Copyright: (c) Copyright 1998, Symantec Corporation
Citation: (c) Copyright 1998, Symantec Corporation


Ghost Explorer
 Ghost Explorer Help Index

Ghost Explorer is a Windows 95 program, looking similar to Windows Explorer, which can open a GHOST image file and restore individual files or entire directory structures from it. It can also launch GHOST in batch mode to create an image file, using Windows dialog boxes to prompt for the disk and partition to dump.

GHOST version 4.0a, and beyond, creates an index in the image file as it works which allows Ghost Explorer to create a display of files very quickly. Image files created by earlier versions of GHOST can still be viewed with Ghost Explorer, but there is a possibly lengthy delay while Ghost Explorer reads through the image file to build an index.

How To ...

Restore files from a Ghost image file

Restore directories from a Ghost image file

Create a Ghost image file

Commands

File menu

Edit menu

View menu

Ghost menu

Help menu

Command line use


File menu commands

The File menu offers the following commands:

Open	Opens an existing Ghost image file.
Restore	If the file pane is active, restores all selected files. If the directory pane is active, restores the selected directory and all files and directories within it.
Save Contents	Save a text file with a list of the directories (and optionally, files) in the image.
Launch	Opens a directory, or launches a file in the appropriate application.
Exit	Exits Ghost Explorer.


Edit menu commands

The Edit menu offers the following commands:

Find	Search the image file for a file or directory.
Find Next	Repeat the previous find.
Find Previous	Return to the file found before Find Next was used.
Delete	Remove the selected files from the image.


View menu commands

The View menu offers the following commands:

Toolbar	Shows or hides the toolbar.
Status Bar	Shows or hides the status bar.
Large Icons	Views files with large icons.
Small Icons	Views files with small icons.
List	Views files as a list.
Detail	Views files with size, modification date and time, and attributes.
Explode All	Expand all directories in the directory pane.
Explode Tree	Expand all directories under the selected one.
Implode All	Close all directories except for the selected one.


Ghost menu commands

The Ghost menu offers the following commands, which enable you to run Ghost as a background process to create a disk or partition image.

Dump disk	Creates an image of the current disk.
Dump partition	Creates an image of one partition on the current disk.
Locate Ghost.exe	Sets the path to Ghost.exe.


Help menu commands

The Help menu offers the following commands, which provide you assistance with this application:

Help Topics	Offers you an index to topics on which you can get help.
About	Displays the Ghost Explorer version number, a link to the Ghost web site, and details of the current image file.


Command line use

You can start Ghost Explorer from an MSDos Prompt by typing its path and name. For example:

\progra~1\ghost\ghostexp

If Ghost Explorer is in the current directory, or in a directory on your PATH, you do not need to type the path name.

You can also provide a Ghost image file as an argument for Ghost Explorer to open. For example:

ghostexp n:\images\myimage.gho

If Ghost Explorer reports a corruption in your image file, you may be able to get further details of the nature of the corruption. Normally, you will only use these options when asked to do so by Ghost Explorer Technical Support. Start the program with one of the following arguments:

-d1	Reports on corruptions or significant events in FAT file systems.

-d2	Reports on corruptions or significant events in NTFS file systems.

The reports are presented to you as dialog boxes. You can use both switches, or use -d3 to turn on both options.

Ghost Explorer has a batch mode where it will carry out a single command and then exit. In this version, batch mode supports only the saving of the contents listing to a text file. To use this mode, specify one of the following switches:

-t	Save the list of directories in the dump file to a file with the same name as the image file but with an extension of .txt.

-tf	Save a list of directories and files.

-tv	Save a verbose listing of directories and files.

-t[vf]=filename	Save the list to the file specified.

See Save Contents for more details on this command.

If Ghost Explorer reports that a spanned or split image is corrupt, without ever prompting for the second part of the image, it may not recognise that the image is split. Starting with the -split argument forces Ghost Explorer to treat an image as a split image.

The image index created by versions of Ghost prior to 5.1c did not correctly handle long file names containing double byte characters, such as filenames in Asian or Eastern European languages. Ghost Explorer may be able to display these names properly by reading them directly from the image file instead of from the index, although the loading of the image will be much slower. Use the switch -ignoreindex to force this behaviour.


File Open command
Open command (File menu)

Use this command to open an existing Ghost image file. Ghost Explorer displays the File Open Dialog Box so you can choose the file to open.

