It’s been a while that we released a new version of Startup Manager, therefore we now release version 2.4.1.

The new version 2.4.1 of Startup Manager – a program to manage the programs that start automatically – has some bug fixes and some settings that will improve the user experience. We also have four new translations available: Indonesian, Korean, Serbian and Vietnamese.

For a complete list of changes, you might want to check our history file . Or just check the release notes.

Startup Manager 2.4.1 can be downloaded right here .
There also is an ANSI version available and source code available over here .
And finally there is a list with installers for the translations (all translations are also included in the Startup Manager setup file).

Also check the project sourceforge.net page .

Win32++ is the framework Startup Manager uses for its GUI. It is an opensource project, hosted on sourceforge and licensed under the MIT license.

The following major changes were announced:

• Added Networking support. Win32++ now includes a CSocket class which encapsulates much of the Winsock API.
• Added a CDC class. This class simplifies the drawing to device contexts. This class can be used anywhere we would normally use a HDC.
• …

You might be interested in doing one of the following actions:

• Read the official news post
• View the release notes
• Download the framework

As announced, we are currently working at a new website for the Startup Manager project. I’d like to thank Deimnos, he’s the guy working at the website. And as if that was not enough, he also donated webspace and the domain name http://startupmanager.org/ . Thank you very much!

So far we already have done quite a bit of work and we are at a point we can already show you the website (however it’s not yet at a point where we can release it and replace the old website). If you want to, you can already visit it on the new domain name http://startupmanager.org/ .
Just like the old website, we’ll also be using the WordPress CMS as backend now. With the difference that now the WordPress CMS is integrated into the website instead of the website into WordPress, which is the case with the old website.
If you visit the new website, you’ll note that the wiki page is still under development and that the news page’s css isn’t fully written yet (WordPress has way too many css classes ). And if you happen to visit the website using M$ Internet Explorer, you’ll notice the layout is messed up (the content boxes are not displayed correctly). We’ll fix this later, first we’ll implement the entire css, then we’ll make it IE compatible.

That’s it for now, I or Deimnos will write another news post when the website reaches the point where we’ll be able to throw it online. And again; all comments are appreciated!

As Startup Manager is becoming more and more grown up, I wanted to see that reflected in the project website. Currently the website is a custom theme used with the WordPress content management system and it looks a lot like a blog instead of a project website. Therefore I posted a “help wanted” message asking for someone who wanted to update the website.

Well, I recieved some reactions on this post and discussed a bit about the website design I’d like. Right now deimnos is a member of the project and is working at the website. And we hope to have it online soon.

There’s a preview of the new website available here.

I hope you like it, any comments are appreciated.

First of all: A happy new year to everyone! And then the news…

Startup Manager has been downloaded over 50000 times!

St-m is a startup manager for windows. Its main functionality consists of adding, removing and renaming items to the windows startup sections. It also supports enabling/disabling items and the disabled items are msconfig compatible. Startup Manager supports the following start sections: the two start folders, win.ini, the main registry start sections for current and all users (run, run once, run services, …) and also the winlogon sections (userinit and shell) and it can also handle browser helper objects. There also is a tool to create a *.bat file that starts programs in a certain order.

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The project is becoming more and more grown up and I would like to see this reflected in the project’s website.
Currently the website is nothing more then a homebrewn design used as a theme for the wordpress content management system. I would like the website to have its own system and a design that fits for a software project rather than a weblog like it is now.

If you are interested in spending your precious time on our project, feel free to contact me.

After a long delay (almost a month late) I finally released Startup Manager 2.4. It took so long because I had some problems finding volunteers to update some of the translations.

The new version 2.4 of Startup Manager – a program to manage the programs that start automatically – now adds support for Browser Helper Objects. Another major change you’ll notice are the new menus, they look a bit like the ms office 2003 menus now and there is a nice title bar in the left view.

With this release there are also four new languages available: Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Norwegian and Swedish.

For a complete list of changes, you might want to check our history file. Or just check the release notes.

Startup Manager 2.4 can be downloaded at here.
There also is an ANSI version available and source code available at the following location.
And finally there is a list with installers for the translations (all translations are also included in the Startup Manager setup file).

You might also want to check the st-m sourceforge page.

Win32++ is the framework Startup Manager uses for its GUI. It is a simple MFC alternative for C++ developers, ideal for beginners and intermediate programmers. It’s a framework for developing frame and dialog based applications. It supports most compilers including Dev-C++ and Visual 2005 Express. And most important: it is opensource (MIT license).

Changes include support for property sheets (modal, modeless and wizard) and an improvement of the theming support. For more information check the Win32++ news item or refer to the release notes.

We seem to have a rather annoying problem…

So far we’ve been unable to find someone who wants to update our Catalan translation. And before I can release Startup Manager 2.4, this translation needs to be updated too (the others already are). It’s not a lot of work, only 12 sentences.

Interested? Leave a reply on this post or contact me at cnx_glenn [at] users [dot] sourceforge [dot] net.

Thanks in advance for helping us out!

[Update 11/13/07 17:42 - ferranb helped us out, thank you!]

Yesterday I created a new tracker called “Translation errors“. Its purpose is to provide users an interface to report errors in translations of Startup Manager such as spelling mistakes or badly translated sentences.

In my opinion this tracker is usefull because even the best can make a typing mistake and trying to find these mistakes in your own text isn’t easy. I know this from experience.

So if you discovered a mistake in one of the translations, please report it. The report form is over here. Please read the guidlines before submitting an item and make sure your not double-posting.