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More info?)
Not really (it is but ...). Set the shortcut properties to run minimised (and put a shortcut to the bat in startup not the bat itself).
If you must hide it, put it in Task Scheduler (at startup) and use an account other than yours - then you won't see it.
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And the band played ....
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"Dennis Allen" <dennis@dennisallen.com> wrote in message news:OKLAsPTLEHA.3548@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> It worked. Somehow I had the notion that putting a batch file in the
> startup folder wouldn't be permanent. Sorry for the crossed lines. Thanks.
>
> Question. Is there anyway to execute the batch file with displaying a
> window?
>
> "David Candy" <david@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:eZUNlmMLEHA.3016@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> "Put them in a shortcut and drag them to the startup folder."
>
> Put subst d: c:\ (or whatever) into a shortcut and drag it to your startup
> folder on the start menu.
>
> autoexec.nt is used for 16 bit programs.
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> "Dennis Allen" <dennis@dennisallen.com> wrote in message
> news:OSVNRAMLEHA.3332@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Yes, for a DOS or Windows 3.11 application, but what about a windows XP
> > application?
> >
> > In the help and support folder I read where I set the folder's proerties
> as
> > networked shared and then map a network drive. I can mark the folder as a
> > network shareable, but how do I get it in the folder area of the create
> map
> > drive dialog?
> >
> > One other possibility is to purchase a utility called foldertodrive.
> >
> > "David Candy" <david@mvps.org> wrote in message
> > news:%23imGe5KLEHA.644@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Sentence 1 explains why your way doesn't work. Sentence 2 tells you how to
> > make it work.
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> > "Dennis Allen" <dennis@dennisallen.com> wrote in message
> > news:%23cEtTxKLEHA.620@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > But I want the whole system to recognize them. I know you can define a
> > > drive as a folder. Can't you define a folder as a drive? ....Dennis
> > >
> > > "David Candy" <david@mvps.org> wrote in message
> > > news:ubzwHjJLEHA.892@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > When you start a dos or Win 3.11 program they'll be executed then. Put
> > them
> > > in a shortcut and drag them to the startup folder.
> > >
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> > > "Dennis Allen" <dennis@dennisallen.com> wrote in message
> > > news:%23zO8LbJLEHA.3292@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > > Hi. Just switching over to a new XP Pro machine. I understnad there
> is
> > > no
> > > > more autoexec.bat. I tried to add the following to
> > > > c:\winnt\system32\autoexec.nt:
> > > >
> > > > subst i: c:\network
> > > > subst j: c:\test
> > > > subst k: c:\dennis
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I rebooted, but nothing happened. Could someone tell me where I could
> > add
> > > > these commands? Or is there another way to define drive letters as
> > > folders?
> > > >
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