Dieter Gropp? has updated Master Control Program (called MCP) which enhances your operating system with many new features and patches and it's able to replace almost all of those single-function utilities out there.






Some highlights taken from MCP's guide:

? MultiMediaKey support for OS4
? Moving & Sizing of solid windows (Fully SystemConform)
? CrunchPatch (Let programs load crunched files!)
? MouseAccelerator
? Expanding Assign/Mount Requester
? Automatic Screen Activation
? Requester Timeout
? Exchange AppIcons
? WBTitle-Clock
? CacheFont
? Assign-Manager
? ReqToolsPatch
? MousePointer-Blanker
? new Workbench-Titlebar
? ToolAlias (changing the Default Tool in the icons)
? Drive NoClick
? Screenblanker
? NoGuru (Prevents some resets)
? DOS star (* instead of #?)
? Hotkeys
? Screen- and windowmenus
? virtuel Icons for write disabled media like CDs
? quick view of system states p.e. with an appicon
? logging of system states or values

and more...


Recent changes of MCP 1.46 executable. 19-Dec-2006:

- FIXED Windowsmenu will crash, if the menu leave without any selection was made, when option "activate" was setted.

- OVERW Overwork the Function "CheckTasknamepattern", used from crunchpatch and Examine. Also many optimations, e.g. no internal subfunction - call to mcpsupport2.library but direct call now.

- IMPRO NoGuruSave: A Default-Path/Filename is used, if the Keyword "FILENAME=" not found or no argument behind it. If only dir setted, the default filename will be added.

- FIXED NOGuru-Save: If Filerequester canceled, leaving without saving anything now.

- IMPRO Logbook: If no Filename given, "RAM:MCPlogbook.log" should now used.

- FIXED Screenblanker: Randowmize will not use the correct line in some cases.

- ADDED Windowsmenu: new option to set the menu not on windowsposition but on top of screen. Default is on (try to go to windowsposition like before).

- ADDED WindowMenu: Add an option to activate the Window now also, not only bring it to front.

- FIXED Assignwedge: Assign-Filerequester handle the Buffer in other way, this remove some problems from KingCon.

- IMPRO Noguru-save: by already existing file append the new file now. This means also, correct Seperatorline between 2 Gurus are added.

- FIXED Noguru-save have not cut the Filename any call, if set a filerequester (option "Ask for Filename" aktiv). Also the Path was loosed.

- OVERW Timerevents like Screenblanker or Dimmer started by Hotkey now starting by release instead pressing a key.

- FIXED Snapping Line causes Crash because the readed Text was written in wrong Memory. The pointer to this was never correct, so i do not know, how it may have worked anytime ?

- IMPRO Assignwedge: Assign was not startet at the CurrentDirectory. This is Changed now.

- FIXED ReqtoolsPatch: ASL to RT have destroyed Register a5 if no TAGS given. So if any Tool which hope this register is not destroyed may crash.

- OVERW change the internal release/pressed-Flag in hotkeystructure to save space for later use.

- OVERW Pointerblanker now blank by pressing, not release a Key. Also all Keys (like Shift,Alt..) may blank yet.

- ADDED Mulitmediakeys on OS4 do the correct things now fro pointerblanker, Screenblanker and Screendimmer.

- ADDED Multimediakey-supported for OS4.