If you select a file which is not a Ghost image file, Ghost Explorer will display an error message.

If you select a file which was created with Ghost 4.1a or later and which is encrypted with a password, Ghost Explorer displays the Protected Image File Dialog Box and will not open the file until you provide the correct password.

Any image file already open will be closed before the new image file is opened.

Ghost may take a long time to read the image file. While the file is being read, the status bar will show the message Loading and a percentage complete for each partition. When the file is fully loaded, the status bar shows Complete.

Shortcuts

Toolbar:

Keys:	CTRL+O

Drag and drop:	Drag a Ghost image file from a Windows Explorer window to Ghost Explorer and drop it in any Ghost Explorer window.

Command line:	Start Ghost Explorer by typing <pathname>\GhostExp imagename.


Protected Image File dialog box

Ghost Explorer displays this dialog box whenever you open an image file created with a password. Ghost versions 4.1a and later can create such image files.

Type the password used to create the image file. If the wrong password is typed Ghost Explorer is not able to open the file.


File Open dialog box

The following options allow you to specify which file to open:

Look in…

Select the drive and directory in which the Ghost image file that you want to open is stored.

File name:

Type or select the filename you want to open.  This box lists files with the extension you select in the List Files of Type box.

Files of Type

Select the type of file you want to open.

Ghost (since version 4.0) adds an extension of .gho to image files if you don’t give them an extension yourself. If you load an image file with a different extension in Ghost Explorer, that extension will appear in the Ghost image file types in future.


File Restore command
Restore command (File menu)

Use this command to restore one or more files from the image file. Ghost Explorer displays the Restore To Dialog Box so you can choose where to put the files and what to name them.

If the file pane is active, any selected files will be restored. Ghost Explorer will display the Restore To dialog box for each file, unless you click the Use Default Names button in the Restore To dialog box.

If the directory pane is active, the selected directory and all files and subdirectories contained in it will be restored. Ghost Explorer will display the Restore To dialog box for the selected directory only. All subdirectories and files will be given their default names.

Shortcuts

Toolbar:

Mouse:	Right click on any file or directory in the file pane, and choose Restore from the popup menu

Keys:	CTRL+R


Restore To dialog box

The following options allow you to specify the name and location of the file you're about to restore:

Restore in…

Select the drive and directory in which you want to restore the file. Ghost Explorer will select the same directory as the file was originally in if it exists on the current drive.

File Name

Type a new filename to save a file with a different name. Ghost Explorer suggests the original filename.

Use default names

If you have selected more than one file from the file pane, this button will be active. Ghost Explorer will not prompt you for the names or locations of remaining files. They will be saved to the currently selected directory with their original names.

Skip current

If you have selected more than one file from the file pane, this button will be active. Pressing this button will not restore the current file, but you will still be prompted to restore the next selected file.

Restore

Ghost Explorer will restore the file with the name you have selected in the currently selected directory. If the file already exists, you will see the File Already Exists Dialog Box

Cancel

Ghost Explorer will not restore the current file or any others not yet restored. Any files previously restored are left on your disk.


File Already Exists dialog box

This dialog box is displayed during a Restore operation when a file about to be restored would overwrite an existing file. You have the following choices in answer to the question Do you wish to replace [the existing file]:

Yes

The file to be restored will overwrite the existing file.

No

This file won’t be restored. The existing file will not be changed.

Cancel

The restore will be cancelled. This file and any others selected which have not already been will not be restored.

Replace All

This file will overwrite the existing file, and any other files to be restored will also overwrite files if they have the same names without this dialog box appearing again.

Replace None

This file will not be restored, and any other files to be restored will not overwrite existing files. This dialog box will not appear again.

Restore As

Ghost Explorer will display the Rename Restored File Dialog Box for you to give the restored file a different name.

If you select Replace All or Replace None the effects last for the duration of this restore operation. The next time you restore files or directories, the dialog will appear if a file is about to be overwritten.


Rename Restored File dialog box

This dialog box is displayed during a Restore operation when a file about to be restored would overwrite an existing file and you selected Rename in the File Already Exists dialog box.

Type a new name for the file in the dialog box. If you select Cancel, you are returned to the File Already Exists dialog box. If you select OK, Ghost Explorer will restore the file with the name you have typed.


