How to set up mIRC

This example uses: mIRC 5.11, Netscape 4.03 and Windows 95

Setup under Windows NT 4.0 is exactly the same.
Setup under Windows 3.1 is different, but the configuration of the mIRC program is similar.

Part 4: Creating a Customized Shortcut

You can make Windows 95 shortcuts to the mIRC program. Each shortcut can run the program differently. For instance, you can tell mIRC which IRC server to connect to and which channel(s) to join. You can tell it to use different initialization files, so that different users of your computer can each run miRC under their own names, and connect to their favorite server and channels.
Right-click the mIRC32 icon, and select "Create Shortcut" from the context menu.

A new icon will appear.

Right-click the new icon, and select "Rename" from the context menu.
Give it a name like "NewEarth Live Chat".

Right-click the new icon, and select "Properties" from the context menu.

In the Properties dialog, hit "Shortcut". The "Target:" box contains the command line for mIRC. You can change this command line to specify different startup options. See the Command Line Parameters You can specify the following parameters on the command line:
-s forces mIRC to connect to the specified server and port on startup. -j<#chan1,...,#chanN> forces mIRC to join the specified channels on connect. -p specifies password required to join channel. -n sets your nickname and alternate nickname to these nicks.
-i forces mIRC to use the specified INI file.

We will specify that mIRC is to connect to server irc.newearth.org and join channel #newearth.
We do this by adding

-sirc.newearth.org -j#newearth to the command line. It's possible to join more than one channel: each will have a separate window. For instance, to join both #newearth and #sgg, you would use
-sirc.newearth.org -j#newearth,#sgg

Part 5: Setting up Netscape to use chat room links

Part 4: Creating a Customized Shortcut
You can make Windows 95 shortcuts to the mIRC program. Each shortcut can run the program differently. For instance, you can tell mIRC which IRC server to connect to and which channel(s) to join. You can tell it to use different initialization files, so that different users of your computer can each run miRC under their own names, and connect to their favorite server and channels. Right-click the mIRC32 icon, and select "Create Shortcut" from the context menu.
A new icon will appear.
Right-click the new icon, and select "Rename" from the context menu. Give it a name like "NewEarth Live Chat".
Right-click the new icon, and select "Properties" from the context menu.
In the Properties dialog, hit "Shortcut". The "Target:" box contains the command line for mIRC. You can change this command line to specify different startup options. See the Command Line Parameters You can specify the following parameters on the command line: `-s forces mIRC to connect to the specified server and port on startup. -j<#chan1,...,#chanN> forces mIRC to join the specified channels on connect. -p specifies password required to join channel. -n sets your nickname and alternate nickname to these nicks.` `-i forces mIRC to use the specified INI file.`
We will specify that mIRC is to connect to server irc.newearth.org and join channel #newearth. We do this by adding `-sirc.newearth.org -j#newearth` to the command line. It's possible to join more than one channel: each will have a separate window. For instance, to join both #newearth and #sgg, you would use `-sirc.newearth.org -j#newearth,#sgg`