Installation notes and user guide for Undo MediaBank V1.0
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The Undo MediaBank program has been designed to undo the
catalogueing operation of the MediaBank application. This 
may be required in instances such as an installation failure
due to exceeding the 57000 file limit for Macintosh published
volumes on MicroSoft Windows. Manual corrective action can then 
be taken which should allow the installation of MediaBank to 
proceed normally. 

Installation
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Copy the undo_mb.exe file to a directory of your choice. No 
specific install program is required, as this is a console 
application.

User guide
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The Undo MediaBank application may be invoked from the command
line as follows ([] brackets indicate optional information):

   [path]undo_mb

[path] is optional as the Undo MediaBank application (undo_mb.exe) may be 
located in any directory. 

The user will be prompted for the search path when the program runs. This 
specifies the directory from which Undo MediaBank should begin its search
for MediaBank directories. This must be specified as the full path 
(eg; D:\source\).

The Undo MediaBank program will create a set of windows command scripts which 
can be executed to perform the required file operations. The program can run 
these scripts automatically or the user can run them manually. The user will
be offered this choice by Undo MediaBank, and on-screen instructions will be 
given.

It is recommended that some of the command files (which will reside in the 
undo_mb_batch subdirectory) be manually inspected before they are run. The
command files can be run manually by running the undo_mb_master.bat file.

Exclusions
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This program is designed ONLY to recover from a failed installation of the
MediaBank application. In this state, there will NEVER be subdirectories 
in any of the "originals" directories created by MediaBank. 
If the search path on which you intend to use Undo MediaBank does contain 
subdirectories in the "originals" directories, then you are not using 
Undo MediaBank in the manner for which it was designed, and these directories 
will be lost, along with any files they contain. Xconsultants ltd accepts
no responsibility for loss of data due to misuse of Undo MediaBank.
*** YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. ***

Recommendations
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The Undo MediaBank program will move files and delete directories. As with
all operations of this nature, it is highly recommended that you make a
backup before running Undo MediaBank.

Known limitations
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Paths must not exceed 260 characters. This is the path length limit on
MicroSoft Windows. On a Macintosh the maximum path length may be shorter
than this.

Site testing
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The supplied directory "test" contains a directory tree with some example image
files. The operation of the Undo MediaBank program may be tested using these 
directories.

Support
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Contact X consultants Ltd:
email: simonlogan@xconsultants.com