File Save Contents command
Save Contents command (File menu)

Use this command to save a text file with a list of the directories (and optionally, files) in the current image file. Ghost Explorer displays the Save Contents To Dialog Box so you can choose the text file to save and whether you want to save directories only, directories and filenames, or directories, filenames and file sizes, modification dates, and attributes.

Save Contents is not available if no image file is loaded, or the loading is not complete.

This function is also available from the command line:

Shortcuts

Keys:	CTRL+S

Command line:	Ghostexp image.gho -t[f][v][=contents.gho]

The -t turns on the feature.

f dumps files as well as directories.

v uses the verbose listing. f is ignored when you specify v.

If you don't include a file name, Ghost Explorer takes the image file name and replaces the extension with .txt. Ghost Explorer will exit once the contents have been saved.


Save Contents To dialog box

This dialog box is displayed when you select Save Contents from the File Menu.

Select the text file you wish to dump the current image file contents to. If you choose an existing file, Ghost Explorer will ask whether you want to overwrite it.

Select the degree of detail you want from the radio buttons at the bottom of the dialog box.

Select Directories Only to create a list of the directories in the image file. Directories are indented to show the directory structure.

Include Files shows files within the directories. Directory names end in a backslash to distinguish them from files.

Include Details shows the last modification date and time, size and filename for each file. In this detail level, directories are not indented but the path for each directory is given in full.


File Launch command
Launch command (File menu)

This command is only available when you have a file selected in the file pane. It changes to Open Directory if you have a directory.

With a directory, Ghost Explorer opens that directory and displays its contents in the file pane.

With a file, Ghost Explorer restores the file to a temporary directory and attempts to open it. If the file is an executable program, it is run. If it is a data file and there is an application registered to run such files, that application will open with the data file.

If you try to launch an application which depends on other files within the image file, it will probably fail. Ghost Explorer does not determine what dependencies may exist.

When Ghost Explorer is closed, it attempts to delete any files it created in the temporary directory. Read-only files or files still open may not be able to be deleted.

Shortcuts

Mouse:	Double click on any file in the file pane to launch it. Double click on any directory to open it.

Alternatively, right click on any file or directory, and choose Launch or Open Directory from the popup menu.

Keys:	Press Enter when a file or directory is selected


File 1, 2, 3, 4 command
1, 2, 3, 4 command (File menu)

Use the numbers and filenames listed at the bottom of the File menu to open the last four Ghost image files you closed.  Choose the number that corresponds with the document you want to open.


File Exit command
Exit command (File menu)

Use this command to end your Ghost Explorer session.  You can also use the Close command on the application Control menu. Ghost Explorer does not alter image files so there are no prompts to save before you exit.

Shortcuts

Mouse:	Click to close button at the top right corner of the window, or double-click Ghost Explorer’s Control menu button.

Keys:	ALT+F4


Edit Find command
Find command (Edit menu)

Use this command to search the current image file for a file or directory. . Ghost Explorer displays the Find Filename Dialog Box so you can enter the filename to search for. Wildcards can be used.

Ghost Explorer searches from the beginning of the image file.

If a directory is found, Ghost Explorer selects the directory in the directory pane. No files will be selected.

If a file is found, Ghost Explorer clears any previous selection and selects the file. The directory for the file is selected in the directory pane.

If the selected directory changes as the result of a search, Ghost Explorer will open directories as necessary to display the directory name.

If no match is found, Ghost Explorer beeps and displays a message in the status bar.

Shortcuts

Toolbar:	Click the magnifying glass icon.

Keys:	CTRL+F


Find Filename dialog box

This dialog allows you to specify the name of the file or directory to search for. You can use the following wildcards in your search:

?	matches any character.

*	matches zero or more characters.

These wildcard rules are similar to MS-DOS rules, but they are more powerful because you can embed the * in the middle of a filename.


Edit Find Next command
Find Next command (Edit menu)

Use this command when you have already used the Find command and want to find other files or directories matching the same file specification. Ghost Explorer searches from the last file found forwards in the image file.

If you used Find earlier and then select another image file using File Open, Find Next will still use the file specification, but starts searching at the beginning of the image file.

If no match is found, Ghost Explorer beeps and displays a message in the status bar.

If no Find command was previously used, Find Next will act identically to the Find command and display the Find Filename Dialog Box.

