Hi.
I have two programs that need to be started on windows startup (Win2KSP4). Problem: One program needs the other to be launched completely, otherwise it will not work properly. Because of that the second program should be started delayed by something like 5 seconds. Is there any software capable of doing this (free if possible), or even an easier way?
Thanks for your answers.
Cheers tigre
Full Version: Delayed autostart
If you have Windows Scripting Host installed, you can do this by putting a small vbs-script to your startup folder, which starts your application.
Here is the code of the start-delayed-app.vbs:
This will wait 5 seconds and then starts the windows calculator
Simply replace calc.exe with the full filepath to your application.
Hope that helps!
~ Florian
edit: script now supports filenames with spaces too
Here is the code of the start-delayed-app.vbs:
CODE
WScript.Sleep 5000
Dim oShell
Set oShell= WScript.CreateObject("WScript.shell")
oShell.run """calc.exe"""
Set oShell= Nothing
Dim oShell
Set oShell= WScript.CreateObject("WScript.shell")
oShell.run """calc.exe"""
Set oShell= Nothing
This will wait 5 seconds and then starts the windows calculator
Simply replace calc.exe with the full filepath to your application.Hope that helps!
~ Florian
edit: script now supports filenames with spaces too
Works perfectly after I told Norton Antivirus and Kerio Personal Firewall that it's not evil. 
It's not, or is it? 
. No annoying DOS-windows popping up anymore (that happend using a .bat file). Thanks a lot.
It's not, or is it? . No annoying DOS-windows popping up anymore (that happend using a .bat file). Thanks a lot.
Thanks! Last night I had a dream about what it could look like - the application you linked to looked exactly the same. 
What a beauty!
What a beauty!
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