FastMenu 3.0 has now been released! The new edition of one of our favourite Autorun packages now includes advanced functions, including the ability to locate files, even if you enter the incorrect path to them! An easier to use Menu Editor has been developed, along with upgraded Set-up Wizard. New functions, like sending an email via a button also help you create professional menus easily!  (click here)

AutoView Version 3.0 has been released! Now with a Set-up Wizard for even easier use. AutoView has had several important advancements in design, including the ability to locate files, even if you enter the incorrect path to them. The inclusion of installable viewers for your files is now optional, making it possible for a one-step set-up process! AutoView has also been redesigned to work from the root (base) directory of the CD, making the creation of your CDs easier than ever! Simply run the wizard and complete the one step process, then copy the contents of the directory to the root (base) of the CD: That easy! What's more we are introducing this new version for business use for the lower cost of US$39.95! (click here)

Pollen Software has just released the Task-O-Matic List Merger! This new companion software for Task-O-Matic allows you to merge tasks between lists, create new lists by extracting tasks from existing lists, and create lists from compiling tasks from various lists. This allows you more freedom than ever to manipulate your task lists, whether it be cross updating tasks from disparate lists, gathering a To Do list together from various task lists, or extracting out tasks to delegate. Try it now! With this release we have also released Task-O-Matic 3.2, download it now to take advantage of a number of performance tweaks, have direct access to the List Merger, and the ability to print your lists in small type. (click here)

Pollen Software has just released the Task-O-Matic List Merger. This new companion software for Task-O-Matic allows you to merge tasks between lists, create new lists by extracting tasks from existing lists, and create lists from compiling tasks from various lists. This allows you more freedom than ever to manipulate your task lists, whether it be cross updating tasks from disparate lists, gathering a To Do list together from various task lists, or extracting out tasks to delegate. (click here)

AUTOption 4.3 has now been released! This new release includes features such as the ability to send email by clicking a menu button, and the ability to easily resort the order of buttons. AUTOption 4.3 can be downloaded from it's home page now! (click here)

Pollen Software's photo album software ExpressAlbum has just been upgraded! This new release incorporates a number of new features, including enhancements in design, output, operation and ease of use. If you have a digital camera, or wish to create photo albums for CD, local or internet use, then check out ExpressAlbum now! click here.

Task-O-Matic Version 3.1 is now released and available for download! This new version of Task-O-Matic includes a number of enhancements over V3.0. Included in these are extra list management features, easier to use dialogs, tweaked and improved display, as well as increased skin detail. Plus, check out Task-O-Matic's new "Starship" skin, available for download from the Skins page! click here.

A new version of the free (for registered users) Button Puncher is now out! Button Puncher is a button creation utility that can make the creation of graphical button a breeze. This new version now incorporates settable button width as well as a number of other features and enhancements. If you have AUTOption Graphic or Autorun Maestro you might want to check it out now! click here.

The new version of AUTOption Graphic has now been released! Complete with a new Set-up Wizard that makes it easier than ever to create attractive menus fast. This new Wizard can automatically create your entire menu interface in a selection of styles, allowing you to create your menu without providing any images! click here.

A new build of the AUTOption Graphic Set-up Wizard Beta has just been released. This new build corrects a few minor issues with the first publicly released beta. Download now to over come these issues, most notably being the inability to recover from adding too many buttons (>20) to a single menu. Visit the AUTOption Graphic Set-up Wizard Beta site to download the new beta! click here.

We have just released for public evaluation a new AUTOption Graphic Set-up Wizard beta. This new Wizard should make is easy than ever to create autorun menus. The wizard will not only set up your entire menu, but will now optionally create all the graphics as well! You even get to choose the graphical style! Visit the AUTOption Graphic Set-up Wizard Beta site to download the new beta! click here.

StyleSkin 2.0 has now been released and can be downloaded from the StyleSkin web site. New features include the ability to use any font in your design, export skins in full Autorun Maestro 2.0 format, new textures, faster rendering zooming and previewing, Windows XP optimisations, as well as much much more. Visit the StyleSkin site to download the new version! click here.

