question on automatic startup of a program

[Daniel]

Hi everybody,

I would like to automatically start an Excel worksheet when my PC is
switched on, this worksheet containing a macro that is designed to send
mails via Outlook.

Now, my computer, although quite stable, takes an awful lot ot time to
start. It takes approx 4 minutes before everything "settles".

Should I put the Excel command in the startup folder ? How to launch Excel
once everything else is ready to operate ?

many thanks in advance for your kind help.
wuith brgds,
Daniel

 

[createwindow]

Dear Daniel,

Probably you should write a little VB script to launch your Excel. I
would put 2 simple commands in the script.
1. A deleay or "sleep" command for 4 minutes.
Wscript.Sleep(1440000) in miliseconds.
2. A run command using Wscript.Shell to launch excel

Set the script to "run when computer starts" using the "Sheduled
Tasks" in control panel.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

Is your script resource!

Hope that helps.

CreateWindow
http://mymessagetaker.com
The while-you-were-out message program you have been looking for!

 

[Daniel]

Thank you so much, CreateWindow, for your time and help. I do appreciate.
I will try what you suggest.
tks again and best regards.
Daniel