Simple instructions for setup

1. mp and cns run from the "MS-DOS" command prompt.  If you double-click
   their icons, they'll just flash up and then disappear.  This is expected 
   behavior.  So open an MS-DOS command window, set your PATH to include 
   \usgs\tools\bin, and you will be able to run mp and cns by typing their
   names at the prompt.

2. Tkme is best run from a shortcut.  Put the pointer on the desktop 
   background and press the right mouse button.  From the menu select New, 
   and from the little menu that pops up there select Shortcut.  Browse the 
   directories until you find the file tkme.exe.  Name the shortcut something 
   informative ("Tkme" might not be a bad choice), and click Finish to create
   the shortcut.  You should be able to double-click the shortcut to run it.

   a) Tkme needs to be told where its help file is.  The easiest way to do
      that is to include this information in the Target field of the shortcut.
      Use the right mouse button to click the shortcut and select Properties
      from the menu that appears.  Click the Shortcut tab and append to the
      text in the Target field: " -h \USGS\tools\doc\xtme.hlp"  (don't add
      the quotes, but do make sure there's a space before the -h).

   b) You can change the icon of Tkme if you wish.  A suitable icon file is
      located in \usgs\tools\doc\tools.ico.

Good luck!

Peter N. Schweitzer (U.S. Geological Survey, Reston VA 20192)
pschweitzer@usgs.gov  <http://geology.usgs.gov/peter/>