programs in start up folder sometimes do not start at login

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"lpmace" <lpmace@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CC45A9A5-60E8-4BDE-AC12-265D622CFF02@microsoft.com...
> Running Windows 2K Pro in development environment. We use 2 batch files
in
> the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup folder
to
> be started every time a user logs in. Usually this works fine but we've
> noticed that occasionally a batch file will not start at log in. This
> happens on different machines at different times. We've been unable to
> consistently reproduce the problem. Need ideas why this happens, how to
fix
> it or troubleshoot further.

Before you can fix the problem, you must make sure that
it exists. I recommend that you modify your two batch
files as follows:

Batch file 1:
@echo off
echo %date% %time% Start of %0 > c:\test1.log
echo User=%UserName%, Path=%path% >> c:\test1.log
c:\Tools\YourFirstTask.exe 1>>c:\test1.log 2>c:\test1.err
echo ErrorLevel of c:\Tools\YourFirstTask.exe=%ErrorLevel% >> c:\test1.log
echo %date% %time% End of task >> c:\test1.log

Batch file 2:
@echo off
echo %date% %time% Start of %0 > c:\test2.log
echo User=%UserName%, Path=%path% >> c:\test2.log
c:\Tools\YourSecondTask.exe 1>>c:\test2.log 2>c:\test2.err
echo ErrorLevel of c:\Tools\YourFirstTask.exe=%ErrorLevel% >> c:\test2.log
echo %date% %time% End of task >> c:\test2.log

Now run your system until you think one of the batch files
failed to run, then examine c:\test1.log, test1.err, test2.log, test2.err.
It is likely that they contain the information that lets you resolve
your problem.