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Download Maxthink

This download offers a 30-day full-feature free trial for new users. The 6.2 meg file is self-installing, and does not erase any previous "Start.max" file. 

Use the Remove Programs option on the Control Panel to remove previous releases of windows Maxthink AFTER installing this latest release. Uninstalling previous windows versions of Maxthink does not remove outlines or files that you have saved in the installation directory.

After installing Maxthink, the file "Maxcmds.doc" in the installation directory provides instructions to all mouse and keyboard commands of the program.  Note: "Not win32 Application" error message appears during the installation only if the download was incomplete.

Significant recent additions
Ctrl-Z toggles between the last two outlines.  Symbol table added to editor. Click on any Maxthink file to open Maxthink on that file.  File Save also automatically copies the saved file to the Backup Files directory with date and time added to the file name. File Preferences includes a new option to bypass save file prompt in File New.
Students look for answers while scholars look for questions!
Superior thinking depends not on speed, IQ, language, training, position, presentation, nor salary, but on completeness.  If you have complete information, then it is easy to find the right answers, while with incomplete information, even the best and brightest are often wrong. 

There are perhaps only 50 questions worth asking in the world that focus on completeness in thinking.  These questions are context free, meaning they will help you gather more information.  These questions are found in the file "Think.max" which is included in the download package.  Organizing 2 or 3 of these powerful questions into a related sequence creates meta-thought patterns that can help you automatically think better than others in any situation whether at and away from a computer.
Errors
Maxthink contains extensive error logging plus automatic backup and recovery routines.  At the end of each use of Maxthink if an error was reported, email me the "c:\errors.txt" file then erase that file. Your email will help me to immediately improve the program.

Neil Larson
510-962-4506  
nlarson@pacbell.net
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