Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU!r3hjl From: r3hjl@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (Howard J. Lymor) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Autoloading programs in Window 3.0 Message-ID: <738@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU> Date: 15 Oct 90 20:22:37 GMT References: <9081@helios.TAMU.EDU> <401@nwnexus.WA.COM> Reply-To: r3hjl@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (Howard J. Lymor) Distribution: na Organization: HJDL Database Services Lines: 50 In article <401@nwnexus.WA.COM> roper@nwnexus.UUCP (Michael Roper) writes: >Philip Rice writes: > >> How can I get programs to run automatically when I >> boot Windows 3.0? > >Windows' capabilities in this area are limited, but >they are discussed in the Windows User's Guide. > >You can have applications automatically run by placing >them on the Run= line of WIN.INI. Likewise, you can >automatically run applications minimized by placing >them on the Load= line of WIN.INI. > Another program you can try is Layout from cica.cica.indiana.edu through anonymous ftp. Use password anonymous and your id as a password. It will save a desktop configuration (ie, window positions, layouts, etc.). However, it will not autoload applications. But, I believe, also in the win3 directory at cica, is another set of shareware utilities that will allow you to specify autoloading programs from within windows. Lastly, if you start windows from the command line of DOS, you can type the name of a program (any where in your path) and windows will load that program automatically also. Personally, I use the LOAD and RUN command lines in my WIN.INI file to specify programs to autoload. It's easy, all you have to do is put the name of the program that you want to run (for com files, I believe you have to specify an extension of .com, for exe files, no extension is necessary) or, alternately, and also as I do, you can specify a document name. Thus, when I have "RUN=Layout00.ewl", windows automatically loads my IBM 3270 emulation program because in the "[EXTENSIONS]" section is a line like "^ewl = extra.exe .^ewl" which tells windows to load the extra program and tells the extra program that whatever the filename is, use it as the document to automatically load. I use firstapps also, and find them to of great value, but there are some pd/shareware alternatives available. BTW, check out cica, it's got some great software for windows!! Howard Lymor ------------------------------------------------------------------- | Howard J. Lymor | r3hjl@vax1.cc.uakron.edu | | My opinions are my | Or you can try me through good ole AT&T | | own, and even I | | | disown them! | (216) 434 - 9157 (after 10PM EST) | -------------------------------------------------------------------