[pmmail-list] Selecting startup for PMMail 2000 -Solved

[Hazen Woods]

OK for those who suggested a batch file that I could not make work, the
problem has been found and solved.  I ran the proposed batch file from
a command prompt and found that the directory names, like Documents and
Settings had to be in quotes - "Documents and Settings".  When did that
it works fine.

Now to figure out how to make Internet Explorer point to the batch
file.

Thanks again to Ralph and the rest for the help.

Hazen


On Sat, 08 Jun 2002 07:26:13 -0500, Hazen Woods wrote:

>>We are not on the same page.  I know how to create a shortcut.  What I
>>can't do is point an application to the shortcut.  Let me give a
>>concrete example. 
>>SET UP:  Have PMMail2K on Win2K Pro and PMMail/2 on eCS.  Both point to
>>same shared database.  When in Win2K, no problem I click on the
>>shortcut icon which opens in the correct data base.
>>PROBLEM:   I am evaluating a Personal Information Manager.  It has a
>>page which allows selection of browser and email reader. When I attempt
>>to select the shortcut, using path to that shortcut in the selection
>>window, it points instead to the .EXE file not the shortcut, which
>>means PMMail2K opens pointing to the empty data base in not the shared
>>data base.  
>>QUESTION:  Not how do I create a shortcut, but how can I make an
>>application point to the shortcut?
>>
>>Thanks for bearing with me
>>
>>On Fri, 07 Jun 2002 23:47:19 -0400 (EDT), Gregory L. Marx wrote:
>>
>>>>On Fri, 07 Jun 2002 20:03:28 -0500, Hazen Woods wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>From Windows Explorer, find the EXE you want ...
>>>>Then right-click and hold the mouse button down while dragging it to wherever you want the ShortCut to reside ...
>>>>When you release the mouse button a context menu will popup ... Select CREATE SHORTCUT ...
>>>>
>>>>Then you can right-click on the ShortCut and select PROPERTIES and modify the various parameters ...
>>>>
>>>>Hope this helps ...
>>>>Gregory L. Marx
>>>>
>>>>>Ok I'll buy that.  Next how can I point an application to the shortcut
>>>>>rather than to the executable?
>>>>>
>>>>>TIA
>>>>>
>>>>>On Fri, 07 Jun 2002 13:03:41 -0400 (EDT), Gregory L. Marx wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Thu, 06 Jun 2002 21:28:25 -0500, Hazen Woods wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>><snip>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>In Win2000 Pro the "working directory" is referred to as "Start from"
>>>>>>>>and there is no "Start from" in the properties of the executable icon
>>>>>>>>but only from the "shortcut" icon (what OS/2 calls a shadow - I think)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>You're not supposed to be looking at the PROPERTIES of the EXE file ...
>>>>>>>Modifications on ANY program execution MUST be done to the windows SHORTCUT ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>That's just the way it is ...
>>>>>>>Hope this helps ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Gregory L. Marx
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>Hazen Woods
>>>>>eCS v1.0
>>>>>PMMail/2 beta v2.20.2380
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