script to run program at startup?

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kparadis2@gmail.com - 20 Feb 2007 04:22 GMT

I apologize if this is a very basic question or one that has been
discussed before, but I wanted to know if there is a way to have a
specific program run by itself at startup on win98. I know absolutely
noting about scripts, so if anyone can point me in the right
direction, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks

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Bill Watt - 20 Feb 2007 07:20 GMT

>I apologize if this is a very basic question or one that has been
>discussed before, but I wanted to know if there is a way to have a
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>Thanks

Create a shortcut to the program's *.exe file and put it in the
C:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp folder.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

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kparadis2@gmail.com - 20 Feb 2007 17:10 GMT

Thanks. Now is there a way for a particular action to be selected
within that program, or is this more indept than I want to go? What I
would like to happen is for this program to start and then go into a
slideshow mode with no action from the pc user.

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Don Phillipson - 20 Feb 2007 19:03 GMT

> Thanks. Now is there a way for a particular action to be selected
> within that program, or is this more indept than I want to go? What I
> would like to happen is for this program to start and then go into a
> slideshow mode with no action from the pc user.

Yes -- but only if you can express this command using one
of the elemental modules that make up Win98 e.g. USER.EXE
(with parameters to suit.)

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J. P. Gilliver - 20 Feb 2007 20:20 GMT

Look into the help functions of the prog. in question, and see if it has
"command line parameters" or "... options" or similar; for example, if it's
IrfanView, of which the executable is usually i_view.exe, then

i_view32 /slideshow=txtfile

will start it in slideshow mode with the files in that file, or

i_view32 /slideshow=folder

will slideshow from that folder.

I'm not sure if you can put the command parameters into the shortcut file,
but if not, put

(pathname)\i_view /slideshow=whatever

(with full pathname for whatever) into a text file, rename that text file
from xyz.txt to abc.bat, and put it into your startup folder (the actual
.bat file itself, not a shortcut to it, though that may also work).

Obviously, amend to suit your application (though for what sounds like a
kiosk function, IrfanView is probably as good as any, and certainly quicker
than most).

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