Max2k
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Autostart and network drives
Hello,
simple problem:
I want to put a program that is located on a network drive into the 'Start Up' menu so it gets loaded every time the PCs start.
The problem is that sometimes (esp. on slower PCs) the network drives aren't connected yet when Windows tries to load the programs in the start up group, which results in a file not found error.
What can I do about that?
Markus
simple problem:
I want to put a program that is located on a network drive into the 'Start Up' menu so it gets loaded every time the PCs start.
The problem is that sometimes (esp. on slower PCs) the network drives aren't connected yet when Windows tries to load the programs in the start up group, which results in a file not found error.
What can I do about that?
Markus
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@jhance
I've thought of doing that already. I'd prefer another method though.. like getting Windows to wait with the start-up programs until network initialization is done. (some undocumented registry settings, other workarounds,... you know :).
It doesn't really need to be fail-safe. The application is located on a file server within the LAN whichs uptime is quite high. It doesn't even matter if it can't be started sometimes due to the server being down. There are users sitting at the PC who could start it if they have to. Also there are many other things that depend on this server, which would keep everything from working anyway.
The program I'm trying to launch centrally from the server gets updated often and is used by about 10 PCs, so I though storing it centrally would be a good idea.
Max
I've thought of doing that already. I'd prefer another method though.. like getting Windows to wait with the start-up programs until network initialization is done. (some undocumented registry settings, other workarounds,... you know :).
It doesn't really need to be fail-safe. The application is located on a file server within the LAN whichs uptime is quite high. It doesn't even matter if it can't be started sometimes due to the server being down. There are users sitting at the PC who could start it if they have to. Also there are many other things that depend on this server, which would keep everything from working anyway.
The program I'm trying to launch centrally from the server gets updated often and is used by about 10 PCs, so I though storing it centrally would be a good idea.
Max
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BINGO! I knew there HAD to be something out there for this:
The overview page:
http://www.webattack.com/Freeware/system/fwstartup.shtml
the download page:
http://www.webattack.com/php/download.php?id=103272&app=startdelay&r=l
Did I metion that this was freeware...oh and there are a bunch of startup managers(all freeware) on this site;possibly one there will be better for you but from what I read the link I posted does exactly what you want to do...
The overview page:
http://www.webattack.com/Freeware/system/fwstartup.shtml
the download page:
http://www.webattack.com/php/download.php?id=103272&app=startdelay&r=l
Did I metion that this was freeware...oh and there are a bunch of startup managers(all freeware) on this site;possibly one there will be better for you but from what I read the link I posted does exactly what you want to do...
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The batch file answer probably is the best for this.
I can't use the freeware programs on these PCs.. who knows what they do besides their real job.
thanks all
I can't use the freeware programs on these PCs.. who knows what they do besides their real job.
thanks all
But if you must, you really should make this fail-safe so that you don't create an error in the event that the remote application is unavailable.
My suggestion would be to write a wrapper application (thas is a LOCAL application) that could be run from the Start Up folder and would check for the accessibility of the remote application, perhaps over a period of a few minutes after starting, and only attempt to start the remote application after verifying that it's available.