Xp start up folder

I have placed a programme icon in the start up folder but when i start the pc it does not load & no icon is by the clock,bottom t=right of screen.
I stil manualy have to click the item for it to load before i can use it,
Any idea how i can get this to work or advise what i need to look for etc.

Thanks

 

Can you tell us if the "programme icon" is actually a "shortcut" to the programme?

There is a distinction between a "Copy of the Programme's Executable File" and a "Shortcut To The Programme's Executable File".

Shortcuts are like pointers or 'directions' for the computer to move to the Home-Folder of a programme, and then run the programme from that location.

A Copy of the Progrmame File, on the other hand, says, "Try to run this one file from only the Startup Folder, without any of the programme's Home Folder supporting files."

It's a confusing but important distinction. It's almost like claiming to read a book by only reading its Table Of Contents - I might know the chapter titles, true, but all supporting data is left unread, unused.

(And even then, there may be some programmes that cannot be "loaded from Startup" - some programmes require other supporting services to be loaded first, in certain sequences.)

 

It was a copy of the programme file when it did not work.
Now i have put a shorcut file in the folder and restarted the pc.
Since putting the shortcut file on the start up folder i now see the icon by the clock.

 

Below is the outcome and also the site address for the script in question.

http://cropper.codeplex.com/

http://i670.photobucket.com/albums/vv62/ipbr21054/FORUM%20POSTS/6585.jpg

 

This is completely unrelated to your question. I LOVE :drool your tray clock. What is it and where can it be obtained?

 

http://www.drive-software.com/atomicalarmclock.html

 

Thanks for the link. Do you have the paid version?

 

Yes, shortcuts properly 'point' the computer to the programme's originally-installed location, and let it run from there.

If a program puts a shortcut on the Desktop, that shortcut can be copied or moved to the Startup Folder.

As I noted before, not all programs can work with this technique. Some programs will only load 'on Startup' thru their own installation or configuration because they also require other computer services to start. If this "shortcut" didn't work, then I'd have suspected you were dealing with one of those trickier options.

 

Yes i do

 

I'm 99% sure that your program DOES now have a functioning shortcut in the startup folder and will start up every time Windows boots. Note, however, that some programs (including this one I suspect) start running while minimized to the system tray (near the clock). Some programs run only in the system tray (they have no associated taskbar icon while running). Some programs can be configured to run only in the system tray or only in the taskbar or run completely without any icons. Check the program's configurations/settings screen to adjust this behavior.

BTW, what program are we talking about here? (Name of the program)

 

Yes it does work now.
Its called cropper,you can find it here.
I find it very handy.


http://cropper.codeplex.com/