Task-O-Matic Version 3.0 now released and available for download! This new version of Task-O-Matic includes a wide range of new features, including the ability to export your lists to web pages, a new right-click menu, the ability to create lists of files in a directory, the ability to edit task descriptions directly in the list interface with a now expandable task description field, an Always-On-Top mode, ability to show an index of your lists in full numbered order, plus much much more! Check out Task-O-Matic's web site for more information as well as to download your copy, click here.

Autorun Maestro 2.0 has just been released! With a host of new features, including button and taskbar animation options, easier to use Menu Editor, the capability for fully customized sound schemes, a new image browser, keyboard shortcuts and more! You can click here to check out the new version, as well as download a copy!

We have made an effort to make our software easier to download and use, as well as our web site easier to read and navigate. All of our autorun packages now come in self extracting EXEs! This has simplified the process of downloading and extracting the software, and has allowed us to simplify the website, as well as file management for both users and us. We have also made changes around the site to simplify it's layout and navigation. These changes should help users quickly locate, download and use the software that interests them. We hope you enjoy our now even easier to use autorun software!

Autorun Action Flash Version 4.1 has just been released. This new version has had a number of new additions, including recursive directory searching so you can move your files when you write your CD and have your Autorun link still work! A number of other features and upgrades have also been added such as the new ability to set your target window size. To check out and download the new version, click here

AUTOption Graphic Version 4.2 is now out! Incorporating new features such as task bar animation, individual button sounds, an upgraded Menu Editor and Setup Wizard. The Help system has also been improved, plus more! To check out and and download the new version, click here

Our FAQ/ Trouble-Shooter has just been updated to include even more topics, solutions and answers to frequently asked questions! We receive a great many enquires regarding our autorun software, and we have placed the most common questions, along with their answers, in our FAQ/ Trouble-Shooter. So if you have any questions, queries and the like, then be sure to check it out!. To go to our FAQ/ Trouble-Shooter now, click here

Those users with digital cameras or other computer image collections should check out Pollen Software's latest release, SnapAlbum! SnapAlbum is advanced photo management and display software that can create attractive HTML based albums from your photos or images. These albums can then be viewed in your browser, uploaded to the Internet, or shared with others via CD. For more details click here

The Button Puncher is a free (for registered users) utility which helps user create graphical buttons for Autorun Maestro and AUTOption Graphic. Some users were receiving an invalid control array error with the previous release of the Button Puncher, this new release overcomes this issue so that no-one should experience the error. If you are a registered user of AUTOption Graphic or Autorun Maestro, and have either not yet downloaded the software or were one of the few who experienced this error then please check out this release Button Puncher. For more details click here

A new version of AUTOption has just been released! This new versions offers some new functions, resolves a few minor bugs and sees some rework of the help system. For more details click here

We have found that many people choose to register more than one of our autorun CD  packages, not uncommonly choosing to even register every one. These people can now save a significant amount (up to 25%) when registering! We have two separate options available, register any three CD autorun programs, or register all eight CD autorun packages. Either way you save a significant amount off the individual price! We have set up options for both business and personal users. For more details click here

Now free for registered users of Autorun  Maestro as well as AUTOption Graphic! The Button Puncher, a button creation program which allows users to quickly create graphical buttons has been upgraded with a host of new features! These include much faster button creation, multiple button styles, browse to open caption list and more! (click here)

Due to the recent release of the new version of StyleSkin and its Autorun Maestro export features, and the continuing popularity of the two with registering users, we have now released a discount package for the duo! You can now purchase registration to both Autorun Maestro (personal or business) as well as StyleSkin for a discounted rate of a 20% off the combined cost! See our registration form for details now!

Autorun Maestro 1.1 has just been released! While this version addresses a couple of small bugs in the first release, more importantly it coincides with the latest release of StyleSkin. StyleSkin now exports skins directly to Autorun Maestro menus. This means you can use StyleSkin to design complex and attractive 3D interfaces easily, and then simply turn them into fully featured Maestro menus with the click of a single button! You can check out the latest version of Autorun Maestro here, or the new release of StyleSkin here.

We are now offering a discount of 15% off for purchases of three or more of the same package, at the same time. This means businesses who wish to purchase license to use our software to author CDs in a number of locations or computers can now receive a discount on purchasing multiple licenses. All you have to do is order via the relevant normal order form, and if you put three or more in the quantity field, the discount will automatically apply.

