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Re: Desqview "autoexec"?

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From: thomas.wolf
Date: Thu, 02 May 1991 12:45
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From article <42362@netnews.upenn.edu>, by theall@rm105serve.sas.upenn.edu (George A. Theall):
> In article <1991May1.025603.19155@cbnewsh.att.com> wolf@cbnewsh.att.com (thomas.wolf) writes:
>>I would like to auto-start a couple of programs when Desqview powers up
>>(mainly a couple dos sessions, an editor, etc.) and I heard that there
>>is a file that can do this.  Of course, there isn't a peep about such a file
>>in the documentation.
> 
>    Sure there is -- look in the chapter on DV's Learn feature,
> esp. the section about Start-up scripts.

Thanks everyone for responding to my request.  After getting the responses
I went back and looked through the manual and, sure enough, there is a tiny
section devoted to the '!'-style startup scripts.  I don't know how I could
have missed it :-)

Thanks again,
Tom

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+-------------------------------------+ "Stupid" questions are better than
| Thomas Wolf   | (201) 615-4789      | no questions at all. No answer is
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Subject: Re: Desqview "autoexec"?
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