MSCONFIG Startup program tab

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"PSRumbagh" <PSRumbagh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> How do I add a new program to the list of startup programs that appear
under
> the "Startup" tab in the system configuration utility, MSCONFIG.exe?
I want
> to add the system resource meter RSRCMTR.exe to the list of programs
that can
> be turned on/off.

Is your System Resource Meter in your systray? If it is, it should be
shown in msconfig-startup. Well, mine is.

Regards,
Emrys Davies.

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"Ron Martell" <ron.martell@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> PSRumbagh <PSRumbagh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >How do I add a new program to the list of startup programs that
appear under
> >the "Startup" tab in the system configuration utility, MSCONFIG.exe?
I want
> >to add the system resource meter RSRCMTR.exe to the list of programs
that can
> >be turned on/off.
>
> Put a shortcut to launch resource meter into the Startup group on the
> Start menu.
>
> Good luck
>
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
> --
> Microsoft MVP
> On-Line Help Computer Service
> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>
> In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
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Ron., I am interested here. I dragged resource meter into the Startup
group in order to get it into the systray.

You say "Put a shortcut to launch resource meter into the Startup group
on the Start menu". Would you kindly walk me through that as it is new
to me?

Thanks,
Emrys Davies.

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"Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> "Ron Martell" <ron.martell@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:a2fc81tkl2gum61ra0qkerlgv869juc2t6@4ax.com...
> > PSRumbagh <PSRumbagh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > >How do I add a new program to the list of startup programs that
> appear under
> > >the "Startup" tab in the system configuration utility, MSCONFIG.exe?
> I want
> > >to add the system resource meter RSRCMTR.exe to the list of programs
> that can
> > >be turned on/off.
> >
> > Put a shortcut to launch resource meter into the Startup group on the
> > Start menu.
> >

>
> Ron., I am interested here. I dragged resource meter into the Startup
> group in order to get it into the systray.
>
> You say "Put a shortcut to launch resource meter into the Startup group
> on the Start menu". Would you kindly walk me through that as it is new
> to me?

Your method (dragging the .exe file for Resource Meter into the startup folder) is
*one* of the ways to create the shortcut Ron refers to. When you drag and drop an
..exe file in Win98, it creates a shortcut where you dropped it.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/communiti [...] fault.mspx

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"glee" wrote:

> "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:3emu6uF3u3s2U1@individual.net...
> > "Ron Martell" <ron.martell@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:a2fc81tkl2gum61ra0qkerlgv869juc2t6@4ax.com...
> > > PSRumbagh <PSRumbagh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >How do I add a new program to the list of startup programs that
> > appear under
> > > >the "Startup" tab in the system configuration utility, MSCONFIG.exe?
> > I want
> > > >to add the system resource meter RSRCMTR.exe to the list of programs
> > that can
> > > >be turned on/off.
> > >
> > > Put a shortcut to launch resource meter into the Startup group on the
> > > Start menu.
> > >
>
> >
> > Ron., I am interested here. I dragged resource meter into the Startup
> > group in order to get it into the systray.
> >
> > You say "Put a shortcut to launch resource meter into the Startup group
> > on the Start menu". Would you kindly walk me through that as it is new
> > to me?
>
> Your method (dragging the .exe file for Resource Meter into the startup folder) is
> *one* of the ways to create the shortcut Ron refers to. When you drag and drop an
> ..exe file in Win98, it creates a shortcut where you dropped it.
> --
> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> http://www.microsoft.com/communiti [...] fault.mspx
>
> I want to add the RSRCMETER.exe to the "Startup Tab" area in the MSCONFIG utility, NOT the Startup group on the Start Menu. I tried both left and right mouse drags of RSRCMTR.exe into the Startup Tab area of MSCONFIG but it would not accept it. The mouse cursor turned into a "NO" cursor, i.e. a circle with a diagonal line through it.

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As dadiOH stated, you put a shortcut in the StartUp folder, and then it *will* show
up in msconfig>startup. The Startup tab of msconfig merely shows what is set to run
at startup from the startup locations of the Registry, and from the StartUp folders.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/communiti [...] fault.mspx

"PSRumbaugh" <PSRumbaugh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "glee" wrote:
>
> > "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> > news:3emu6uF3u3s2U1@individual.net...
> > > "Ron Martell" <ron.martell@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:a2fc81tkl2gum61ra0qkerlgv869juc2t6@4ax.com...
> > > > PSRumbagh <PSRumbagh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >How do I add a new program to the list of startup programs that
> > > appear under
> > > > >the "Startup" tab in the system configuration utility, MSCONFIG.exe?
> > > I want
> > > > >to add the system resource meter RSRCMTR.exe to the list of programs
> > > that can
> > > > >be turned on/off.
> > > >
> > > > Put a shortcut to launch resource meter into the Startup group on the
> > > > Start menu.
> > > >
> >
> > >
> > > Ron., I am interested here. I dragged resource meter into the Startup
> > > group in order to get it into the systray.
> > >
> > > You say "Put a shortcut to launch resource meter into the Startup group
> > > on the Start menu". Would you kindly walk me through that as it is new
> > > to me?
> >
> > Your method (dragging the .exe file for Resource Meter into the startup folder)
is
> > *one* of the ways to create the shortcut Ron refers to. When you drag and drop
an
> > ..exe file in Win98, it creates a shortcut where you dropped it.
> > --
> > Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
> > http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> > http://www.microsoft.com/communiti [...] fault.mspx
> >
> > I want to add the RSRCMETER.exe to the "Startup Tab" area in the MSCONFIG
utility, NOT the Startup group on the Start Menu. I tried both left and right mouse
drags of RSRCMTR.exe into the Startup Tab area of MSCONFIG but it would not accept
it. The mouse cursor turned into a "NO" cursor, i.e. a circle with a diagonal line
through it.