This is an INIT/control panel extension that will add a windows menu to the finder and other applications.

Windows "knows" some applications that do not need a 'Windows' menu, either because they support only one window at a time (HyperCard), or because they have a built-in 'Windows' menu (like MPW). Windows also "knows"  some applications that need help (Finder, ResEdit). If the current  application is not known to Windows, it will search the menu bar for a menu named Window(s) or the like. If no menu is found, a menu is  added unless you disabled Windows in the control panel.

Installation: Drag the file into the system folder and reboot (it won't work before reboot because it wants to patch some toolbox traps before Multifinder gets loaded). Options may be set using the control panel.

Power users: The "known" applications are represented by their creators and stored in "ukww" resources. You may add your favorite applications there.

Windows has been tested on a Mac+ and a Macintosh II running System  Software 5.0 and 6.0. It contains some code to test for 64KB ROMs and pre-4.1 systems, but this hasn't been tested thoroughly.

Known problems/limitations: - windows will list only the windows of the frontmost application. If someone can provide me with some insight on how to get at the windows of the other applications, feel free to mail that info to me. - windows is not able to detect whether the application supports more  than one window. It needs to "know" the creator. - Windows will have problems with some special windows (e.g. the round windows of "Earth Idle"). This may make the menu useless within these programs, but should not interfere with general program operation.

Maybe you know Window's predecessor, Windows DA. The DA was not very useful under MultiFinder, and it had two bugs: - if a window's name started with a dash, a simple line appeared in the menu instead of the window's name. - if two or more windows had the same name, you could not select but the first one.

The INIT/cdev fixes these limitations and bugs.