Why does The Bat! make a new entry in the Registry every time it launches?
According to Greyware Registry Rearguard, The Bat! make a new entry in the Registry every time it launches. (WinXP) It is the only application I have used that does this. V. 1 of The Bat! did not do this. Here is the log entry from GRR: Sat Feb 07 2004 09:26:44 WARNING: An entry has been changed in HKEY_USERS. This change was accepted by the foreground user. Your registry contains several areas where programs may be set to start at boot time. The programs may be set to run every time, run only once, or run as a system service (Win95/Win98 only). The changed entry was found in the HKEY_USERS hive: S-1-5-21-3322274812-2942328611-1021817841-1005 Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion RunOnce --Original Settings- --New Settings-- The Bat!=C:\Program Files\The Bat!\thebat.exe I would expect the engineers to be able to demonstrate that recreating the entry upon every launch is indispensable to some essential feature of the software. -- Thanks, Stan Robins Robins Analytics, Inc. Mendota Heights, MN Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat, 2.02.3 CE www.ritlabs.com * You're getting old when you don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along. * Current version is 2.02.3 CE | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Why does The Bat! make a new entry in the Registry every time it launches?
On Saturday, February 7, 2004, 19:11:25 (-0600 GMT) Stan Robins wrote: I would expect the engineers to be able to demonstrate that recreating the entry upon every launch is indispensable to some essential feature of the software. That's a new feature in TB. Under Options Preferences General you will see a checkbox at the bottom labled Start program after system halt. If this activated TB will enter at every start this registry setting and after you end TB normaly TB will delete this entry. But if TB or XP crashed and you do a restart TB will start automatical. So if you deactivate this setting, TB will not write to the registry. -- Best regards Heinz Hombergs mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Member of then OPN developerteam (http://www.openphpnuke.com) Written with The Bat! Version 2.03 Beta/59 under MS Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 (build 2600) with help from a Pentium III PGP Key: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Fingerprint: 36DE F798 52E2 30A7 F12C 0493 4226 7422 B6E8 E34E Current version is 2.02.3 CE | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Why does The Bat! make a new entry in the Registry every time it launches?
Hello Stan Robins, You wrote on 2004.02.07., 19:11: Stan According to Greyware Registry Rearguard, The Bat! make a new entry in Stan the Registry every time it launches. (WinXP) ... --New Settings-- The Bat!=C:\Program Files\The Bat!\thebat.exe Stan I would expect the engineers to be able to demonstrate that recreating Stan the entry upon every launch is indispensable to some essential feature Stan of the software. I bet you have Options - Preferences - General - Restart after system halt checked. If it is, Bat! puts a key to the registry at program startup, and removes it at program shutdown. -- Cheers, SyP Software inside IBM would now be considered to be Open Source unless there was some reason to make it closed. Current version is 2.02.3 CE | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Why does The Bat! make a new entry in the Registry every time it launches?
Hello Stan, Saturday, February 7, 2004, 10:11:25 AM, you wrote: SR According to Greyware Registry Rearguard, The Bat! make a new entry in SR the Registry every time it launches. (WinXP) It is the only SR application I have used that does this. V. 1 of The Bat! did not do SR this. Here is the log entry from GRR: ... snip ... This was discussed in a recent thread here (I'm not quite sure how to post the URL for that thread so I will quote directly) [start quote] Options / Preferences / General / [X] Start Program after System Halt will put an entry in the RunOnce regkey when you start TB. It will delete the entry if TB is closed normally. The idea is that TB starts automatically upon reboot in case of a system crash. Take the tickmark off and you won't get the report any more. [end quote] -- Best regards, Dan Perez San Diego CA pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 2.02.3 CE | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Why does The Bat! make a new entry in the Registry every time it launches?
Hello Stan, Saturday, February 7, 2004, 12:11:25 PM, Stan Robins wrote: SR I would expect the engineers to be able to demonstrate that recreating SR the entry upon every launch is indispensable to some essential feature SR of the software. I believe if you go to Options | Preferences | uncheck Start program after system halt I believe the registry entry on the start of TB will be gone. -- Best Regards, Greg Strong WinAmp Playing: Using The Bat! v2.03 Beta/59 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 Current version is 2.02.3 CE | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Why does The Bat! make a new entry in the Registry every time it launches?
On Saturday, February 7, 2004, 1:11:25 PM, Stan Robins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SR According to Greyware Registry Rearguard, The Bat! make a new entry in SR the Registry every time it launches. (WinXP) It is the only SR application I have used that does this. V. 1 of The Bat! did not do SR this. Here is the log entry from GRR: RunOnce (snip) SR I would expect the engineers to be able to demonstrate that recreating SR the entry upon every launch is indispensable to some essential feature SR of the software. (other notes replied on how to disable this in preferences.) For the life of me, I can't imagine why this new feature was even considered. C'mon guys, it's an EMAIL program, not a critical service that needs to be loaded on logon (and for folks that want this to load automatically, it makes much more sense just to put it in a startup folder.) jon -- jwayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Current version is 2.02.3 CE | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
