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Simple startup script needed

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Name: pkokkinis
Date: December 14, 2005 at 13:49:38 Pacific
OS: WinXPsp2
CPU/Ram: P4/1024
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I'd like to create a script for my Startup folder similar to this:

sleep -1
notepad.exe
sleep -1
mspaint.exe

Problem is, the script doesn't proceed to the next step until I close the previous windows, in this case Notepad. Can you help?



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Name: finitestateautomaton
Date: December 14, 2005 at 16:49:54 Pacific
Reply:

Hi! pkokkinis, try this

sleep -1
start notepad.exe
sleep -1
start mspaint.exe

Hope this helps :).


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Name: pkokkinis
Date: December 22, 2005 at 10:49:22 Pacific
Reply:

OK. hey that's awesome. Smart a$$


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