Why can't I install "StartupCPL" by Mike Lin????

Hi Everyone!

Oh, and....HELP, PLEASE!!! Is it just me, or is everyone else unable to download, unzip and use Mike Lin's "StartupCPL.zip" program?? I downloaded it from Mike's site as well as from Major Geeks, and it not only won't download to a normal place (usually to the desktop; this one INSISTS on going to:
C:\Users\my name\AppData\...........(it did this all by itself,too!); but, when I clicked on 'extract all files' (since it's a .zip file), it STILL doesn't
become what I remember it as, but just changes it's extension to an .exe and
just stayed there! It didn't extract to "Crogram Files" like I expected it to, as I looked for it there first. It just sat there it the "C:\Users\my name\AppData\Local\LocalTemp\StartupCPL.exe" file. I clicked on it, then the little "install" setup button, then an ERROR pops up and says the install "FAILED", but another window is behind it for ""STARTUP Control Panel Setup"...and IT says "Setup is updating your system", and there is another "install" button, which, of course I clicked. Then another little window opens up titled "License Information", stating; "This super-small setup package was created with INF-Tool Lite from http://www.Inner-Smile.com.
FREE for "private"use and "Freeware" products. Please check our website for details about INF-Tool Professional"

I clicked THAT "OK", and assumed that after my 4th attempt, "StartupCPL" would finally be in my 'programs list' and I could use it. I'm sad to report that
for whatever reason, I can't get this GREAT program to unzip!!

What am I doing wrong??? I'm running Vista Home Premium on a Toshiba Satellite A-135; I know that Mike wrote 'Startup' for older versions of 'Windows', but I was going to check the compatability tab once I got the program open; however, as you can see.....I can't even UN-ZIP the dang thing!!

Is it ME, or are others having this same problem??? Please tell me what I'm doing wrong!

Thanks in advance for taking the time to read my post, and for taking the time to respond. I really appreciate you sharing your time and knowledge with me.

Gratefully;
Nuts4Mutts

 

Hi All!

I didn't think to look there, so I did, and I hate to be the bearer of even more
bad news, but, no....there's no sign of "StartupCPL" in my Control Panel either. Thanks for the great suggestion, though!

The reason I really wanted "Startup" on my laptop is because I have another
favorite 'old' program that I absolutely LOVE, called "tiny spell +" (the paid-for version), it's a spell-checker that emits a little 'ding' when you make an error, and even though I've ticked the compatibility tab so it will work in Vista Home Premium as it did on my XP, SP-2 Dell Desktop, for some totally annoying reason I ALWAYS have to use my Administrator 'powers' to allow this program to start!

If there's another way to do it, PLEASE let me know! I thought that Mike's
program would be the answer, but so far, it's been nothing but a headache! All I want is knowing that I spelled everything correctly, and 'tinyspell+'
has always served me well in the past.

If anyone has any idea how to enable my 'tinyspell+' to be allowed to start-up
without my having to invoke my "Administrator privileges", PLEASE let me know!!!

Again, thank you for your help and understanding....(I'm self-taught; and it shows!:-o

 

as far as the author is concerned, no need for it in vista:
quoted from mlin.com

vista's user account control is annoying, yes, but as you say, you don't want to turn it off, so it will ask you to be run as an administrator each time the computer restarts.