[Discussion] Unexpected apps running after reboot

[Thomas Clayton]

Steven,

I learned a lot by just reading your reply. thanks!

Tom clayton


--- Steven Levine <steve53 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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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>
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