[TT Esq]

There's got to be a simple solution, but so far it has evaded me.

Is there a way to arrange the order of starting-up the items in the startup folder? Or even delaying one or two items to start up a few seconds after another one?

I have a few items that depend on other items in the folder in order to work right. For instance, I have my DSL "dialer" (MacPOEt) which starts up automatically and connects me to the internet. But it takes 2 - 3 seconds to do so.

But I also have Netscape and Outlook Express startup automatically. However, half the time, the internet connection has not yet been established, and both give me error messages. I have to click them away and sometimes restart the program in order to get the internet connection.

Hardly fatal -- but annoying.

If anyone has found a way around this little issue, I'd appreciate it. Thanks!

[Cipher13]

There sure is. Its alphabetical. Put a space at the front of something to get it to load first. Or a number before each item, denouncing its order in the queue, 0-9.
A ` will load last.
Get what I mean?

Cipher13

[WDL]

You can also drag them into the order you want in Conflict Catcher,

or,

Open the Extensions folder (as an example) and rearrange the extensions by
dragging them into position.

WDL

[This message has been edited by WDL (edited 02-02-2001).]

[DocWest]

To change the order, do what Cipher said. Just chuck numbers in front of the names.

But if you want to delay something, then try making a little AppleScript with a delay in it.

example:
---------
tell application "Finder"
delay 10
open file "Outlook Express" of folder "Applications" of startup disk
end tell
---------

[Cipher13]

Yeah, thats good for delays. But you don't really need them... do the delays stop the computer? I can't remember.
Just let them go sequentially using one of these methods... AppleScripts are too slow to use to arrange items. But good for delaying (if they don't stop the comp).

Cipher13