pgm start order

[plugginaway]

Do items load in the order we see them in System Config Utility?

if so, can we change the order?

thanx

 

[Lem]

Do items load in the order we see them in System Config Utility?

if so, can we change the order?

thanx

No.

Not without some sort of startup manager or batch program, and even then
it might be difficult. See the post by Wes Vogel here:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...thread/thread/e129b5110c86ddad?hl=en&ie=UTF-8

If you are interested in which "items" start in which places, get free
Autoruns here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx

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[Twayne]

Do items load in the order we see them in System Config Utility?

if so, can we change the order?

thanx

Lem's answer is good. In reality, the icons show in the System Tray
when they FINISH loading. Some are short & quick, others larger and
take longer so even just setting the start order won't necessarily get
the same display of icons in that order without taking the work they
have to do first into consideration..

start--finish & display
start----------------------finish & display
start -------finish & display
start--------------------------------finish & display
start ----------------------finish & display
etc.. leftmost displays first, next leftmost next, and so on.

HTH

Twayne

 

[plugginaway]

Thanx. good thorough answers.

Lem's answer is good. In reality, the icons show in the System Tray
when they FINISH loading. Some are short & quick, others larger and
take longer so even just setting the start order won't necessarily get
the same display of icons in that order without taking the work they
have to do first into consideration..

start--finish & display
start----------------------finish & display
start -------finish & display
start--------------------------------finish & display
start ----------------------finish & display
etc.. leftmost displays first, next leftmost next, and so on.

HTH

Twayne

 

[Ken Blake]

Do items load in the order we see them in System Config Utility?
No.


if so, can we change the order?

Load them from a batch file, putting them in the order you want them within
the batch file.

 

[Kelly]

In addition:

Q179365 INFO: Run, RunOnce, RunServices, RunServicesOnce and Startup
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q179/3/65.asp


Run and RunOnce Registry Keys

Run and RunOnce registry keys cause programs to run each time that a user
logs on. The data value for a key is a command line. Register programs to
run by adding entries of the form description-string=commandline. You can
write multiple entries under a key. If more than one program is registered
under any particular key, the order in which those programs run is
indeterminate.

Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows .NET Server registry
includes the following four keys:


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

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[Twayne]

In addition:

Q179365 INFO: Run, RunOnce, RunServices, RunServicesOnce and Startup
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q179/3/65.asp


Run and RunOnce Registry Keys

Run and RunOnce registry keys cause programs to run each time that a
user logs on. The data value for a key is a command line. Register
programs to run by adding entries of the form
description-string=commandline. You can write multiple entries under
a key. If more than one program is registered under any particular
key, the order in which those programs run is indeterminate.

Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows .NET Server
registry includes the following four keys:


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

And how do you get the batch file to run during boot?

 

[Ken Blake]

And how do you get the batch file to run during boot?

You put it (or a shortcut to it) in the startup folder.

Thanks for asking. I forgot to mention that in my earlier message.