Launching app during boot up
Quote:
>I wrote a small banner that I placed in the Startup group. The Banner is a
>proprietary warning for our users of PC's if they consent to the terms the
>computer continues to boot if not the computer will shut down.
>My question is, I would like the banner to come up before the user see's the
>desktop and not place it in Startup. Is this possible and how can I do it?
>Thanks
Hello John,
You did not specify what OS...If Windows 3.1, you can do the following:
In AUTOEXEC.BAT in the line that invokes Windows 3.1 just add the program as a parameter to the command like so:
WIN BANNER.EXE
When this is executed, the Windows 3.1 splash screen will not come up and the program will be invoked before the desktop is painted. If you don't want any desktop stuff showing at all after your program comes up, just make sure your banner program's main window (form)'s WindowState is set to Maximized so it takes up the whole screen.
I will guess that there is a similar way to do this in Windows 95.
Hope this helps,
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