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SourceForge site: https://sourceforge.net/projects/startuphelper/ Creator: Didero DESCRIPTION Startup Helper lets users choose which programs are launched when the OS boots up. It also allows for waiting periods between launching programs, to prevent programs slowing each other down. During this startup process, the user can control the waiting period through the Startup Helper GUI, pausing the program, skipping a single program, or foregoing the waiting period and launching the next program immediately. HOW TO USE When Startup Helper is first started, you will be prompted to create the list of programs you want it to start. Hopefully the buttons on the right side are self-explanatory. The numbers at the bottom of the window are the waiting times. 'StartWait' means the time Startup Helper will wait when it is started, before it starts the first program from the list. 'BetweenWait' is the time Startup Helper will wait between starting programs from the list. The 'Always On Top' checkbox sets whether or not the Startup Helper window will stay above all other programs during its run. When Startup Helper has started all programs from the list, it will exit. If Startup Helper can't find the program specified in the list, it will show an error, after starting the other programs. An error log will also be created in the folder you saved Startup Helper. MANUALLY ADD IT TO THE STARTUP LIST In Windows, placing a shortcut to the .jar file in the 'Startup' folder of the Start Menu will make sure Startup Helper is launched when Windows is started. Since I'm unfamiliar with Linux, and since there are a lot of different distributions, I don't know how to add Startup Helper to the bootup of the OS. But since you're brave enough to use Linux in the first place, I'm sure you can figure it out. I am unfamiliar with Mac OSX too, but this page explains how to add it to the bootup there: http://www.zimbio.com/Mac+OS+X/articles/43/OS+X+startup+programs BUGS AND SUGGESTIONS This project is made in Java, so it should be multiplatform. However, I've only been able to test it on a Windows XP machine, so please let me know if there are oddities, bugs and/or malfunctions on other platforms. Please report all bugs and suggestions at the SourceForge project page linked at the top.