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

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


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"Tony Girgenti" wrote:
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

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" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Get in touch with the application developer to see if their software was
> intended to run in this manner.
>
>
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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
>
> "Tony Girgenti" wrote:
> 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
>
>

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

"Tony Girgenti" wrote:
| 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