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- From: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: Re: Set startup in 7.0?
- Message-ID: <D2150035.auebrh@outpost.SF-Bay.org>
- Date: 13 Aug 92 05:56:11 GMT
- Reply-To: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
- Organization: Peirce Software
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- In article <1524@sousa.ltn.dec.com> (comp.sys.mac.system), long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes:
- >
- > Does anyone know of a way in System 7 to mimic System 6's Set Startup of
- > running applications and DAs?
- >
- > Here's why: I often have several applications running on my Mac. Sometimes I
- > need to reboot. So I'd like an easy way to get back to where I was, or at
- > least a reasonable approximation.
- >
- > Thanks for any help,
-
- There is a folder in the System folder called "Startup Items". Anything
- you place in there (or any aliases) will be run at startup time.
-
- I have an alias to Dark Side in mine so it will always be running
- on my Mac.
-
- This is much more flexible than the old Set Startup menu item.
-
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