StartupSaver v0.96

[hewhoeatspie]

Hey guiz,

This is my first every program. I wrote it in AHK a while back. It works pretty well, for what I wrote it. I use it on both of my comps. I haven't edited it much for a while. Please tell me what you think.

StartupSaver is a program designed to improve your computer's startup time and quality by executing programs at intervals.

http://freewarewire.blogspot.com/2009/02/startupsaver-faster-than-locomotive.html

-Pie

PS - I know there are probably better programs out there, but I was really excited about finally learning programming and wanted to make something. It may not be as nice, but it does what it's supposed to do.

PSS - I know I have the source up for DL, but please don't look at it.....I'm such a messy coder.

PSSS - I hope this is the right place to post this.

[mouser]

Nice, and thanks for sharing, Pie 

Maybe add a screenshot to your post?

[lanux128]

thanks for sharing. this looks like a viable alternative to programs discussed here.

[hewhoeatspie]

Thanks for the replies!

mouser, I took your suggestion.

lanux, thanks. The word "viable" means alot.

It would be cool if I could get 4 or 5 people's feedback on what they think, or if it works on their programs, etc. I've only had the chance to test it on my two comps.

[lanux128]

@hewhoeatspie: if you don't mind, i have a suggestion. how about adding check-boxes to the list so that users can enable/disable items to run? this would be more convenient than adding/removing programs all the time.

[hewhoeatspie]

Lanux, that's a valid suggestion. I guess I just didn't want to make it too much like MSConfig, but I'll think about it. Thanks.

[hewhoeatspie]

Hey! Just thought I'd let you know, I took your suggestion, lanux. I added checkboxes next to each entry, which actually does seem alot more useful than I first thought. Let me know what you think.

I also tweaked a few more things, even like changing where I hosted my files, so let me know if the links work. Here's the website again.


EDIT: Oops! I missed some column stuff since I moved everything over one. I just fixed it, but if you happened to download it before I did, try getting it again!

[lanux128]

thanks for including the checkboxes, hewhoeatspie..

btw, about the links. i can't download neither the program nor the source. here's the error message:

Access Denied!
This file is not available because you are either not logged-in or do not have the owner's permission to view it

if you want, you can attach them here in this post.

[hewhoeatspie]

Oops! I fixed it, I think.

But here it is anyway.

[lanux128]

i've tried it and it works well so far. i'll spend some time adding more programs. which reminds me that it'd be nice if newly added programs are auto-checked. you can also add the units after the delay number (either milisec, sec, etc) since the readme is also ambiguous, e.g.

Delay: the amount of time before StartupSaver launches the first program.

just my thoughts..

[hewhoeatspie]

Again, valid suggestions! I'd never thought of those!

As for the autocheck, I considered it, but I guess I never got around to it. Now that someone suggested it, I'll make sure to put it in (and it should be pretty easy.)

As for the time, I think I'll just edit the readme, rather than change it to seconds, milliseconds, etc. Really, I can't imagine wanting to launch programs 50 milliseconds apart rather than at the same time....And I believe (though I'm not sure, and too lazy ATM to find out) that you can enter decimals, like .5, and it will launch in half a minute. But I do see your point, I'll add something to the readme and GUI about it being seconds.

Thanks so much for the suggestions!