Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!dino!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!peltz From: peltz@cerl.uiuc.edu (Steve Peltz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: What is Backgrounder? FinderStartup? Message-ID: <1990Jun6.154344.15507@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 6 Jun 90 15:43:44 GMT References: <8541@goofy.Apple.COM> <568@argosy.UUCP> Sender: usenet@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: UIUC Computer-based Education Research Lab Lines: 16 In article <568@argosy.UUCP> jay@idiot.UUCP (Jay O'Conor) writes: >Huh? 6.0.4 (and probably 6.0.5, but I haven't tried it) supports >automatically launching apps at boot time if they're in the "Background Folder" >within the System Folder. At least I think it's named "Background Folder". Huh? The way to specify an application should be started when multifinder starts is to open those applications you want, go to Set Startup, and tell it to open "Open Applications and DAs"... if there is a "Background Folder", it is not documented in anything I've seen. BTW, the Finder Startup file is only used when running Multifinder. When using Multifinder, Set Startup sets the application name in the boot sector (or sets it to Finder or Multifinder as appropriate). -- Steve Peltz P-ASEL C-G Internet: peltz@cerl.uiuc.edu PLATO/NovaNET: peltz/s/cerl