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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Customization / April 2008Adjusting start menu startup
I am trying to manipulate the startup menu to execute a program. I have a .bat file in: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup that reads: --------------------- @echo on rem copy the shared folder to startup (assumed it is mounted on Z) xcopy /s /z /i "z:\adit\*.*" "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" exit ---------------------- The purpose is to to take a program (or programs) that appears on an externally mounted disk and copy them to the startup menu so that when XP starts up, these programs will also get executed (the program(s) names change at every startup). The bat file copies the .exes to the startup directory but XP doesn't execute them. How can I get XP to execute these programs automatically upon startup (can be at the end of the entire startup sequence)? Is there some registry setting that needs to be changed? Is there some alternate "trick" I can use to pull this off? Thanks, Hank I've been watching your post since I am curious about this. I'm not an expert, but I have an idea. You want to: 1. Windows Starts 2. Batch file is launched from Startup folder 3. Files are copied to a folder 4. Copied files are launched Right? Your batch commands now just copy from disk to Start Menu\Startup. Why copy to Startup and not a temp folder? Couldn't you output the files that are copied to another batch file and run it? xcopy /s /z /i "z:\adit\*.*" C:\TEMP xcopy /n "z:\adit\*.*" >C:\TEMP\Launch.bat call C:\TEMP\Launch.bat Something like that? ju.c >I am trying to manipulate the startup menu to execute a program. I >have a [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > Thanks, > Hank I'll give it a try next week. Thanks for the idea, Hank > I've been watching your post since I am curious about this. I'm not an > expert, but I have an idea. [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] > > Thanks, > > Hank I think it needs tweaking, good luck! PS: Do you want to see the command window, or have it run hidden? ju.c > I'll give it a try next week. > [quoted text clipped - 65 lines] >> > Thanks, >> > Hank This line: xcopy /n "z:\adit\*.*" >C:\TEMP\Launch.bat should be changed to this xcopy /n "z:\adit\*.exe" >C:\TEMP\Launch.bat no? ju.c >I think it needs tweaking, good luck! > [quoted text clipped - 72 lines] >>> > Thanks, >>> > Hank I did something different based on your idea: xcopy /s /z /i "z:\adit\*.*" C:\TEMP dir /b "z:adit\*.*">C:\temp\launch.bat call c:\temp\launch.bat erase /q c:\temp\*.* This way launch.bat has a list of files so not only .exe can run. Thannks, Hank > This line: > [quoted text clipped - 84 lines] > >>> > Thanks, > >>> > Hank It works now? Is the second line a typo: dir /b "z:adit\*.*">C:\temp\launch.bat z:adit\ z:\adit\ I have tips to launch command windows hidden, if you want. ju.c >I did something different based on your idea: > [quoted text clipped - 104 lines] >> >>> > Thanks, >> >>> > Hank It works fine now. Thanks, Hank > It works now? > [quoted text clipped - 118 lines] > >> >>> > Thanks, > >> >>> > Hank |
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