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- Path: sparky!uunet!usc!news.service.uci.edu!ttinews!tanru!terence
- From: terence@tanru.tti.com ( Terry)
- Subject: Want a windows program to come up at boot
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.231403.27205@ttinews.tti.com>
- Summary: Can get program started but window not visible.
- Sender: Terence Davis
- Nntp-Posting-Host: tanru.tti.com
- Organization: Transaction Technology Inc.
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 23:14:03 GMT
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- We are trying to get a program to start at boot-up. I've investigated the
- Service API and can get the program started. The problem is the NT
- logon screen, it is always in the foreground. I know the window is up
- since I put a Beep() just before the message loop starts but I don't see
- the main window of my application, just the logon screen. If I then
- logon the very first window displayed, before the program manager, is the
- main window of my application.
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- I looked at the clock program that comes with NT. It has an "Always on top"
- selection. I used spy and discovered that clock creates a timer. Is clock
- using ShowWindow at each timer message to keep itself up front? Would this
- override winlogon?
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- I've also tried renaming winlogon.exe to my application, that didn't
- work. Is there something I'm missing. At the NT Device Developers
- conference we were led to believe that this idea is possible.
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- Any help is greatly appreciated.
-
- Thanks,
-
- Terry (terence@soldev.tti.com)
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