Q91204: Order in Which Applications Load from the StartUp Group

Article: Q91204
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1,3.11; :
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 17-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 
- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11 
- Microsoft Windows 3.1 
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 5.0 
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SUMMARY
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In the Windows 3.1 StartUp group, applications load in left-to-right sequence,
with Windows-based applications taking precedence over MS-DOS- based
applications, regardless of the order in which they appear in the StartUp group.

MORE INFORMATION
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The Windows 3.1 StartUp group starts Windows-based applications beginning with
the first icon in the group and moves from left to right, starting each
Windows-based application in the first line. It then moves down a line, if
applicable, and begins starting Windows-based applications in the same fashion.
Startup skips over any MS-DOS-based applications that are placed between the
Windows-based applications. If a switch appears on the command line for a
Windows-based application, then it will load after the other Windows-based
applications.

Startup then begins with the second MS-DOS-based application and moves from left
to right, skipping over the already running Windows-based applications. After
the last MS-DOS-based application in the StartUp group is started, startup goes
back and starts the first MS-DOS-based application.

If the StartUp group contains MS-DOS-based applications only, startup begins
loading the second application and does not start the first application in the
group until the last application has been started.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.11

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbWFWSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311 kbWFW310 kbWFW311 kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS500
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11; :

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