Scope at startup ?

spacef · Post by **spacef** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:29 am

Hello,
this question for the tips and tricks.

Is there a way to have scope open at windows startup ? not only the driver, but the app and default project too (open, ie not only running in the background, but actually opens the project) ?

thanks !

Mehdi

fra77x · Post by **fra77x** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:42 am

Maybe save your project as startup?

Mr Arkadin · Post by **Mr Arkadin** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:43 am

That save start up used to work for me - but whenever i save the start up project now it doesn't seem to work. i'd like to know too. Where is the start up file to be found?

wolf · Post by **wolf** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:52 am

put an alias to the exe (without the -s option) into the windows autostart folder.

cheers
Wolfgang

Shroomz~> · Post by **Shroomz~>** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:57 am

Mr Arkadin wrote:Where is the start up file to be found?

C:\Scope\App\SFPApp\StartProject.pro

fra77x · Post by **fra77x** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:58 am

What do you mean "it used to work"? How it behaves now?
Sometimes when i create a new project (from scratch) and then accidentaly press ctr+S... i get frustrated cause the next time i restart my machine takes a lot of time to load (21 DSP's projects) cause it loads the big project...

Maybe i don't understand the prob.

spacef · Post by **spacef** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:26 am

Yes I misexpressed myself. Saving the project as startup is not enough : first, i need to reactivate windows startup entry (without the "-s" as wolf mentionned) but didn't want to mess up with the system if there are special things to do. Also, saving as startup never really allowed me to start scope fully ( i want to "see" the project window opened, if possible).

Thanks I will try what you say and let you know wether it worked.

Mr Arkadin · Post by **Mr Arkadin** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:43 am

C:\Scope\App\SFPApp\StartProject.pro

Couldn't see it for some reason. i'll try saving directly there - doesn't seem to work from the Settings menu.

sonolive · Post by **sonolive** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:50 am

spacef wrote:( i want to "see" the project window opened, if possible).

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hi mehdi,

i have already seen this case, with scope 3.1c and win 98 on a PC of one of my customer ... but i thought it was a bug from scope ... Maybe it was not (a bug) and it's really possible ...

CWaudio could tell you i think ...
cheers
olive

spacef · Post by **spacef** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:01 am

ah well, i thought it would have been discussed on planetz and that there would be an easy solution... + my skills with computers are really in the scope devices, not really in windows-xp-non-dos tweakings

(yes, i would be more confortable in editing files like autoexec and such)

still looking for that bloody windows autostart folder wolf mentionned : i wonder if it has the same name on my french windows....

Mr Arkadin · Post by **Mr Arkadin** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:23 am

Interstingly enough my SCOPE does launch the project window on start up on my computer, but it just won't bloody load the start up project - i've even tried saving over it and it still loads this silly default like it always did. Wish i knew what setting was launching the window Mehdi - but i didn't change anything from the SCOPE install (i have 4.5 BTW).

wolf · Post by **wolf** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:38 am

mehdi, the easy solution is to create an alias in the autostart folder. It should be shown in the program menu. Don't know, if it is named different in french though.
sonolive, fortunately it was never a bug (I use this since years to have quick access to scope).
mr arkadin, you'll find two buttons in the scope settings for saving a start up project and a default project. what project (default or startup) is loaded at startup is determined by the -s option, which you can add / remove in the properties of the alias. The startup project loads hidden, while the default one loads like usual.

spacef · Post by **spacef** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:41 am

Ok it works.
Here is how I did:

I didn't have to edit / reactivate any startup entry (ie the things you can see in the "msconfig" window (accessible from windows's "start" / execute / type msconfig and enter).

- I've just put a shortcut to SFP in the startup programs folder (which in the french xp is C:\windows\Menu Démarrer\Programmes\Démarrage (see this link for a few other languages : http://packetstormsecurity.org/Win/auto.txt )

- restart the pc, and scope starts immediately, opening the project (well the project is not opened, but scope is actually in the running program bars, not only in the quick launch near the clock).

that's it...

well if someone knows a trick to actually open automatically the project window, it would be even better (to save one click

wolf · Post by **wolf** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:51 am

errh, yes .. shortcut was the name for that thingie, not alias .. this was on mac ..

spacef wrote:well if someone knows a trick to actually open automatically the project window, it would be even better

nothing easier like that: use that button for the default project in the settings window to save the project you wish to have popping up.

Mr Arkadin · Post by **Mr Arkadin** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:58 am

Sorry, i don't get what you mean by the -s option, i'm a bit of a PC thicky. Also i would have thought that putting a cross in the Active check box in Settings would make that saved option active. Maybe i should try unchecking it? Also my project does open as Mehdi wants, dunno why.

spacef · Post by **spacef** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:59 am

héhé

my 1st computer was a mac

I will try your additional trick now.
By the way, the link in my above post about location of the startup folder is wrong. In the french version it is
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Menu Demarrer\Programmes\Demarrage\
It should be the same on other windows versions (i suppose...)

Best regards

spacef · Post by **spacef** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:00 pm

Mr Arkadin: I didn't have to edit -s option or else.

The scope entry in the "msconfig" thingy is still unchecked.
Please see more detailled explanations in the tips & tricks section and come back to us if you still have problems.

Thanks

Mehdi

spacef · Post by **spacef** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:16 pm

nb: yes, it opens the scope project window, so there is no need to click to open it (don't know why it didn't do it the first time, I probably clicked too soon somewhere in the desktop).

spacef · Post by **spacef** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:40 pm

Mr Arkadin wrote:Sorry, i don't get what you mean by the -s option, i'm a bit of a PC thicky. Also i would have thought that putting a cross in the Active check box in Settings would make that saved option active. Maybe i should try unchecking it? Also my project does open as Mehdi wants, dunno why.

Wolf will confirm, but after you create the shortcut (see other posts, or the tips and trick section) , right click on it, choose "properties" and check the path. After the path you add by yourself -s (i don't remember if you have to put a blank space between the *.exe and -s , but it is possible. try without first)