Delay Run README.TXT

Fernando González del Cueto
http://www.geocities.com/fcueto/Otros/delayrun_en.htm

What is Delay Run?

Delay Run is a win32 program designed to delay the startup of programs. Why? I've found that sometimes I want to have some programs loaded in memory, but I prefer to have them loaded after some time after Windows has started. Sometimes you want to have control of the computer much sooner.

How to use it?

It is required that the file delayrun.ini is in the same folder as the main executable. I recommend to copy both files (delayrun.exe and delayrun.ini) to your windows directory (usually c:\windows or c:\winnt)

The format of the file is very straighforward:

The first line indicates the number of seconds the program must wait before launching programs.

After the first line, each program must be specified in a group of 3 lines:
Program_file
Program_path
Parameters

For example, a valid delayrun.ini file is

60  
seconds before launching programs
c:\program files\myprog.exe  
program 1 (filename)
c:\  
program 1 (path)
   
program 1 (parameters)
c:\windows\system32\calc.exe  
program 2 (filename)
   
program 2 (path)
   
program 2 (parameters)
c:\windows\notepad.exe  
program 3 (filename)
c:\windows\  
program 3 (path)
c:\my documents\mydoc.txt  
program 3 (parameters)

Note: Please don't forget to add a shortcut to your Windows startup folder to delayrun.exe

Code

I tried to make the program as simple as possible, to speed up the execution. The program is made in Delphi 3.0. If you want to take a look at the code, please contact me.

Contact the author

I appreciate any kind of comments and suggestions.

Fernando González del Cueto
Aviñón # 9,
Col. Villa Verdún,
01810 México DF
MEXICO

fcueto@yahoo.com
fcueto@rice.edu