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to: JEFF BINKLEY
from: JERRY SCHWARTZ
date: 1997-11-06 21:25:00
subject: Startup

[Nov 03, 97 - 08:03] Jeff Binkley of 1:226/600 wrote to All:
JB> I've asked this before and never got an answer so I thought I'd give it 
JB> one more try.  I've got a couple of programs in my startup folder which 
JB> I want to start after the workstation or server have started.  However, 
JB> I've got a couple of these tasks which require a service to be running 
JB> first.  In one case the service, which one of these tasks depends upon, 
JB> takes a while to start, due to the nature of the service.  The question 
JB> is whether I can delay tasks in the startup folders by says 60 secods or 
JB> can I have the tasks startup in a particular sequence in the startup 
JB> folder ?
You should be able to replace the startup task with a batch file which has 
any old delay mechanism in it (such as the DOS CHOICE command and then runs 
the program as a detached task).
Jerry Schwartz
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