Startup folder entries do not launch as minimized

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?)

Sounds like the app is deciding. Windows ignores the first call by an app to change state but if an app calls twice ....

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"Bill Woods" <woods_b@emercom.com> wrote in message news:961B80130F68351D7E@130.133.1.4...
>I can put a shortcut in my Startup folder and set its properties
> value for "Run" to Minimized. But when I boot the system that
> shortcut application launches as full screen.
>
> For some reason not all my "Minimized" shortcuts start as full
> screen. Only some do. Is there a way to actually force such
> applications to start as minimized?
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Bill
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> WHAT I HAVE TRIED:
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> If I create a brand new shortcut to the affected application and set
> it to run as minimized then when I run the shortcut manually it still
> does not start a minimized.
>
> I have tried deleting and recreating but that doesn't seem to help.