Shortcuts

Keys:	F3


Edit Find Previous command
Find Previous command (Edit menu)

Use this command if you have successfully used the Find Next command and wish to return to an earlier match.

Shortcuts

Keys:	SHIFT+F3


Edit Delete command
Delete command (Edit menu)

Use this command to remove one or more files from an image. The command is only available if files in a FAT partition are selected, and the image was created by Ghost 5.1c or later.

In Ghost Explorer 1.2 beta, files can be deleted but directories cannot.

You are prompted to confirm when deleting files in an image. There is no undo facility.

Shortcuts

Keys:	Del


View Toolbar command
Toolbar command (View menu)

Use this command to display and hide the Toolbar, which includes buttons for some of the most common commands in Ghost Explorer, such as File Open.  A check mark appears next to the menu item when the Toolbar is displayed.

See Toolbar for help on using the toolbar.


Toolbar

The toolbar is normally displayed across the top of the application window, below the menu bar. It can be dragged with the mouse to a different side of the application window, or left freely floating. The toolbar provides quick mouse access to many tools used in Ghost Explorer.

To hide or display the Toolbar, choose Toolbar from the View menu (ALT, V, T).

Click	To

Open a Ghost image file. Ghost Explorer displays the Open dialog box, in which you can locate and open the desired file.

Restore the selected files or directory. Ghost Explorer displays the Restore To dialog box to determine where to restore these files to.

Run Ghost to create an image file for the current disk. Ghost Explorer displays the Ghost To dialog box to determine where the image file should be stored.

Run Ghost to create an image file for a partition on the current disk. Ghost Explorer displays the Ghost Partition dialog box to select the partition to be ghosted, and then the Ghost To dialog box to determine where the image file should be stored.

Expand all directories in the directory pane.

Expand all directories under the currently selected directory in the directory pane.

Close all directories in the directory pane, except for the currently selected directory.

Search for a file or directory within the Ghost image file. Ghost Explorer displays the Find Filename Dialog box.

Display files with large icons in the file pane.

Display files with small icons in the file pane. Files are displayed across the pane.

Display files as a list in the file pane. Close all directories in the directory pane, except for the currently selected directory. Files are displayed down the pane.

Display each file with sizes, modification date and time and attributes. Files can be sorted in this view by clicking on the column title. The sort order reverses if you click a second time on the column title.

Display Ghost Explorer’s About box.

Display context-sensitive help. Click on the screen area you want help with.


View Status Bar Command
Status Bar command (View menu)

Use this command to display and hide the Status Bar, which describes the action to be executed by the selected menu item or depressed toolbar button, the status of reading the current Ghost image file, and the keyboard latch state.

A check mark appears next to the menu item when the Status Bar is displayed.

See Status Bar for help on using the status bar.


Status Bar

The status bar is displayed at the bottom of the Ghost Explorer window.  To display or hide the status bar, use the Status Bar command in the View menu.

The left area of the status bar describes actions of menu items as you use the arrow keys to navigate through menus.  This area similarly shows messages that describe the actions of toolbar buttons as you depress them, before releasing them.  If after viewing the description of the toolbar button command you wish not to execute the command, then release the mouse button while the pointer is off the toolbar button.

The middle of the status bar indicates the status of the Ghost image file. It can display No file loaded, Loading or Complete. When Loading displays, the index to the image file is still being built and the displays of directories and files may not be complete. The percentage of the current partition loaded is displayed as an indication of how long the operation will take.

The right areas of the status bar indicate which of the following keys are latched down:

Indicator	Description

CAP	The Caps Lock key is latched down.

NUM	The Num Lock key is latched down.

SCRL	The Scroll Lock key is latched down.


View Large Icons Command
Large Icons command (View menu)

In the file pane, display files using large icons. Large icons show the type of file most clearly, but fewer files are displayed in the pane than when small icons or list are used.

A check mark appears next to the menu item when Large Icons are displayed.


View Small Icons Command
Small Icons command (View menu)

In the file pane, display files using small icons. Small icons allow more files to fit in the pane than Large icons. Files are displayed horizontally.

A check mark appears next to the menu item when Small Icons are displayed.


View List Command
List command (View menu)

In the file pane, display files using a list format. Small icons are displayed, allowing more files to fit in the pane than Large icons. Files are displayed vertically.

A check mark appears next to the menu item when a List is displayed.


