Comments on: Startup Manager 2.4.2 re-released

By: Glenn

Glenn — Sat, 15 May 2010 16:20:33 +0000

I am currently rewriting Startup Manager. Patience is the word…. I’m sorry I can’t help you now, you could always try using an older portable version.

By: Vlasta

Vlasta — Sat, 15 May 2010 16:08:54 +0000

This application is predetermined to be portable. Do you intend to make it work or not? For me to know if to stop using it because of its annoying installer every time I need it on some computer… As mentioned above, after launching there is no error message, nothing happens.
Windows 7 x64

By: Glenn

Glenn — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:56:44 +0000

Hi Bill,

You are right in everything you mentioned. But you should know I’m a full time student and this is a project I work at in my spare time. The bad news is that the last year I barely had time to work on the project and my todo-list kept growing and growing. The plan is to get rid of the boot order tool and incorporate order/delay functionality in the main list. Maybe I’ll have more time from February on, but I’m affraid it will take another one and a half year…
And of course, any help would be appreciated.

-Glenn

By: bill

bill — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:46:29 +0000

I’ve just had another look at this, and admit I hadn’t noticed the startup sequencer. However, it seems to be a pain to set up, you have to enter each item individually, & it wouldn’t even let me cut&paste.
Would it be possible just to move ~all~ the start progs in there as a default setup, then we could work on the base list?
Aslo, I cumpleetly aggree wiv Mikeee Blake, above.
Your help section needs a tech-sub-editor to correct the goofs. And the errors, like where to find the start-sequence panel. And the omissions (start-order has a tick-box called /wait. Does that mean we just have to wait for an explanation?)
Sorry, but the help text just doesn’t give a professional impression in it’s current state.
(If you like, I can find time to do that for you, on a no-charge basis.)
=bill

By: Glenn

Glenn — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:51:01 +0000

Well, the way settings are handled is determined at compile time. That’s why there are two versions.

By: Lupo73

Lupo73 — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:42:04 +0000

Yes.. but what is the difference between the normal and the portable releases? Because you could think to make only one release, with both modes supported: you only have to add a checking at the application startup, that check if a ini setting file is included in the application folder and in this case use it instead of system dir and registry to store settings.
Anyway I hope to use this new release soon!

By: Glenn

Glenn — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:15:13 +0000

Hi,

I can’t help you now because I don’t have a lot of spare time right now
But are you sure you are running Startup Manager with administrator privileges?

By: Lupo73

Lupo73 — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:10:33 +0000

Also another user report me that can’t run the portable version. No error messages, but the application doesn’t work at all. Why you can’t fix it now? Can I help you in some way to do it? This application seems to be very good and powerful and many users of portable software would like to use it.

ps: if the problem is that you can’t test it on a Vista system, I can make tests on my pc..

By: Glenn

Glenn — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:35:47 +0000

Hi,

Thanks for the message. I’m sorry if the portable version is not working for you, but I can’t help you fix it right now.
Also you’ve got a good point about the way the portable version is distributed right now, an archive with all relevant files would indeed be better.

-Glenn

By: Lupo73

Lupo73 — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:42:24 +0000

Sorry for the late.. I have tried the portable version, but it doesn’t start on my pc (Vista OS). Also the ansi portable version doesn’t work. I saw the portable version is only one exe, why? You could consider to make also the portable version as a zip archive containing License.txt, st-m.chm, Startup Manager.url…