Hallo Jeff,
 JB> I've asked this before and never got an answer so I thought I'd
 JB> give it  one more try. I've got a couple of programs in my startup
 JB> folder which I want to start after the workstation or server have
 JB> started.  However,  I've got a couple of these tasks which require
 JB> a service to be running  first.  In one case the service, which one
 JB> of these tasks depends upon,  takes a while to start, due to the
 JB> nature of the service.  The question  is whether I can delay tasks
 JB> in the startup folders by says 60 secods or  can I have the tasks
 JB> startup in a particular sequence in the startup  folder ?
use wait.exe (reskit) to build some batch like this
wait 60
start appname
exit
Gruss, Frank. 
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