View Detail Command
Detail command (View menu)

In the file pane, display each file with its small icon, size, last modification date and time, and attributes. Each column can be sorted by clicking on the column title. Clicking a second time on the title reverses the sort order.

The attributes displayed can include R for a read-only file, H for a hidden file, S for a system file and A for an archived file.

A check mark appears next to the menu item when details are displayed.


View Explode All Command
Explode All command (View menu)

Use this command to display every directory in the directory pane. It does not change the current selection.

The Implode All command closes all directories except the selected one.


View Explode Tree Command
Explode Tree command (View menu)

Use this command to display every directory under the currently selected one in the directory tree.

There is no Implode Tree command. Closing the current directory has a similar effect.


View Implode All Command
Implode All command (View menu)

Implode All closes all directories except the currently selected one. Use this command to reduce the number of directories displayed in the directory pane.


Ghost Dump Disk Command
Dump disk (Ghost menu)

Use this command to create an image of your hard disk.

If you are running on Windows NT, Ghost Explorer will display an error message. Ghost Explorer uses the MSDos program Ghost in the background to create the image file, and Ghost does not run under Windows NT. You will need to boot your system from a floppy disk and run Ghost from there.

Ghost Explorer displays first the Physical Drives Dialog Box to enable you to choose a drive to ghost, and whether you want the image to be compressed. Ghost Explorer then displays the Ghost To Dialog Box so you can choose where to put the image file.

When an image file is chosen, Ghost Explorer runs Ghost as a background process. If the Ghost executable GHOST.EXE is not found, you will see an error message saying The system cannot find the file specified. Check the Ghost path in Locate Ghost… on the Ghost menu. Use the Locate Ghost.exe... item and then repeat this process.

Ghost will appear in the taskbar as an active process. The Ghost process will disappear when it is complete. You can continue to work with Ghost Explorer while Ghost is running, but you cannot use the image file being created until Ghost is complete. You can exit from Ghost Explorer without disturbing the Ghost process.


Physical Drives dialog box

This dialog box is called by either the Ghost Disk or Ghost Partition menu items. It allows you to select the drive for Ghost to copy to an image file, and the type of compression to be used.

If you are Ghosting an entire disk, you can see the partitions in the disk but cannot select them. If you are Ghosting a partition, you must select a partition before you can proceed.

Normally, Ghosting with no compression is the fastest operation. Fast compression usually makes a significant saving in the size of the image file without slowing down the operation very much. If you Ghost to a network drive, Fast compression may even be quicker than no compression because less data is sent over the network. High compression reduces the size of the image file a little bit more than Fast compression, but may take much longer than Fast compression. If you have a partition or drive which is already compressed with a disk compression program, or which contains mostly zipped or otherwise compressed files, selecting compression may be counter-productive.


Ghost To dialog box

This dialog box allows you choose where to place the image file created by Ghost. You should not place the image file on the disk or partition that is being ghosted as that will cause Ghost to fail.


Ghost Dump Partition Command
Dump partition (Ghost menu)

Use this command to create an image of one partition of your current disk.

If you are running on Windows NT, Ghost Explorer will display an error message. Ghost Explorer uses the MSDos program Ghost in the background to create the image file, and Ghost does not run under Windows NT. You will need to boot your system from a floppy disk and run Ghost from there.

Ghost Explorer displays first the Physical Drives Dialog Box to enable you to choose an individual partition in a drive to ghost, and then the Ghost To Dialog Box so you can choose where to put the image file..

When an image file is chosen, Ghost Explorer runs Ghost as a background process. The Ghost executable GHOST.EXE should be in the Ghost Explorer directory or on the system path. Ghost will appear in the taskbar as an active process. The Ghost process will disappear when it is complete. You can continue to work with Ghost Explorer while Ghost is running, but you cannot use the image file being created until Ghost is complete. You can exit from Ghost Explorer without disturbing the Ghost process.

Use this command to create an image of one partition of your hard disk. Ghost Explorer displays first the Physical Drives Dialog Box to enable you to choose a drive and partition to ghost, and whether you want the image to be compressed. Ghost Explorer then displays the Ghost To Dialog Box so you can choose where to put the image file.

When an image file is chosen, Ghost Explorer runs Ghost as a background process. If the Ghost executable GHOST.EXE is not found, you will see an error message saying The system cannot find the file specified. Check the Ghost path in Locate Ghost… on the Ghost menu. Use the Locate Ghost.exe.. item and then repeat this process.

