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By James Ezell
 Many applications and games sold on CD-ROM today need to run directly from CD-ROM disc either because they will not work properly if copied to your hard drive or because they will not fit on your hard drive.
Running an application from a CD-ROM using At Ease as the main interface on your computer takes a few more steps to set up than when you are running applications from the within the Finder. This article describes how to set up At Ease so that you can access and use a program directly from the CD--ROM disc without copying it to your hard drive.
The procedure for setting up a CD-ROM--based application in At Ease 1.0 or At Ease 2.0.3 and 3.0 is described in the following tables. Follow these steps for the version of At Ease you have:
At Ease 1.0
- Step 1
- Insert the CD-ROM disc containing the application you want to use.
- Step 2
- Open the At Ease Setup control panel in the Control Panels folder of your System Folder.
- Step 3
- Click the Select Items button.
- Step 4
- Click the Desktop button in the Open Dialog box. Double-click the name of the CD-ROM disc that appears in the window in the left side of the Open Dialog box. Click the Gather Applications... button.
- Step 5
- A dialog box appears telling you which applications are on the disc are not in At Ease. You have the option to Add or Cancel. Click Add. You can remove extra or unwanted applications from the At Ease Items window by selecting or highlighting each once and clicking Remove.
- Step 6
- Click Done, close the At Ease setup window.
At Ease 2.0.3 or 3.0
Step 1
Insert the CD-ROM disc containing the application you want the end-user to access.
Step 2
Open the At Ease Setup program.
Step 3
Double click the Setup you would like to add the program to.
Step 4
Click the second icon from the left to open the Items panel. Click the Add Applications button.
Step 5
In the Add Applications screen, a choice of applications is on the left side. Click and hold the word "Disk" in the top left corner to see the pop-up menu.
Step 6
Select the name of the CD-ROM which is currently in your computer and release the mouse button. At Ease searches for any applications on that CD-ROM.
Step 7
Double-click the name of the application you want to add to the list of Items for This Setup on the right. Or, hold down Shift while single-clicking each application (to select multiple items) and then click the >>Add>> button. Repeat this process until you have added all the applications you want from the CD-ROM.
Step 8
For At Ease 3.0 only: At Ease 3.0 can allow access to all, none, or only administrator defined CD-ROM discs. Under the Options menu, choose CD-ROM Preferences. In order for the user of this setup to access the application you just added from this CD-ROM, click Allow access to all CD-ROMs (default setting).
Step 9
If you want to limit access to only certain CD--ROM discs, click the Only allow access to the specified CD--ROMs button. If you choose this option, you must click the Add button and select the mounted CD--ROM with the application you just added to this setup. You can eject this disc and add other discs you want users of this setup to access from within this panel.
Step 10
Click the OK button and follow the rest of the steps necessary to set up At Ease the way you like.
When you return to At Ease, you will see the button for the application you added in the At Ease panel. If you click the button and the disc is not already in the computer, a message asking you to insert the proper CD-ROM disc will appear.
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