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You could buy an extra-cost utility to bring up commonly
used documents and applications when you start up Windows,
but here's a way to do it that won't cost you a cent. Using
SYSEDIT or another text editor, open your WIN.INI file. At
the top of the file is a line that begins 'LOAD='. On that
line, type the names of the files or programs you want
loaded at start-up, each separated by a single space.
Let's say you want to load an Excel spreadsheet, a Microsoft
Word table of addresses, and a Visual Basic program you're
writing called MYCODE.MAK. Your load= line would look like
this:
LOAD=C:\EXCEL\LIBRARY\BUDGET93.XLS
C:\WORD\TABLES\ADDRESS.DOC C:\VB\CODE\MYCODE.MAK
Windows will find the file and use its "association"
function (which recognizes data files for different
applications by looking at their extensions) to load it into
the proper program. Any data file you list here must be
associated with an application for this scheme to work.
Steven D. Day
Gloucester, Massachusetts
Editor's Note: I've always known about the load= line in
WIN.INI, but Mr. Day's tip includes a capability that was
new to me: You can use the line to load data files as well
as programs. If you're using Windows 3.1, you can also place
a data file in the Program Manager's StartUp window and
achieve the same result. This tip can save you lots of time
if you use certain documents whenever you run Windows.
A few words about associations are in order. Many
applications set up their associations automatically, but
you can add those associations manually by editing the
[Extensions] section of your WIN.INI file. For example, the
line 'doc=c:\winword\winword.exe ^.doc' will associate any
file with the extension DOC with Word for Windows. If you
also add the line 'ltr=c:\winword\winword.exe ^.ltr', files
with an LTR extension as well as DOC files will load
WinWord. On the other hand, if you find that Windows is
trying to load a file into the wrong application or can't
find an application to open the file, you may need to edit
this section of WIN.INI to set Windows straight.
Title: Instant Windows
Category: MSC
Issue Date: September, 1992
Editor: Brett Glass
Supplementary Files: None
Filename: P5MSC009.TIP