[Coco] Auto starting the Drive Wire server on a windows machine

[Michael Kline]

That's an AWESOME idea. I'll do it!

Thanks!

Michael

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On 11/12/2018 21:37, rietveld rietveld wrote:
> Just wanted to share a little trick I use to have my DW server autostart when I turn my PC on
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> I have windows auto start DriveWire 4 on bootup; since it's always connected to my coco. This way if I am using DW on my coco the coco will auto boot to the DW image since the server will already be running
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> You can have windows automatically start the DW server by adding a DW4UI ‎shortcut to
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> PC/APPDATA/ROAMING/MICROSOFT/WINDOWS/STARTMENU/PROGRAMS/STARTUP
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> To do this create a shortcut or  COPY the DW4UI. EXE
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> Now hit the (WINDOWS) and (R) key together. This brings up the RUN ‎box
> Type in    shell:startup and hit (enter)
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> This will open the Windows STARTUP folder
> Just paste the shortcut or copy of DW4UI.EXE here
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> Now when you start your computer it will automatically launch the DW4 server
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> Now all you have to do is turn on your coco with dw dos and your coco will automatically launch or make available what you have in your DW drive
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> I have a Harddrive image in drive 0 of drivewire so it autostart to that
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> Hope this helps
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