STARTUP.CMD (WAS Re: Best place (FTP) to put a utility

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From: acrosby Albert Crosby
Date: Sun, 07 Aug 1994 20:13

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andreww@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Andrew Williams) writes:

>If you just want to open the folder on boot, why not simply drag a
>shadow of the folder into the startup folder, the same way you would get
>anything else to start up on boot? The 'startup.cmd' folder is there for
>compatability reasons with old OS/2 1.x programs, and is executed before
>the WPS starts up. You should always use the startup folder, if possible.
>Handy hint - if you want items in the startup folder to launch in a
>specific order, open the folder up in 'flowed' or 'details' view and
>drag the objects inside to the order you want them to start up...

Actually, there still are good and solid reasons for maintaining the
STARTUP.CMD in addition to the STARTUP folder.

The STARTUP Folder is great, but it has no mechanism for ensuring that one
job is completed before the next job starts.  Admittedly, you can place a
.CMD file in the STARTUP folder, but STARTUP.CMD makes more sense.

STARTUP.CMD is almost always used by networking software such as Lan
Server/Lan Manager when there needs to be an established order to loading
programs.  It's easier for STARTUP.CMD to be managed by script-driven
installation programs, too.

Albert
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Subject: STARTUP.CMD (WAS Re: Best place (FTP) to put a utility
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