How to hide the DF client!

[Guru]

The Win2K/NT users have it easy to hide the DF program - they just install it as a service. But the Win98 users are f... well, let's just say they're out of luck... until now!!

Yes, the looney Knights have come up with a little (Little? Did I say little? We're talking 21 KB here folks!!) proggy to properly start and hide DF on Win98 machines When HideDF.exe is started it will look for the foldtrajlite.lock file and delete it if it exists. Then it will start up foldit.bat without any button or icon in the task bar !!!

To get this little gem just download it here. Put the HideDF.exe in the same folder as the rest of the DF files. Then create a shortcut in StartUp to HideDF.exe and you're done. It couldn't be easier - well, it couldn't be any harder because sometimes we Knights are not the brightest bulb in the universe.

PLEASE NOTE: There was a bug in the DF Text Client software such that if you killed the client improperly - typically what will happen when running hidden - and then restarted it, it would sometimes just build one structure and exit, requiring you to restart it a second time. This is not good. Howard - aka Brian the Fist - has posted a revised version as of 16 May 2002 on the DF Download site. If you are going to use HideDF, then be sure to get the latest Text Client. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Try it out. If you have any questions, post them in the KWSN bulletin board or the DF Forum at Free-DC

Fold On!!

http://www.katrinashome.com/HideDF.exe

I have not tried this myself yet!

[Guru]

In win2k nt or xp do as stated in the readme file!

Running as an NT/2000/XP service
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The Windows version of the client can be set up to run as a normal Windows NT
service, so that it will start automatically whenever your computer starts up
and run in the background until you shut down. Structures will be uploaded
every 5000 still, and buffered for later upload at shutdown (so your shutdown
procedure will not be delayed). It runs at low priority so other tasks will
push it out of the way and so it should not noticeably slow your machine
down. Be warned that it will only upload after making 5000 structures (a few
hours, depending on your machine speed) so make sure you are connected to the
internet when using the client as a service. Also, updates will automatically
be accepted (provided they are digitally signed) in this mode and a large
amount of data may be buffered if you do not connect to the network for a long
period of time. To check progress while running as a service, a file called
"progress.txt" will be written to the directory where the program is installed
so you can monitor its progress still.
To setup the program to work as a service:

1. Open a DOS prompt to the directory you installed the client.
2. If it is not already there, create a new file called "handle.txt" and in it
type your 8 character handle followed by Enter (or alternatively, run
foldit.bat first, enter your handle when asked for it, then quit)
3. Type: foldtrajlite /install (and hit Enter)
4. The next time you reboot your machine it will start automatically

To remove the service:

1. Go to Administrative Tools -> Services
2. Find and Stop the service called Distributed Folding Project
3. Open a DOS prompt to the directory you installed the client.
4. Type: foldtrajlite /remove (and hit Enter)
5. It will not be run on your machine automatically anymore

You may install a second instance of the service by changing step 3 above
from 'foldtrajlite /install' to 'foldtrajlite /install2'. Similarly, to
remove this second instance, change step 4 to 'foldtrajlite /remove2'.
Note that if you wish to run two instances, you must install two full
copies of the software in separate directories and install one using
/install and the other /install2. Not following this procedure correctly
will result in unpredictable behaviour