Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!emory!utkcs2!stc06!rm3 From: rm3@stc06.ornl.gov (MCBROOM R C) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Starting up win3 -> system folder like mac?? Message-ID: <1990Dec20.203539.19462@cs.utk.edu> Date: 20 Dec 90 20:35:39 GMT References: <39132@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Sender: news@cs.utk.edu (USENET News System) Reply-To: rm3@stc06.ctd.ornl.gov (MCBROOM R C) Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab Lines: 29 In article <39132@nigel.ee.udel.edu> you write: >I am quite new to win3 and I would like to set it up so that when I boot >the system, it will load a number of window programs in at the same time >as windows is starting. In essence, what I want to do is put things into > The following is an excerpt from 'win.ini' with the comments from the WIN 2.0 version. {:-) Use notepad to enter the names or .pif names for the programs you want loaded. Note that the "." convention for the current directory (in this case \windows) is understood by the startup interpreter. ; Lines preceded by a semicolon are comments ( i.e. this line is ; a comment ). Comments may not contain an equal sign. ; [windows] ; The "load" entry determines what applications should be loaded ; as an icon when you start Windows. load=clock.exe .\files\to_do.crd wp.pif pcdos.pif ; The "run" entry determines which applications will run when Windows ; is started. Specify an application name or a file with one of the ; file extensions listed in the [extensions] section. The former simply ; runs the application; the latter not only runs the application, but ; also loads the specified file into the application. run=.\files\mcbroom.cal Have fun Robert