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Mike C Liu

Hi

Usually I have to open word file and data files together. As the
computer starts up, I need to cd to the specific directory to open
these files with different softwares. Could this be done
automatically, or just one click?
Any suggestion is appreciated.
Mike
 
Mike C Liu said:
Hi

Usually I have to open word file and data files together. As the
computer starts up, I need to cd to the specific directory to open
these files with different softwares. Could this be done
automatically, or just one click?
Any suggestion is appreciated.
Mike
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There are several ways of doing this. One is to invoke
your applications in a batch file, then create a desktop
shortcut to your batch file. The batch file could look
like so:
Line1 @echo off
Line2 start /b "Budget Spreadsheet" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE" "D:\My Documents\Budget 2007.xls"
Line3 start /b "Budget Spreadsheet" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\OFFICE11\Winword.EXE" "D:\My Documents\Presentation.doc"

Unwrap the lines and remove the LineX numbers
before saving the batch file.
 
Mike C Liu said:
Hi

Usually I have to open word file and data files together. As the
computer starts up, I need to cd to the specific directory to open
these files with different softwares. Could this be done
automatically, or just one click?
Any suggestion is appreciated.
Mike
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One click - put a shortcut on your desktop

Automatically - put a shortcut into a startup directory
X:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
 
One click - put a shortcut on your desktop

Automatically - put a shortcut into a startup directory
X:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
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Thank you very much. It really works.
But I am thinking, if I want to switch to another projects including
another specific word file and related data files, then I have to
change the shortcut to the startup directory.
Then, turn off and on the PC again and again.
How does the WindowsXP open the startup directory? I am thinking if I
put the shortcuts to several dirs, where each of them stores shortcuts
of specific related files, I can use the XXX software (better one
click) to open the dir (the specific project in the desktop). That's
better, isn't it?
Mike
 
Mike C Liu said:
Thank you very much. It really works.
But I am thinking, if I want to switch to another projects including
another specific word file and related data files, then I have to
change the shortcut to the startup directory.
Then, turn off and on the PC again and again.
How does the WindowsXP open the startup directory? I am thinking if I
put the shortcuts to several dirs, where each of them stores shortcuts
of specific related files, I can use the XXX software (better one
click) to open the dir (the specific project in the desktop). That's
better, isn't it?
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I'd suggest going a different route.

I use a program called PowerPro http://powerpro.webeddie.com/ that
loads a menu bar at startup. I can open any program, paste any text,
pretty much anything I want to do, by clicking on the menu,

I wouldn't recommend this program to you as it has a very steep
learning curve, google for something like: macro "launch programs"

There is also the Quick launch bar (right click task bar > Tool bars >
quick launch) you can drag and drop programs into it allowing one
click loading.
 
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