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

On 19 Feb 2007 20:22:24 -0800, kparadis2@gmail.com wrote:

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/

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.

<kparadis2@gmail.com> wrote in message
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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.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

<kparadis2@gmail.com> wrote in message
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"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).