win 98 startup

[spectre]

i have arcade os opening in startup (through the startup menu) so when i turn on the pc arcade os starts up... problem is it takes longer for the other software to start up and so when a game is ran in arcade os it locks up, since not all the windows stuff that starts up has loaded (ex. my sound driver thing)
any suggestions or ideas?

[BobA]

Put ArcadeOS in a batch file with a delay untility so it is the last program to start or do not start the other programs when starting arcadeOS if not required.
Just putting arcadeOS in a batch file and putting the batch file in startup will delay it somewhat.

BobA

[spectre]

how exactly do i do this, i had no idea a delay prog even existed!

[BobA]

Here is some info.  As I noted above just the placement of arcadeos in a batch file may cause enough delay to have it execute after the program giving you problems.   If not here is a page with info on delaying batch files. (Not fancy but useful)

Batch file delay info and sleep utility

BobA

[spectre]

thanks:) I have it on the pc now, but i'm not exactly sure how to use it to work with arcade os... i read what it said on the site and i didn't really get it... i know how to make a batch file and all, but thats not my prob, i've got the .com file on there... but how do i use it?

[BobA]

I havent used sleep.com but it would be placed in your batch file ahead of the command you want to delay.   The amount of time would be set (note about 10 sec error) and it would execute and return to the batch after set delay.  

BobA

[Odonadon]

I havent used sleep.com but it would be placed in your batch file ahead of the command you want to delay.   The amount of time would be set (note about 10 sec error) and it would execute and return to the batch after set delay.  

BobA

This must might help me with my problems.  Excellent!

If you're still having trouble, here's the sample batch file I put together to test sleep.com:

@echo off
cls
echo Testing...
sleep 20
echo Done!

Pretty cool.

Odonadon

[spectre]

i'm still sort of confused...
say I wanted to run arcadeos.exe
and delay it for say... 30 seconds... what would I put in my batch file...
how would i make a batch file?
just do it in notepad and save as .bat
where on my hard drive would sleep.com go
i'm really confused lol...
thats again for the help:)

[Odonadon]

i'm still sort of confused...
say I wanted to run arcadeos.exe
and delay it for say... 30 seconds... what would I put in my batch file...
how would i make a batch file?
just do it in notepad and save as .bat
where on my hard drive would sleep.com go
i'm really confused lol...
thats again for the help:)

Oh boy

K, put sleep.com in your arcadeos directory.  The batch file should read:

sleep 40
arcadeos.exe

Yes, you can do this in notepad and save it as a .bat file.  But be careful, if you have extensions for known file types turned off, you could end up with a file like this: arcadeos.bat.txt .

The easiest thing to do, would be to open a dos prompt, navitage to your arcadeos directory, and type "edit arcade.bat" .  Put these lines in, then save it via the file menu.

Odonadon

[spectre]

thanks

[BobA]

Sometimes I get the feeling that the workings of DOS are on their way to becoming a lost art.

 

BobA

[spectre]

Oh no! Dos is great! I just never ever made a batch file in my life! haha hard to believe since i programed in qbasic back then, lol... hahahaa... dos is not a lost art at all... i still think we should all revert back to to dos and say screw windows... dos is the best os ever...kept stupid people out of computers...then i wouldn't see the "l337" 12 year old Ub3R H@x0Rz  0\/\/n!/\/G me in online games...i hate all that... DOS IS THE BEST! BOTTOM LINE! =)

[BobA]

AHHHH  There is still hope for DOS.   I remember when DOS was new and I had to leave CPM for a new but familiar OS.   Good God showing my age again.

BobA

[Zoist]

When I planned to run my machine, I used a similar setup but used 98 Lite to strip down Windows 98. I run ArcadeOS in the startup with a batch file just like you.
Search for 98 Lite in the search engine and try it out. It works good.

[Zoist]

And here is my batch file info:

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@ECHO off
ECHO One momemt please. Starting ArcadeOS...
CD \
CD ARCADEOS
arcadeos
c:\poweroff poweroff -force
The poweroff program is a cool utility which runs on any Windows system and has heaps of features. The force option shuts down the system whether any program is running.
Get it here if you want it:
http://users.pandora.be/jbosman/poweroff/poweroff.htm

I searched for ages for a decent power off program.

[spectre]

the prog isn't working. I haven't tried teh batch file
i'm using emuwizard now, have it set for a shortcut on startup...
could i replace arcade os in that batch with emuwizard.exe and have it shut down for me when it closes?
do i have to use the batch to get it to work? I couldn't get the shutdown thing to work. What do i do? lol Sorry i know you're probably thinking, boy this guy is dumb, lol...
thanks for the help!

[Tiger-Heli]

There's also a program called batchrun which will allow you to launch programs after a specified delay.

[spectre]

i don't need that anymore, i'm using emuwizard, i'd like it to power off when i exit tho and I can't seem to get that to work right...

[Minwah]

AHHHH  There is still hope for DOS.   I remember when DOS was new and I had to leave CPM for a new but familiar OS.   Good God showing my age again.

BobA

Hehe, I remember CPM+ on my old Amstrad.  What fun