Startup Application

[JustUs]

I have an application that I would like to have startup at boot. Have tried
putting a shortcut in the Startup folder, but that didn't work. Help doesn't
give any help. Your help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
JustUs

 

[VanguardLH]

I have an application that I would like to have startup at boot. Have tried
putting a shortcut in the Startup folder, but that didn't work. Help doesn't
give any help. Your help would be appreciated.

If it is the same shortcut (has the same properties) as the shortcut you
use to start the program then how did that Startup shortcut "not work"?
It would be the SAME shortcut, especially if you just dragged a copy
into your Startup group in the start menu. More likely it doesn't load
the way you would like, as in not showing its UI window and instead
minimizing to a tray icon - but that is not what you said you expected
to happen or why it "didn't work".

 

[JustUs]

I verified that the link had the same properties. I even made sure the
shortcut in Startup opened the app - it did. It did not load to the tray, it
was not present in Taskmanager Applications or Processes. If you would like
to try it on your own, it is available at www.weather1.com. It is quite a
good weather application with the ability to customize via html.

Thanks,

 

[VanguardLH]

I verified that the link had the same properties. I even made sure the
shortcut in Startup opened the app - it did. It did not load to the tray, it
was not present in Taskmanager Applications or Processes. If you would like
to try it on your own, it is available at www.weather1.com. It is quite a
good weather application with the ability to customize via html.

Well, are you past its 30-day trial period. It is shareware, not
freeware. If you haven't paid for it and its month trial period has
expired, it probably won't run no matter how you try to start it or
which shortcut you use.

It has an option to minimize to system tray on startup. Do you have the
Windows taskbar configured to hide some icons in the system tray? If
so, did you click on the leftward chevron to expand the system tray to
see the hidden icons (to see if Weather1's icon was a hidden icon)?

It also has an option to load automatically on Windows startup? So why
not use THAT method of loading it when Windows starts up (or when you
login)? They probably know best whether it should load as a Run
registry key, in the Startup menu, as a scheduled task, as a login
script, as an NT service, or some other method.

If you upload their installation file (weather1.exe) to virustotal.com,
a few antivirus programs alert on this file. If you upload the
installed C:\Program Files\Weather1\weather1.exe to virustotal.com, the
same AV products give the same alerts. Doesn't mean that the program is
malware but only some products say it might be. I tested within a
virtual machine so all I had to do was to revert to the baseline
snapshot to wipe away all changes (don't even have to uninstall).

 

[JustUs]

It is not past the 30 day trial. I purchased it.

However, there is a solution. The new version that was posted about 2 hours
after I wrote the last comment has the feature to start with Windows. So, no
more issue

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I have an application that I would like to have startup at boot. Have tried
putting a shortcut in the Startup folder, but that didn't work. Help doesn't
give any help. Your help would be appreciated.

Read VanguardLH's replies. I'll reinforce what he's said by saying
that if you say that the shortcut works if you run it yourself, but
not if it's in the Startup folder, that's really no different from
saying that the shortcut works if John double-clicks it, but not if
Mary double-clicks it. What you state makes no sense.

 

[Tecknomage]

Did you check the Options for the app?

If it works like many weather apps, there are options for 'Start with
Windows,' and minimize to Taskbar Tray, etc.

I use Weather Watcher and that's what you do to run it at boot (not from the
Startup folder).