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Title: its sad that im a+ certified
Post by: muttonchop on September 12, 2005, 12:54:50 am

its been awhile!

i know xp and win2k are supposed to run the autoexec.bat at boot, but it doesnt (at least mine doesnt =( ) so i have a batch file that works when i select to run it, but im trying to get it to basicly just boot up mamewah when i turn on the computer.

any help guys?

Title: Re: its sad that im a+ certified
Post by: muttonchop on September 12, 2005, 12:55:15 am

its 1am, so if it sounded weird, bare with me =(

Title: Re: its sad that im a+ certified
Post by: youki on September 12, 2005, 02:54:57 am

You want run MameWah as shell?  or you want simply autostart MameWah?

For the second solution , i guess the easy way would be to put your .bat in the Startup menu.

For the first one, you have to modify the registry key  "Shell"  and make it point to your autoexec.bat.

There are threads about that here.

Title: Re: its sad that im a+ certified
Post by: NinjaEpisode on September 12, 2005, 12:34:14 pm

Quote from: muttonchop on September 12, 2005, 12:54:50 am

its been awhile!

i know xp and win2k are supposed to run the autoexec.bat at boot, but it doesnt (at least mine doesnt =( ) so i have a batch file that works when i select to run it, but im trying to get it to basicly just boot up mamewah when i turn on the computer.

any help guys?

Um, no autoexec.bat does not run on startup xp/win2k.  You want to do a search on the board here to use mamewah as a replacement to the explorer shell.

Title: Re: its sad that im a+ certified
Post by: _Iz- on September 12, 2005, 03:20:40 pm

You're A+ certified and you have no idea how to automatically run a program at windows start up??? What are they teaching these days???

Title: Re: its sad that im a+ certified
Post by: muttonchop on September 12, 2005, 03:30:07 pm

i got it when 98 is the norm ::)

but im using 2k =(

and im looking for a way where i dont have to use regedit and mess with the registry.  I really need a reformat, but im kinda lazy, regedit just WONT run...either will task manager =)

i was hoping there would be a simpler answer

Title: Re: its sad that im a+ certified
Post by: _Iz- on September 12, 2005, 03:41:47 pm

create a shortcut to the program you want to run in the startup folder in the start menu - same as win98.

Title: Re: its sad that im a+ certified
Post by: _Iz- on September 12, 2005, 04:40:45 pm

Quote from: muttonchop on September 12, 2005, 03:30:07 pm

i got it when 98 is the norm ::)

but im using 2k =(

and im looking for a way where i dont have to use regedit and mess with the registry.  I really need a reformat, but im kinda lazy, regedit just WONT run...either will task manager =)

i was hoping there would be a simpler answer

I just noticed the second part of your statement - if regedit and taskmanager won't run then you are infected with something. I'd be seriously looking into cleansing that machine before proceeding any further...

Title: Re: its sad that im a+ certified
Post by: muttonchop on September 12, 2005, 10:26:32 pm

hahaha yeah.

and i dont remember the startup folder at all.   After 8 months of world of warcraft, everything else i knew just sorta....went away.

Title: Re: its sad that im a+ certified
Post by: webgeek on September 15, 2005, 11:47:26 am

Ha ha! I'm A+ certified too. Got it back in high school for Windows 3.1, Windows 95, and Apple hardware. It's all good.

Title: Re: its sad that im a+ certified
Post by: dabone on September 15, 2005, 01:58:26 pm

I'm A+ certified, took my test on dos and windows 3.1.

(And this was after I had been a tech for 7 years).


Kill me,
I'm old.

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Later,
dabone