We have now released our new powerful CD menuing software, Autorun Maestro! After much development, Autorun Maestro is now publicly available and ready for purchase. This new menuing software incorporates impressive new features not found in our other Autorun CD software. These include a fully customisable graphical interface with independently placed buttons, transparency, increased button command options, over 10 screen locations as well as many, many other new features. With its extensive features coupled with its focus on ease of use, Autorun Maestro suits all users, from beginner to highly advanced. You can read more about Autorun Maestro, as well as download the shareware, on Maestro's homepage right now! (click here)

We have just released a new version of AUTOption! This new version (4.1) adds a few very useful features. These include such features as a color picker for your text color, intelligent file search, and better catering for corrupt key files. You can read more about, as well as download the program at AUTOption's page. (click here)

Our new CD autorun software, Autorun Maestro, has just had a new beta released! All known issues with the previous version have been resolved, and a number of new features added. For full details check out the preliminary Autorun Maestro page (click here) or the Beta Testers Area (click here)!

We have just released a new version of AUTOption Graphic! This new version (4.1) adds a few very useful features. These include such features as a color picker for your text color, intelligent file search, and better catering for corrupt key files. You can read more about, as well as download the program at AUTOption Graphic's page. (click here)

Pollen Software is proud to announce the launch of its new advanced FAQ (frequently asked questions)/ Trouble Shooter! This new help area will assist any existing or new users of our autorun CD software in solving any issues they might experience. We have programmed our own software to create and maintain the FAQ/ Trouble Shooter, and will continuously add to the information presented. The format is a familiar tree-view style, which all users should find easy to navigate. The automated nature of this advanced new software means we can keep the FAQ/ Trouble Shooter not only up to date, but up to the minute!   Click here to go to our shiny new FAQ/ Trouble Shooter now!

The StyleSkin Form Skinning Wizard (beta) has been released! This new tool allows Visual Basic programmers to quickly and easily convert their programs into fully skinned interfaces! The software not only redesigns the VB form, but adds all necessary code (including a graphic TitleBar and drag code), and creates an advanced StyleSkin template ready to skin! If you program in VB, be sure to check out this addition. Registration to the Skin Wizard is included with StyleSkin! Click here for more information.

Pollen Software is proud to announce the arrival (beta) of its latest CD autorun program, Autorun Maestro! Autorun Maestro is the most advanced CD autorun software we have developed to date, with features like freely shaped forms, independently placed buttons, more button functions, settable tab order, and much, much more! You can check out the preliminary information and download the beta at the Autorun Maestro homepage (click here).

Our entire website has been redesigned! The new pages should not only be clearer to read, but faster to load and easier to navigate. The site has also been redesigned to be easier to maintain. Please change your bookmarks to reflect the new location of pages. We hope you like the new look!

FastMenu 2.0 is now OUT! With a range of new features FastMenu 2.0 is now complete with its own Setup Wizard and upgraded Menu Editor. It now supports animated title graphics and an expiry feature! This new expiry feature means you can advise the end user that the information on the CD is now considered out of date (great for catalogue CDs, pricelists, product brochures, company or personal resumes, even such CDs as training and certification programs) and let the user know just where they might go for an update etc.

You can check out the new version and download you own copy at FastMenu's homepage. (click here)

The Beta for FastMenu Version 2.0 has now been released! This new version will see the addition of a number of new elements into FastMenu, and our autorun software in general! It introduces a new Setup Wizard, graphic animation capability, as well as a number of unique new features. An "Expiry Date" feature has been added. This can be used to let the end user know the CD is now out of date and can be very useful in product or pricelist CDs. Also new features such as the ability to drag and drop buttons to move them in the button order, separate Button Properties, Animation and Expiry dialogs in the Menu Editor make the software incredibly easy to use. You can download and try out the new version in the Beta Testing Centre! (click here)

The Beta for StyleSkin Version 1.1 has been released! This new version introduces new Accent Effects including Surface Shine, Display Glow, Button Glow and Display Grain. It also introduces a scrollable, sizable Effects browser which displays thumbnails of all your effects for easy selection! For complete information, and to download your copy StyleSkin site! (click here)

The AUTOption Graphic Button Puncher is a new program which is free to registered users of AUTOption Graphic! This great little program has been designed to quickly create any number of buttons for use in AUTOption Graphic. Its great when creating quick menus and you do not want to worry about spending too much time on custom buttons! Click Here for full info!