Ghost will appear in the taskbar as an active process. The Ghost process will disappear when it is complete. You can continue to work with Ghost Explorer while Ghost is running, but you cannot use the image file being created until Ghost is complete. You can exit from Ghost Explorer without disturbing the Ghost process.


Ghost Locate Ghost.exe Command
Locate Ghost.exe (Ghost menu)

Use this command to set the path to Ghost for Dump Disk and Dump Partition commands.

Ghost Explorer displays the Locate Ghost.exe Program Dialog Box so you can browse for the location of Ghost.exe.

You need to make this selection when you first install Ghost Explorer, and if you change the location of the Ghost program.

If you don’t use this command to find your copy of Ghost.exe, Ghost Explorer will try to execute a copy of Ghost.exe using your MS-Dos path when you use the Dump Disk or Dump Partition commands.


Locate Ghost.exe Program dialog box

This dialog box is called when you select Locate Ghost.exe from the Ghost menu.

It allows you to browse through the programs on your hard disk and select the Ghost.exe which should be run when you use the Dump Disk and Dump Partition commands from Ghost Explorer’s Ghost menu.


Help Topics Command
Topics command (Help menu)

Use this command to display the opening screen of Help.  From the opening screen, you can jump to step-by-step instructions for using Ghost Explorer and various types of reference information.

Once you open Help, you can click the Contents button whenever you want to return to the opening screen.


Help About Command
About command (Help menu)

Use this command to display the copyright notice and version number of your copy of Ghost Explorer. It also provides links to the ghost website, and details of the Ghost image file currently loaded.


Help Using Help Command
Context Help command

Use the Context Help command to obtain help on some portion of Ghost Explorer.  When you choose the Toolbar's Context Help button, the mouse pointer will change to an arrow and question mark.  Then click somewhere in the Ghost Explorer window, such as another Toolbar button.  The Help topic will be shown for the item you clicked.

Shortcut

Keys:	SHIFT+F1


Title Bar

The title bar is located along the top of a window.  It contains the name of the application and document.

To move the window, drag the title bar.  Note: You can also move dialog boxes by dragging their title bars.

A title bar may contain the following elements:

Application Control-menu button

Maximize button

Minimize button

Name of the application

Name of the document

Restore button

Close button


Scroll bars

These are displayed at the right and bottom edges of the directory or file panes when there are too many directories or files to fit in the pane at once.  The scroll boxes inside the scroll bars indicate your vertical and horizontal location in the directory or file listing.  You can use the mouse to scroll to other parts of the listing.


Size command (System menu)

Use this command to display a four-headed arrow so you can size the active window with the arrow keys.

After the pointer changes to the four-headed arrow:

1.	Press one of the DIRECTION keys (left, right, up, or down arrow key) to move the pointer to the border you want to move.

2.	Press a DIRECTION key to move the border.

3.	Press ENTER when the window is the size you want.

Note:  This command is unavailable if you maximize the window.

Shortcut

Mouse:	Drag the size bars at the corners or edges of the window.


Move command (Control menu)

Use this command to display a four-headed arrow so you can move the active window or dialog box with the arrow keys.

Note:  This command is unavailable if you maximize the window.

Shortcut

Keys:	CTRL+F7


System Minimize Command
Minimize command (application Control menu)

Use this command to reduce the Ghost Explorer window to an icon.

Shortcut

Mouse:	Click the minimize icon [image] on the title bar.

Keys:	ALT+F9


Maximize command (System menu)

Use this command to enlarge the active window to fill the available space.

Shortcut

Mouse:	Click the maximize icon [image] on the title bar; or double-click the title bar.

Keys:	CTRL+F10 enlarges a document window.


Close command (Control menus)

Use this command to close the active window or dialog box.

Clicking the Close box at the top right corner of the window, or double-clicking the Control-menu icon is the same as choosing the Close command.

Shortcuts

Keys: 	CTRL+F4 closes a document window

ALT+F4 closes the Ghost Explorer window or dialog box


Restore command (Control menu)

Use this command to return the active window to its size and position before you chose the Maximize or Minimize command.


Switch to command (application Control menu)

Use this command to display a list of all open applications.  Use this Task List to switch to or close an application on the list.

