New WKUNET Install


We recommend that you print out these instructions before attempting this installation. Switching between screens can unnecessarily complicate the installation process.


Choose your Operating System:


Instructions for Upgrading WKUNET on Windows 95 and Windows NT.

  1. After logging into WKUNET as you normally do, minimize all windows to the task bar.
  2. Save anything that you might be working on.
  3. Drag your existing WKUNET icon to the Recycle Bin.
  4. Double click on the icon labeled MY COMPUTER.
  5. Double click on the icon labeled Winapps1 on 'Wkunet1\Sys: (M:).
  6. Double click on the folder icon labeled APPLAUNCH.
  7. From the APPLAUNCH folder, drag the icon labeled WKUNET (NAL) to your desktop.
  8. Close all windows that you have opened during this process.
  9. You should now have a shortcut on your Windows 95 desktop labeled WKUNET (NAL).
  10. Double click the new desktop icon labeled WKUNET (NAL) to start the new WKUNET interface.

  11. Once the new WKUNET (NAL) screen comes up, click on the " + " sign, as indicated with the arrow in the above graphic.
  12. Your new WKUNET (NAL) window should now look similar to the following:


About WKUNET (NAL):

The new WKUNET interface is a configuration of the Netware Application Launcher (NAL).

The NAL window consists of two different "panes". The left-hand pane consists of folders that are equivalent to the buttons on the old WKUNET interface. If you click on any of the folders, you will see icons in the right-hand pane for all applications within that program folder.

However, there is one folder that is new with this version of WKUNET. The Application Installs folder contains icons for installation kits for most applications which can be run from the network. The Application Installs folder is where you will go to install Netscape Communicator.

Click here for Smartlaunch Installation Instructions


Instructions for Upgrading WKUNET on Windows 3.1.

To install NAL on a Windows 3.1 Computer:
  1. Turn on your computer and login to WKUNET as you normally do.
  2. Save anything that you might be working on.

    Delete the OLD WKUNET icon:

  3. In the PROGRAM MANAGER window, go to the program group which contains the WKUNET icon. (If WKUNET starts automatically when you boot your computer, open the STARTUP program group.)
  4. Single click the WKUNET icon so that it is highlighted.
  5. Click the FILE menu.
  6. Click DELETE from the FILE menu. This will delete the OLD WKUNET icon.

    Create New WKUNET Icon:

  7. Click the FILE menu.
  8. Click NEW.
  9. Select Program Item.
  10. Click OK.
  11. Click the mouse into the text box labeled DESCRIPTION and type WKUNET (NAL). (DO NOT PRESS ENTER YET!)
  12. Click the mouse into the text box labeled COMMAND LINE: and type Z:\PUBLIC\NAL.EXE.
  13. Click OK.
  14. You should now have a new icon labeled WKUNET (NAL).
  15. From this point forward, any time you wish to access WKUNET, use the icon labeled WKUNET (NAL). Development of the old WKUNET was stopped some time ago and support for it is no longer available.

Click here for more information about the new WKUNET (NAL) Interface.

Click here for Smartlaunch Installation Instructions


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Last updated June 24, 1998.