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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Re: Help! Windows Apps Load Own Executables
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- References: <1992Aug23.205840.22654@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1992Aug24.172245.23576@pixel.kodak.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 17:59:24 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug24.172245.23576@pixel.kodak.com> dj@ssd.kodak.com (Dave Jones) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug23.205840.22654@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> bmakuch@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Brian A Makuch) writes:
- >>
- >>Help, all of my windows apps try to load their own
- >>executibles when they start. Windows Write, Notebook, even
- >>Turbo Pascal all try.
- >>
- >>Can I remedy this without reinstalling windows? Does anyone
- >>know what causes this?
- >>
- >This is a confusing post. If you mean, how do you start them as
- >icons without executing them, the answer is : Windows won't do this.
- >Use a third-party tool like Dropper, WinDock or Norton Desktop.
-
- Heheheh...
-
- I can't figure out what he needs either, but he can perhaps
- dump the icons into the startup folder, then use the Minimize
- On Startup option under Options.
-
- If he just wants an icon before he starts up, he's staring at
- the Program manager already...
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