URL2HTM by William A. Thompson     Version 2.06
	
	This program will convert the Internet Shortcuts or "Favorites"
created by Microsoft Internet Explorer into an HTML file. Each "Favorite"
that you create with Internet Explorer is a small file which contains
the URL or address of the web page.  If you have a lot of old "Favorites"
they can take up a lot of space on your hard drive.  On a 1.2 Gbyte hard
drive each Internet Shortcut file takes the minimum cluster space, or 32
Kbytes!  If you have 100 of these files, you have 3.2 Mbytes wasted.
This program will make an HTML file which contains links to all your
favorite sites.  You can delete the Internet Shortcut files and get all
the disk space back.  You can also use the links on your HTML homepage.

Installation:
	Unzip the archive file in the directory you wish to install the
program in.  A shortcut to the program can be created by clicking on
url2htm.exe using the right mouse button.  The menu that appears when
you release the right mouse button includes "Create Shortcut".  Pull the
mouse cursor down to highlight "Create Shortcut" and click the left
mouse button.  A shortcut to URL2HTM will be created in the directory. 
You can drag this shortcut onto the desktop or install it in the
programs section of the "Start" button menu.

URL2HTM is freeware.  You may make as many copies as you like and you may
give copies to anyone, but you may not sell this program to others except 
that a nominal copying charge may be made for the program.  This program 
may be included in collections distributed on CD-ROM or diskette.  
URL2HTM may not be distributed as part of any commercial product without 
a prior license agreement.  

URL2HTM is copyright 1997-1998 by William A. Thompson.  You may not make 
any alterations to the program.

Contact the author at billth8@juno.com.
changes in version 2.06:
1.  Added support for shortcuts created with Internet Explorer 5.
2.  Use name of favorites directory for starting location for browse.
changes in version 2.05:
1.  Added key in registry to save the location of last favorites processed
and to save the name of the last output file.  
2.  Reads name of favorites directory from registry initially.
3.  changed file masking to allow reading of hidden and read only files
changes in Version 2.04:
1.  Eliminate excess third line info (modified=....) from subscribable
    .URL files.
changes in Version 2.03:
1.  Increased maximum string length for target URL to prevent crashes
Changes in Version 2.02:
1.  Fixed operation in Windows NT to correctly set initial location
    of the window.
2.  Added error message if directory does not exist.
Changes in Version 2.01:
1.  Fixed filename and directory entry fields so direct entry worked 
    correctly.
2.  Size window dynamically so that it looks right at 1024x768 with 
    large fonts.
3.  Eliminated illegal characters in html anchor tags.
4.  Added reference comments in output file.
Changes in Version 2.0:
1.  New user interface with dialog box only.
2.  Shortcuts are sorted alphabetically.
3.  A table of links is created for each directory which has sub-
    directories.  These links allow quick movement down in large HTML
    pages.
Changes in Version 1.05:
1.  Fix problem with Internet Explorer creating shortcut files with 
    line feed without carriage return when converting Netscape bookmarks.
Changes in Version 1.04:
1.  Mask attribute before checking for directories.  This prevents 
    directories with other attributes set from being skipped.
2.  Eliminate <br> at end of lines in unordered lists.
3.  Write a line for empty directories.
Changes in Version 1.03:
1.  Fixed defect which prevented processing the first directory of 
shortcuts.
2.  Changed to recursive routine to allow for nested folders of 
shortcuts.
Changes in Version 1.02:
1.  Does not change output file location to follow the name of the 
directory to process.
Changes in Version 1.01:
1.  Increased allowed length of filename strings.  To prevent crashes
due to very long file names.
2.  Htm is now the default extension when "browsing" for where to put
the output file.


