its sad that im a+ certified

[muttonchop]

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?

[muttonchop]

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

[youki]

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.

[NinjaEpisode]

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.

[_Iz-]

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???

[muttonchop]

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

[_Iz-]

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

[_Iz-]

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...

[muttonchop]

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.

[webgeek]

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.

[dabone]

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