Start-up Order

[Willy]

How do I re-arrange the Start-up order of apps when PC Restarts/Starts?
I've a Email checking app that starts before the PC is connected to my LAN.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

How do I re-arrange the Start-up order of apps when PC Restarts/Starts?
I've a Email checking app that starts before the PC is connected to my
LAN.

Place a batch file into your Startup folder with the
following lines:
@echo off
:again
ping www.google.com | find /i "bytes=" > nul && goto Connected
ping localhost -n 60 > nul
goto again

:Connected
"c:\Program Files\MyApp\mailcheck.exe"

Post again if the above makes no sense to you.

 

[Willy]

Thanks but yes I'm lost on what it will do when I put it in Startup Folder.
Can you explain?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

You don't do anything. Shortcuts and batch files that reside in
the Startup folder will run automatically at logon time.

 

[cf]

let it be known on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:16:54 -0400
"Willy" <[email protected]> scribed:

|How do I re-arrange the Start-up order of apps when PC Restarts/Starts?
|I've a Email checking app that starts before the PC is connected to my LAN.
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|Thanks, Bill
|Post replies back to News Group
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Bill,

You might try something like Startup Delayer here:
<http://www.r2.com.au/software.php?page=2&show=startdelay>

I've never personally used it so I can't endorse it but I've seen it mentioned in this group before.

hth

 

[Willy]

Understand that but confused as to what the batch file you recommend will
do? Ping Google, etc.?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

OK, let's have a look at the various lines of my batch file:

1 @echo off
2 :again
3 ping www.google.com | find /i "bytes=" > nul && goto Connected
4 ping localhost -n 60 > nul
5 goto again
6 :Connected
7 "c:\Program Files\MyApp\mailcheck.exe"

Line 1: This line prevents the commands from appearing on
the screen while the batch file runs.

Line2: This is a label that is used by Line 5.

Line3: This line consists of three components:
a) It pings google.
b) It monitors the reply it gets.
c) If the reply contains the string "bytes=" then it jumps to the label
"Connected". This string is generated only when your PC gets a
reply from Google. It therefore tells you that your Internet
connection is live.

Line4: This line causes the batch file to pause for about one minute.

Line5: Go back to the label "Again".

Line 6: This is where the batch file resumes when your
Internet connection is live.

Line 7: This is your EMail checking command.

 

[Gilgamesh]

OK, let's have a look at the various lines of my batch file:

1 @echo off
2 :again
3 ping www.google.com | find /i "bytes=" > nul && goto Connected
4 ping localhost -n 60 > nul
5 goto again
6 :Connected
7 "c:\Program Files\MyApp\mailcheck.exe"

Line 1: This line prevents the commands from appearing on
the screen while the batch file runs.

Line2: This is a label that is used by Line 5.

Line3: This line consists of three components:
a) It pings google.
b) It monitors the reply it gets.
c) If the reply contains the string "bytes=" then it jumps to the label
"Connected". This string is generated only when your PC gets a
reply from Google. It therefore tells you that your Internet
connection is live.

Line4: This line causes the batch file to pause for about one minute.

Line5: Go back to the label "Again".

Line 6: This is where the batch file resumes when your
Internet connection is live.

Line 7: This is your EMail checking command.

Your response to Willy's specific question seems straight forward to me but
I want to expand on the question in a more general sense.

If I have 5 different items in my startup folder is there anyway I can
control the order in which they start during a boot?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Your response to Willy's specific question seems straight forward to me
but I want to expand on the question in a more general sense.

If I have 5 different items in my startup folder is there anyway I can
control the order in which they start during a boot?

Sure. Instead of placing a shortcut for each item into the
Startup folder, invoke them through a single batch file which
you place into the startup folder. This batch file may contain:
- Lines that point to executables (e.g. "c:\tools\MyApp.exe")
- Lines that point to shortcuts (e.g. "c:\MyShortcut.lnk")
- Lines that point to other batch files (e.g. "c:\Tools\MyBatch.bat")

In the last case you must invoke the other batch files with
a "call" statement. If you don't then control will never return
to the calling batch file.

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