No MS Icon in Task Area of Tool Bar upon System Boot???

MGuyM · Post by **MGuyM** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:14 pm

I have MS set to automatically load upon initial boot of my system and every time my system boots up, I can't find an Icon to "show" MS in from the Tray Icon Area (lower right corner by clock).

If I re-launch MS, it just shows it going to a Minimized State and I still don't have an Icon. I have to CTRL-ALT-DEL to bring up the Task Manager and then Kill the MSCHED.EXE program and then Relaunch it before I can access it.....

Why? How do I fix this?

Thanks!

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:21 am

Odd. Try setting Macro Scheduler to start after a small delay. There's a small util called after that you can use to do this:

ftp://ftp.mjtnet.com/pub/after.zip

So you modify the Startup shortcut to use after to launch Macro Scheduler after a short delay.

See if that helps.

bnc1 · Post by **bnc1** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:08 am

This also happens to me once in awhile (Vista x64 Utimate) , perhaps once a month or less. I use task manager to kill and restart MS.

jpuziano · Post by **jpuziano** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:41 am

mtettmar wrote:There's a small util called after that you can use to do this:

ftp://ftp.mjtnet.com/pub/after.zip

So you modify the Startup shortcut to use after to launch Macro Scheduler after a short delay.

See if that helps.

Hi Marcus,

Thanks for that. Since you shared the utility, can you also share a link to the developer website? I'd like to see if anything further has been developed since V 1.00.

I can't find much using Google looking for CoolTools and After... just one mention on a German forum. Is this quite an old utility? Perhaps the developer no longer has a web presence?

Thanks and take care

Me_again · Post by **Me_again** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:30 pm

Not to go too far OT but if you are interested in a sophisticated startup and monitoring utility I can recommend Startwatch.

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:58 pm

jpuziano wrote:
mtettmar wrote:There's a small util called after that you can use to do this:

ftp://ftp.mjtnet.com/pub/after.zip

So you modify the Startup shortcut to use after to launch Macro Scheduler after a short delay.

See if that helps.
Hi Marcus,

Thanks for that. Since you shared the utility, can you also share a link to the developer website? I'd like to see if anything further has been developed since V 1.00.

I can't find much using Google looking for CoolTools and After... just one mention on a German forum. Is this quite an old utility? Perhaps the developer no longer has a web presence?

Thanks and take care

It is very old - I've had it in my collection for many years. I wouldn't be at all surprised if it is no longer maintained. I'm sure there are similar utilities out there though. In fact one could make one very easily with a compiled Macro Scheduler macro:

Wait>wait_time
Run>path

Compile, it and stick it in Startup Folder with something like:

delaymacro.exe /wait_time=5 /path=c:\program...\....\msched.exe

jpuziano · Post by **jpuziano** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:08 pm

Thanks for the info Me_again and Marcus.

Take care