I am using version 5.0.170 on Vista ultimate. When I start my computer I don't have the Allchars icon on the task bar. If I click the Icon in the folder it will appear on the task bar. Is there a way to have Allchars start up when the computer is started so its ready to use when needed?
Thanks
Martin
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There is a way to do that when you install AllChars, if I remember right. It is set up to do the job automatically, or semi-automatically.
But here is the way you can do it universally. You can use this for any program, and you can also use this for removing any program from automatically starting. It's nice when a program lets you just check a box, but you're best to know how it really works, right?
This is for Vista. It's "the same but different" in XP.
First make or find a shortcut that activates AllChars. The best way is to go to your AllChars folder, right-click the .exe file, and make your shortcut that way. You want just the shortcut; not the program. Then highlight the shortcut and press CONTROL C so it's copied (invisibly) onto your clipboard. (Or you can use Cut and Paste, or you can use Copy to. . .)
Next:
You have 2 Startup (as opposed to Start) menus that work together. One is just for you, and the other is for everyone who uses the computer.
Check whether your WINDOWS is installed in (C) or (D) or wherever. Here we assume (D):
(D) > Users > Martin > Application Data > Roaming > Microsoft > Windows > Start Menu > Programs > Startup
You can place your shortcut there (in Startup) by pressing CONTROL V. Or, you can look at the second location and put it there if you want:
(D) > Program Data > Microsoft > Windows > Start Menu > Programs > Startup
These two Startup programs combine their entries to work together when you start up your computer in XP or Vista. When you install programs that ask whether their usage is [ ] only for you, or [ ] for everyone, those programs are deciding at that point which Startup menu to use. Any place that stores such data for specified users is known as a "Profile".
Hope that helps.
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If that does the job for you, you might want to make a shortcut to either/both of those Startup folders, and place the shortcut(s) somewhere handy. Just to avoid so much digging, next time.
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I am using version 5.0.170 on Vista ultimate. When I start my computer I don't have the Allchars icon on the task bar. If I click the Icon in the folder it will appear on the task bar. Is there a way to have Allchars start up when the computer is started so its ready to use when needed?
Thanks
Martin
There is a way to do that when you install AllChars, if I remember right. It is set up to do the job automatically, or semi-automatically.
But here is the way you can do it universally. You can use this for any program, and you can also use this for removing any program from automatically starting. It's nice when a program lets you just check a box, but you're best to know how it really works, right?
This is for Vista. It's "the same but different" in XP.
First make or find a shortcut that activates AllChars. The best way is to go to your AllChars folder, right-click the .exe file, and make your shortcut that way. You want just the shortcut; not the program. Then highlight the shortcut and press CONTROL C so it's copied (invisibly) onto your clipboard. (Or you can use Cut and Paste, or you can use Copy to. . .)
Next:
You have 2 Startup (as opposed to Start) menus that work together. One is just for you, and the other is for everyone who uses the computer.
Check whether your WINDOWS is installed in (C) or (D) or wherever. Here we assume (D):
(D) > Users > Martin > Application Data > Roaming > Microsoft > Windows > Start Menu > Programs > Startup
You can place your shortcut there (in Startup) by pressing CONTROL V. Or, you can look at the second location and put it there if you want:
(D) > Program Data > Microsoft > Windows > Start Menu > Programs > Startup
These two Startup programs combine their entries to work together when you start up your computer in XP or Vista. When you install programs that ask whether their usage is [ ] only for you, or [ ] for everyone, those programs are deciding at that point which Startup menu to use. Any place that stores such data for specified users is known as a "Profile".
Hope that helps.
Martin, I might also add this:
If that does the job for you, you might want to make a shortcut to either/both of those Startup folders, and place the shortcut(s) somewhere handy. Just to avoid so much digging, next time.
Many thanks for this info, Very useful & worked fine