Startup wont startup

[Tony Girgenti]

Hello.

I have a Windows XP SP2 computer attached to a network. When it starts up it automatically connects to the network thru a wireless card.

When i put an icon, for the software on the server, in the All Users\Startup folder, it never starts. I can put other things in startup that are on the local hard drive and they start OK.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Tony

 

[Malke]

Hello.

I have a Windows XP SP2 computer attached to a network. When it
starts up it automatically connects to the network thru a wireless
card.

When i put an icon, for the software on the server, in the All
Users\Startup folder, it never starts. I can put other things in
startup that are on the local hard drive and they start OK.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Tony

(excessive cross-posting snipped)

What "software on the server"? It isn't clear from your post what you
are asking. It sounds like you are asking about wireless software for
the connection, but in your first sentence you say the computer does
automatically connect to the network. If you are talking about some
third-party program hosted on the server that you want to start
automatically on your workstation, tell us the name of the program.

Malke

 

[Tony Girgenti]

Well OK. I didn't think it matters what i'm trying to run. It's
Synchronics CounterPoint Point-of-sale software written in COBOL.

I can run it by clicking on an icon on the desktop after the computer starts
up, but when i put that icon in the startup folder it does not run.

It's not a problem with the network or the wireless card and it's not a
software on the server problem. It's a startup problem with the software on
the server, Synchronics CounterPoint is on the server. When i use the
desktop icon to start that software it works fine. When i put that icon in
the startup folder, it never starts.

Thanks for your help.
Tony

 

[Dave Patrick]

Get in touch with the application developer to see if their software was
intended to run in this manner.


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:
Hello.

I have a Windows XP SP2 computer attached to a network. When it starts up
it automatically connects to the network thru a wireless card.

When i put an icon, for the software on the server, in the All Users\Startup
folder, it never starts. I can put other things in startup that are on the
local hard drive and they start OK.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Tony

 

[Tony Girgenti]

It absolutely does work that way. It works on other computers that have the
software installed locally and computers on other servers that have it
installed.

I guess what i'm trying to determine is if there is a way to delay the
startup folder icon until the network is up and running. I think that's
what the problem is. I'm guessing.

Thanks for your help.
Tony

 

[Dave Patrick]

You might try a Scheduled Task (at logon) Failing that you can use the
startup folder or schtask to execute a shell script something like;

ping.exe -n 21 127.0.0.1 >nul
start "" "Z:\Program Files\myprog.exe"

(for a 20 second delay)

Since you're sure the application developer expects this method of running
they may also have a work-around.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| It absolutely does work that way. It works on other computers that have
the
| software installed locally and computers on other servers that have it
| installed.
|
| I guess what i'm trying to determine is if there is a way to delay the
| startup folder icon until the network is up and running. I think that's
| what the problem is. I'm guessing.
|
| Thanks for your help.
| Tony