from a Windows or Windows for Workgroups-based computer.

For additional information about using Cardfile in Windows 98, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

245157 How to Enable the Cardfile Program in Windows 98

You can also use Microsoft Schedule+ version 7.0 for Windows 95 to maintain a Contacts list that provides functionality similar to the functionality provided by Cardfile. However, Schedule+ 7.0 cannot import Cardfile (.crd) files.

NOTE: The version of Cardfile included with Microsoft Windows NT Server and Windows NT Workstation version 3.x is not compatible with Windows 95 or Windows 98.

Clock

Windows 95 and Windows 98 include a feature that displays a clock on the taskbar. To display a clock the taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, click Taskbar, and then click the Show Clock check box to select it.

Schedule+ and Windows Calendar

Schedule+ 7.0 provides functionality similar to that provided by Windows Calendar and the version of Schedule+ included with Windows for Workgroups version 3.11, and provides many additional features that are not included with those programs.

You can run the version of Schedule+ included with Windows for Workgroups version 3.11 in Windows 95 or Windows 98. However, if you are also running Microsoft Exchange, you cannot access other people's schedules. The Windows for Workgroups 3.11 version of Schedule+ cannot send e-mail using Microsoft Exchange.

Write

For additional information about Write and programs included with Windows 95/98 that provide functionality similar to that provided by Write, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

140360 Windows 95/98 Uses Write.exe for Backward Compatibility