Is there any way to delay (probably by about 10-15
seconds) a startup folder item? I've tried looking around
for some way to do it, but I can't seem to find anything.

ex: P:\folder\someprogram.exe

When I have this, the progam attempts to execute before
the drives are mapped and it gives an error message saying
that it can't find the drive.

When i use UNC in the shortcut

\\server\folder\someprogram.exe

It starts the program before a certain number of services
start that are needed for the program to run.

I am looking to delay the start up of the program for
about 10-15 seconds if all possible.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Jeremy

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:21:05 -0800, "Jeremy"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Create a minized shortcut to the a batch that contains:

@echo off
@ping -n 16 127.0.0.1>nul
start P:\folder\someprogram.exe

See tips 4630 and 364 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com

Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

"Jeremy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:033301c3d951$fd2589e0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
I'd write a program for that in any language possible ranging from Basic to
ASM... Dunno if there's anything that can be used as easily as "dir" in the
command line...

Thanks for the fix. It worked like a charm! I think it's
definately a round about way of doing things, but it's so
ingenious that it doesn't matter!

BTW, I love your website. It has now become a favorite
place for a young and budding IT professional!

Thanks again!

Jeremy