[Discussion] Unexpected apps running after reboot

[Steven Levine]

In <courier.44D5FA2D.00004D5A at mail.abiliba.net>, on 08/06/06
   at 10:18 AM, "Harry Travis" <htravis at attglobal.net> said:

Hi Harry,

>These are what open on startup, in order.

All this means is they have something unexpected in common.

>However poorly I express
>myself, I do not have the imagination to have put them a common folder.

Could be more than one or none.  There are lots of ways to start
applications when eCS/OS2 boot.

>Would you suggest specific action with checkini.exe or another tool? I
>executed "checkini /c /y:2" and rebooted. Same startup behavior.

My first recommendation is to not use /y:2 parameter.  It's much more
useful to look at the individual reports in case there are clues or you
see something you don't understand.  Working blindly on autopilot is
rarely a good idea.

There are a couple of things you can check.

Checkini maintains a file name startup.cls.  You should check it for
unexpected entries.

With your favorite, INI file editor, take a look at PM_Workplace:Startup. 
This lists the known Startup folders.  Based on what you have said so far,
you should have only one entry.

You should also take a look at PM_Workplace:Restart.  It should contain a
reference only to the Desktop

In os2sys.ini, you can check FolderWorkAreadRunningObjects.  It should
have only a couple of entries and the names should be recognizable.

I am assuming that you already have

 SET RESTARTOBJECTS=STARTUPFOLDERSONLY

in config.sys.

What happens if you use the Startup folder bypass (i.e. Ctrl-Shift-F1)
during boot up?

Do you have any sort of scheduler running?

Regards,

Steven

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