Autorun Action Flash Version 4 has now been released! Autorun Action Flash now comes complete with its own Setup Wizard, settable screen location, the ability to prompt to install a viewer, regcode masking, settable execution timing... the list goes on! Check out the Autorun Action Flash WebPages for more details!!

The Version 4 Beta for Autorun Action Flash is now available for download! The new version will be able to prompt for viewer installation, have settable screen position, as well as a separate Setup Wizard! You can download the Beta Version from the Beta Testing Area now!

ZDNet has awarded StyleSkin its highest accolade, a 5 stars Gold Medal! We thank the good people at ZDNet, and we hope all our users enjoy the award winning software! Please see StyleSkin's site for more information of this award-winning software! (click here). We encourage anyone creating graphical autorun interfaces (e.g. AUTOption Graphic) to take a look at what StyleSkin can do for them.

After an intensive development process and much anticipation StyleSkin is now RELEASED! StyleSkin now offers not only revolutionary template driven rendering capability, but a native template editor, 24 different texture styles (each adjustable), specialised photo rendering capabilities (to turn you favorite image into a skin), as well as a full range of skinning features! All for only $29.95!!!! Click Here to go to StyleSkin's website!

Following on the release and subsequent 5-Star rating of AUTOption Graphic, the newly released AUTOption V4 has also earned the 5-Star rating by ZDNet! We encourage everyone to have a look at these Autorun programs, they are both powerful, easy to use menu programs that have now been made even better in Version 4! For more information on these programs, or to download your copy, you can click on their respective name in the menu to the left. Have Fun!

AutoView has undergone a major upgrade! This version sees the introduction of a separate INI editor, as well as the ability for the author to set the installation message shown to the User when the a viewer for his/her document type is not found. Registration Code masking has also been added, to help protect registered users from piracy. For a full rundown of the new features or to download your copy please see AutoView's homepage! (click here)

Following hot on the heels of the release of Version 4 of AUTOption Graphic is the Version 4 release of AUTOption (Standard). With a host of new features, AUTOption 4.0 strengthens the already powerful features of AUTOption. With the inclusion of a Setup Wizard the AUTOption package is now easier to use than ever, also sporting upgrades to the Menu Editor. This upgrade also encompasses such new features as button animation, placeable minimise and exit controls and a host of other upgrades! For a full rundown of the new features or to download your copy please see AUTOption Graphic's homepage! (click here)

With fantastic new features, AUTOption Graphic Version 4.0 has now been released! New features include button image and placement animation, full keyboard access to buttons, a Setup Wizard, improved Menu Editor, RegCode masking, Minimise and Exit controls, the list goes on! For a full rundown of the new features or to download your copy please see AUTOption Graphic's homepage! (click here)

Talk about changes! As you no doubt have noticed we have become a company and we have even gotten our own Internet Site! We wish to thank all of the multitude who have supported us and registered our software, especially those who have provided invaluable feedback and suggested feature enhancements. We ask that all our loyal customers bear with us as we settle into our new domain, obviously the site will have to be tweaked a little to accommodate the changes. In the meantime I encourage anyone who uses WinAmp to check out our Pollen Software WinAmp skins! Have Fun and Thank You!

AUTOption and AUTOption Graphic Version 4.0 public beta have just been released. With a dizzying array of new features, the betas for both programs have been released for those adventurous enough to explore unfinished software. If you consider yourself one of these bold venturers then please take a look at the new Beta Testing Area! (click here)

We now have a skinning service! We have introduced this service for FREE! (to registered user of AUTOption and AUTOption Graphic) You can design your skin using a template and send it off to us, we'll then send you four skins back, with different button settings in each skin.

You can check out this service more on the pages for AUTOption or AUTOption Graphic!

A number of new features have been added to AutoPage!

• You can now choose where you would like the menu to appear on screen. You can select the center or any of the four corners.

• The menu editor/ creator has been redesigned to allow easier, faster menu creation and editing.

