6.7.1999

From the "You Really Start Me Up" department: Lockergnomie Eliot Gelwan found a way to further expand your choices when Windows launches. Normally, you have a range of shortcuts in your 'Startup' folder. Now, if you put a shortcut to a folder in there, an Explorer window will launch when Windows runs through the Startup menu. Here's my suggestion: make a folder somewhere on your hard drive and name it something (like 'Launchers'). Move all the shortcut icons out of the Windows Startup folder and into the 'Launchers' one. Then, place a 'Launchers' folder shortcut into the 'Startup' folder; it should be the only shortcut in there. This way, when Windows boots up, you'll see a small window with all your 'Startup' shortcuts displayed. You can pick and choose which ones you want to launch at that time. To open the 'Startup' folder, simply type "Startup" (without the quotes) on the 'Run Command' line in the Start Menu.