How to specify the sequence of startup items in WinXP

In some cases, you need to specify the sequence of self-starting projects. For example, you need to start the network connection program before self-starting some projects. Is there a way to specify the order of self-starting projects?

The following describes how to specify the order of self-starting projects.

1. create a new folder, such as C: Ordered Launch, and cut all shortcuts in the "Start | all programs | start" folder to this folder, then, put the shortcut of the project you want to start in this folder.

2. Enter "Cmd" in "run", open the Console mode, and switch the current directory to "C: Ordered Launch ". After switching the directory, enter the command "DIR/B/S> ordered. bat ". Then, run the "notepad ordered. bat" command to open the newly created batch file. In the opened notepad, you can arrange the self-starting project in the desired order. Note that each project must be enclosed in quotation marks and start with "start", for example, start "C: Ordered LaunchFirst Program. lnk ".

3. Double-click the batch file for testing. These self-starting projects will be started in the scheduled order. However, if a project requires a lot of time for initialization, the order of startup can be messy. But don't worry. In this case, you can add a latency code under those slow-start projects, for example, "ping-n 5 127.0.0.1> nul ", this command provides a latency of 5 seconds. By changing the number after "-n", you can get different latencies.

4. after testing the batch file, open the "Start | all programs | start" folder, right-click and drag the batch file into the "Start | all programs | start" folder, select "create shortcut" in the pop-up menu ".

You will be able to enjoy your masterpiece the next time you start the system.