Shortcut

Keys:	CTRL+ESC

Dialog Box Options

When you choose the Switch To command, you will be presented with a dialog box with the following options:

Task List

Select the application you want to switch to or close.

Switch To

Makes the selected application active.

End Task

Closes the selected application.

Cancel

Closes the Task List box.

Cascade

Arranges open applications so they overlap and you can see each title bar.  This option does not affect applications reduced to icons.

Tile

Arranges open applications into windows that do not overlap.  This option does not affect applications reduced to icons.

Arrange Icons

Arranges the icons of all minimized applications across the bottom of the screen.


How To Restore Files From a Ghost Image File

1.	Open the image file with Ghost Explorer. You can use the Open command on the File menu.

2.	Wait until the second panel of the status bar displays Complete.

3.	Use the mouse to select the directory the files are in. Click on the plus sign in front of the partition or directory name to open directories.

4.	Ghost Explorer will display the files in the selected directory in the right hand pane.

5.	Click on a file name to select it. You can select more than one file in a directory by holding down the Ctrl key while clicking another file. Holding down the Shift key selects a range of files.

6.	Select the Restore command from the File menu.

7.	Ghost Explorer displays the Restore To dialog box.

8.	Use the dialog box to navigate to the directory you wish to place the restored files into. If you have selected more than one file, the Restore To dialog box will use the name of the first file, but will offer you an additional button called Use default names. Use this button instead of the Restore button if you do not want to be prompted for each file. If the Use default names button doesn’t appear, or you want to be prompted, use the Restore button.

9.	If the file being restored would overwrite another file, the File Already Exists dialog box appears. Press the Yes or Replace All buttons to overwrite the file, or the No or Replace None buttons to not restore this file. Press the Rename button to give the restored file a new name to avoid conflict with the existing file.

10.	If several files were selected, Ghost Explorer may display the Restore To and File Already Exists dialog boxes again. Refer to steps 8 and 9 above.

11.	If a very large number of files are restored, or they are large, Ghost Explorer may display a wait cursor while the restore is in progress. The restore is complete when the cursor returns to normal.


How To Restore Directories From a Ghost Image File
How To Restore Directories From a Ghost Image

1.	Open the image file with Ghost Explorer. You can use the Open command on the File menu.

2.	Wait until the second panel of the status bar displays Complete.

3.	Use the mouse to select the directory to restore. Click on the plus sign in front of the partition or directory name to open directories.

4.	Ghost Explorer will display the files in the selected directory in the right hand pane.

5.	Select the Restore command from the File menu.

6.	Ghost Explorer displays the Restore To dialog box.

7.	Use the dialog box to select the directory in which you wish to restore the directory, and the name you wish to use. At present, you cannot restore to an existing directory. Press the Restore button.

8.	Ghost Explorer will restore the directory and all files and subdirectories contained within it. This may be a lengthy process. Ghost Explorer displays a wait cursor until the restore is complete.


How To Create Ghost Images

You can only create Ghost images when you are running on Windows 95 or Windows 98. Although Ghost Explorer can run on Windows NT, it uses the MSDos program Ghost in the background, and Ghost is not able to run under Windows NT.

1.	Check that the correct path to the Ghost.exe program has been set by selecting Locate Ghost.exe… from the Ghost menu. Navigate to the location of your copy of Ghost if necessary.

2.	To Ghost a full disk, select Dump disk from the Ghost menu. To Ghost a single partition, select Dump partition from the Ghost menu.

3.	The Physical Drives dialog box appears. If you selected Dump disk then select which drive you wish to Ghost. If you selected Dump partition then select first the drive and then the partition to be Ghosted.

4.	Select the compression type to use. Fast compression is a good choice for most situations. Press the OK button.

5.	The Ghost To Dialog Box appears. Choose where the Ghost image file should be stored. The Ghost image file cannot be on the drive or partition being Ghosted.

6.	Ghost Explorer starts the Ghost program in the background. An icon will appear on the Windows taskbar. If you get a Windows message that Ghost cannot run in a Window, create a PIF file for Ghost to force it to run in a full-screen session.

7.	You can continue to use Ghost Explorer while Ghost is running, but you cannot access the image being Ghosted to. You can close down Ghost Explorer if you wish.

8.	The image creation is complete when the Ghost program disappears from the Windows taskbar.


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