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Patrice
April 30th, 2003, 12:49 PM
Hello people!

I have a question concerning Windows in general. Is there a possibility to define which process starts first and which starts later. For example: I want that TDS-3 starts just right after all Windows processes have started and that NAV 2003 starts as last process (as an example). Do you think this is possible? :P

Is it possible to move around the keys in the registry or doesn't that do anything. Anyone of you has some ideas?

Thanks for your help! ;D

Regards,

Patrice
The Snowman
April 30th, 2003, 01:01 PM
http://www.webattack.com/screenshots/startdelay.htm
Patrice
April 30th, 2003, 01:17 PM
Hi Snowman!

Thanks for the information! Didn't you mean:

http://www.r2.com.au/

Any one else has some good ideas?

Regards,

Patrice
The Snowman
April 30th, 2003, 01:37 PM
**Hi Snowman!

Thanks for the information! Didn't you mean:
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NOPE! posted what I ment to...got no problem making decisions. Simply got a quick link to help up. Wont make mistake twice.
Jooske
April 30th, 2003, 01:55 PM
Wintasks is a nice program for that too.
Isn't there an option in XP itself in the taskmanager or thing like that to cause delays and set priorities for some?
Pieter_Arntz
April 30th, 2003, 02:14 PM
Hi Patrice,

As long as none of the programs are started as a service, one way is to remove them all from msconfig and write a simple little batch file that starts them in the following order you like.

Regards,

Pieter
Patrice
April 30th, 2003, 04:46 PM
Hi Jooske & Pieter!

I see, that I forgot to say, which OS I'm using... :-[ Thanks Joose, as I see, you are a careful reader, otherwise you wouldn't have known that I'm using Windows XP Pro. Yes indeed, there is a possibility to set priorities in the task manager. But not for the autostart. It's just for the RAM -you can set which application has a higher priority for the RAM than another. ;)

Thanks Pieter, that's a nice idea as well. But I think, that I would need to program this batch file with delay. Some programs need more time to start up than others. :P

O.K., anyone else has a great idea like the ones above? :D

Regards,

Patrice
Finn McCool
April 30th, 2003, 11:19 PM
Hello, Patrice.

If you have RegRun 3, you can add lsoon commands to your autoexec.nt file with delays to launch programs.