• Demo mode, where the screens were automatically cycled has now been limited. This demo only occurs if the User has not pushed a button, minimising any disruption to the launched command.

• Registration Code has now been masked. To protect Users from having their registration code used by someone else the registration code is now masked in the INI.

All new! announcing the AUTOption Graphic Setup Wizard. This program allows you to set up your menu in AUTOption Graphic quickly and easily. This wizard takes you through setting up your menu step by step!!! Check it out NOW! (click here)

We have released Photo Clock, which is a fun little clock which you can customize by adding your own background image and changing the configuration and colors of the clock elements...

its a special gift for our web browsers...and ITS FREE! Have Fun!

Both AUTOptions have had a major upgrade, with new features and an even easier interface to program in. Among the plethora of changes are such items as:

• Enhanced Button Setting and moving in programmer.
• Completely rewritten button properties module in programmer. With scrollable image list for setting button images (AUTOption Graphic Only).
• All New Properties Dialog for Setting button properties.
• Accessory Text, a separate Formattable Text area
• Button Description - provide further information on your buttons, then when the User positions the mouse over a button the accessory text changes to display the button description you entered.
• More accurate dialog positioning, and faster load-up.
• Fully redone Help Files.
• Commandline Arguments for any and all buttons.
• Buttons can be individually set to exit if the User clicks them.

Please see help file for full information!

You can now implement a full screen background IN AutoPage by including a Windows Metafile! Just create your metafile (in PowerPoint or another program capable of creating and saving a Windows Metafile), name it "back.wmf" and include it with your program. The the program loads it will display the metafile behind it, covering the entire screen.

FastMenu's INI Programmer has been upgraded to allow easier opening of sub-menu INIs. This has involved adding a "Open" button to allow the User to open any INI while in the INI programmer (rather than dragging and dropping the INI into the EXE file)!

FreePlay allows you to autorun a CD whenever you wish. This handy little utility simply starts the autorun program on the CD as if you had just inserted the CD. This can be handy if you have auto-insert notification turned off on your machine. It can also be useful for normal users who find themselves ejecting CDs just to get the initial autorun menu to come up!

AUTOption and AUTOption Graphic have both been upgraded! You can now create INIs for installing viewers, in case the User does not have a program capable of viewing the document you tried to open. If the User does not have a viewer for a document you have tried to open, AUTOption can automatically load a new INI to offer installable viewers, information and options to the User. If the User does not have a program (e.g. a Web Browser) capable of viewing the document you are attempting to open on their machine (e.g. a HTML document), then AUTOption/ AUTOption Graphic will immediately take them to a nested menu (e.g. html.ini) from which they can install the program. You can do this for as many document types as you like! Please see help files for full information!

There was a minor bug in the new animated version of Autorun Action Flash. This bug, which caused the flash screen to load up and halt under some configurations, has been remedied and anyone with Autorun Action Flash version 3.0 who has experienced these problems are advised to download the new version (3.0.1).

You can now add a Title Bar, as well as have that text reflected in the Windows TaskBar! Title Bar Caption can be changed for each menu/ submenu, or if no text is entered, then no Title Bar will be displayed.

This is particularly handy if you feel strongly that you want text in the button in the TaskBar (in order for text to appear there the program must have a Title Bar)

With Autorun Action Flash you can now have ANIMATED flash screens! Simple to implement, and very flexible, you can animated your flash screen with as many frames as you wish. You can set the animation speed, which can cater for a range of animation effects, from highly graphical animations to simple screen swapping! You can even cycle the animation indefinitely for as long as the flash screen stays up!

You can now implement full sound schemes with AutoPage! With sound events for Start, Exit, Scroll Left, Scroll Right and Command execute! Each event is set by the presence of the relevant wave file. You need only include wave files for the events you wish to associate a sound for, and the wave files can easily be replaced with your own sounds. Full details can be found in the programs readme file.

With FastMenu you can now pass commandline arguments to any programs opened with your buttons!

With both FastMenu and Autorun Action Flash you can now specify the CD-Drive in any Commandline Arguments! With a new variable (%CD%) you can use in your Commandline arguments you can specify the drive your CD is in. This enhances the ability to include on your CD programs which can open/ view/ edit the documents on your CD!