Startup Oeder Question

[Willy]

I've 3 programs in my Startup Folder. How do I set a load order for them so
there won't be any conflicts with 2 trying to load at once?

 

[***** charles]

I've 3 programs in my Startup Folder. How do I set a load order for them so
there won't be any conflicts with 2 trying to load at once?

create batch file, put them in the order you want, call batch file from
start up folder.

charles....

 

[Willy]

Charles,
I'm not much on writing a batch file but here are the paths, execs, & order
I want them to start in:

"D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE"
"D:\Program Files\Trillian\trillian.exe"
"D:\Program Files\FireTrust\MailWasher Pro\MailWasher.exe"

I want them to all start minimized. Can you help me write one or give me
directions?

 

[az-willie]

create batch file, put them in the order you want, call batch file from
start up folder.

charles....

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I've created .bat files but can't figure how to get them to run more than
one program.

I can put two references to programs in but only the first one runs then
it stops.

How do you make a .bat file run more than one program?

 

[Rodney]

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I've created .bat files but can't figure how to get them to run more than
one program.

I can put two references to programs in but only the first one runs then
it stops.

How do you make a .bat file run more than one program?

"Call" batch command will run the program then go back to the batch when
the program finishes. Is that what you desire?

 

[Rodney]

Charles,
I'm not much on writing a batch file but here are the paths, execs, & order
I want them to start in:

"D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE"
"D:\Program Files\Trillian\trillian.exe"
"D:\Program Files\FireTrust\MailWasher Pro\MailWasher.exe"

I want them to all start minimized. Can you help me write one or give me
directions?

It's been a while since I've done this but you might try:

Start /w "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE"
Start /w "D:\Program Files\Trillian\trillian.exe"
Start /w "D:\Program Files\FireTrust\MailWasher Pro\MailWasher.exe"

I think that should start them in order one-at-a-time.

Probably a better way to do what you want to do is to put shortcuts
(links) to the programs in your startup folder (you can rename them i.e.
a;b;c to have them start in the order you desire) then edit (right
click) the shortcuts and select run minimized.

Rodney

 

[az-willie]

"Call" batch command will run the program then go back to the batch when
the program finishes. Is that what you desire?

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Can you give me and example of he " call " command and how to use it?

I'm going to try the Start I saw you put in another post and see if I have
any luck with that.

 

[Rodney]

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Can you give me and example of he " call " command and how to use it?

I'm going to try the Start I saw you put in another post and see if I have
any luck with that.

Well, it's been a while since I worked in DOS and it depends a bit on
whether you're trying to use Windows programs or not. Rather than try to
write things all out, here is a link which took Google .22 seconds to find.

http://www.csulb.edu/~murdock/call.html


My example of the start command appears to work a bit differently
(another field to consider) in XP than in 9x, if XP is what you are
using. This one took a little longer to find .32 seconds.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1631997,00.asp

By the way, you hijacked the original posters thread to ask your
question instead of starting your own new one. Many people do not
approve of that behaviour and thus wouldn't take any time to help you.

Hope this gets you started (pun intended) on your quest.

Rodney

 

[Willy]

Rodney,
Thanks for bringing up the point about "hi-jacking". My original question
has got lost or answers to it so confusing, I've given up on my original
posting getting answered. Thanks for the links you provided, I'll check
them out.