[Don J]

I need something that will tell me when all the programs that run at startup
have finished.

Don J

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[Malke]

Don J wrote:

> I need something that will tell me when all the programs that run at
> startup have finished.
>

??? Can you please describe better what you would like to accomplish?
Normally you would just look at the cursor and see that it isn't
producing the "busy" cursor any more and you're at the desktop with
nothing happening. Are you finding that XP is taking too long to start?

Before I give you lots of suggestions that might not be focused on what
you really want, please post back and explain what you are looking for.

Malke
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[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Don

Can't you tell already?.. you must surely know what will start up and what
won't..

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"Don J" <dej8800@comcast.com> wrote in message
news:IrSdnVaoVsJ8wTvfRVn-tw@comcast.com...
>I need something that will tell me when all the programs that run at
>startup have finished.
>
> Don J
>
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>
>

[TheBFG]

Try this:

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html



"Don J" wrote:

> I need something that will tell me when all the programs that run at startup
> have finished.
>
> Don J
>
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>
>
>

[Don J]

I've got a Batch file that runs at startup. It is important that I don't do
something before it runs. It can sometimes take up to a minute or longer
after I boot before the batch file runs. On my system the busy cursor
doesn't run for most of the time until the batch file runs. I am using
Windows XP.

Don J

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"Malke" <invalid@not-real.com> wrote in message
news:e8ZFmb9aFHA.3132@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Don J wrote:
>
>> I need something that will tell me when all the programs that run at
>> startup have finished.
>>
>
> ??? Can you please describe better what you would like to accomplish?
> Normally you would just look at the cursor and see that it isn't
> producing the "busy" cursor any more and you're at the desktop with
> nothing happening. Are you finding that XP is taking too long to start?
>
> Before I give you lots of suggestions that might not be focused on what
> you really want, please post back and explain what you are looking for.
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

[Malke]

Don J wrote:

> I've got a Batch file that runs at startup. It is important that I
> don't do
> something before it runs. It can sometimes take up to a minute or
> longer
> after I boot before the batch file runs. On my system the busy cursor
> doesn't run for most of the time until the batch file runs. I am
> using Windows XP.
>
> Don J

Oh. Well, in that case amend your batch file to include some sort of an
echo@ statement to put up a notice when it has finished. I am not a
coder so I can't help you script this, but I'm sure it is extremely
easy. If no one in this group has an answer for you, look in one of the
scripting newsgroups. Here's a list of all the MS newsgroups to help
you find the right one:

http://aumha.org/nntp.htm

Malke
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"Don't Panic!"
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