Short: Disables WBStartup/User-Startup on bootup Author: SFX@appl2.hrz.uni-siegen.de (Lars SFX Eilebrecht) Uploader: SFX@appl2.hrz.uni-siegen.de (Lars SFX Eilebrecht) Type: util/boot ShadowStart is a small utility that should be called from the startup-sequence. If the activation-key is pressed down a requester pops up, asking you if you want the WBStartup-drawer, the User-Startup script or both to be disabled. This means, you can bootup a "clean" Workbench, without any programs in WBStartup or User-Startup executed! Since version 1.1 a new button called "NewShell" is available, which simply opens a shell window for changing things befor the startup-sequence is executed. Two versions of ShadowStart are included, one for OS 3.1 and one for OS 2.0+. NEW FEATURE FOR VERSION 1.3: Before any key checks are performed ShadowStart checks if the SYS: partition is currently being validated. If yes, Shadowstart waits 3 seconds and checks the disk state again. When the validation is finished, ShadowStart automatically continues with its normal execution. The main effect of this feature is that startup execution will be delayed until the SYS: partition is validated (no more disk-trashing on startup). The validation check is always performed, if the activation-key is pressed or not. just take a look at it... :-) -- ______________________ / ____________________/ LARS EILEBRECHT - Shadowfox@IRC / / ___\ \ __ Internet: SFX@appl2.hrz.uni-siegen.de \ \ / __/\ \/ / __ http://vespa.unix-ag.uni-siegen.de/~sfx \ \ / /_ \ / /\_\ PGP-key on request (eMail/IRC/WWW) ____/ / / __/ / \ \/_/ /_____/ / / /_/\ \ Disc space - the final frontier! /_/ \_\ ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 628 276 56.0% 15-Aug-95 00:20:22 +2.0+.info 1116 743 33.4% 15-Aug-95 00:20:22 +ShadowStart 6018 1957 67.4% 15-Aug-95 00:20:22 +ShadowStart.c 628 272 56.6% 15-Aug-95 00:20:22 +3.1.info 876 480 45.2% 15-Aug-95 00:24:08 +README 332 241 27.4% 15-Aug-95 00:20:22 +README.info 14317 6565 54.1% 15-Aug-95 00:20:22 +ShadowStart.guide 628 277 55.8% 15-Aug-95 00:26:20 ShadowStart13.info 1134 647 42.9% 15-Aug-95 00:20:22 +.Product-Info 980 615 37.2% 15-Aug-95 00:20:22 +ShadowStart 5858 1889 67.7% 15-Aug-95 00:20:22 +ShadowStart.c 468 239 48.9% 15-Aug-95 00:20:22 +ShadowStart.guide.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 32983 14201 56.9% 15-Aug-95 13:41:42 12 files