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Re: I need a script to launch Whatsap.exe in automatic execution and iconofied windows

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"R.Wieser" <address@not.available> wrote

|   It
| already received it (IIRC by way of its "startupinfo" record.

  The program receives it if it calls GetStartupInfo at
startup. It could then act according to the received info
if that's deemed relevant. If there's reason to think
someone might be loading your software from another
process and might want to control the window size/position
at startup, then you might want to check that.
  Personally I've never made a call to GetStartupInfo. I
typically record the window position at close so that it
can open where the person probably likes it to be. With
single-window freeware I usually just show a fixed-size
window center-screen. I don't write software that people
want to be minimized at open, and I see no reason to
code a lot of window positioning functionality for software
that will never need it.... especially if no one is paying
me for that.

  A quick check on my system shows that many programs
do call GetStartupInfo and act accordingly. Paint Shop Pro 5,
IrfanView and Filzip all started minimized. On the other hand,
VLC media player, Regmon and Sumatra PDF reader did not.
(The author of Regmon, Mark Russinovich, is a top Windows
programmer who lectures at Microsoft seminars.)

  So you can rant about how they don't follow what you
think the rules should be, or you can deal with the real world
situation.

| > So if a program does anything at startup to adjust its
| > window it may bypass that action.
|
| If-and-when that happens than whomever created that program should get a
| quick kick-to-the-behind, as he's interfering with the expected standard
| behaviour.

  I'd generally agree, but this is hardly standard behavior.
It would be very rare for people to even know they can set
window size in a shortcut. Even when they do, it would
be very rare for that functionality to be relevant. What's
much more relevant for most people is to open in the way
the program was closed. 

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I need a script to launch Whatsap.exe in automatic execution and iconofied windows Marco Saraceno <marco.saraceno78@gmail.com> - 2017-02-11 04:49 -0800
  Re: I need a script to launch Whatsap.exe in automatic execution and iconofied windows JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2017-02-11 20:24 +0700
  Re: I need a script to launch Whatsap.exe in automatic execution and iconofied windows Marco Saraceno <marco.saraceno78@gmail.com> - 2017-02-11 07:00 -0800
    Re: I need a script to launch Whatsap.exe in automatic execution andiconofied windows "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2017-02-11 16:08 +0100
      Re: I need a script to launch Whatsap.exe in automatic execution andiconofied windows "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-02-11 16:13 +0100
        Re: I need a script to launch Whatsap.exe in automatic execution andiconofied windows "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2017-02-11 10:29 -0500
          Re: I need a script to launch Whatsap.exe in automatic execution andiconofied windows "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-02-11 21:56 +0100
            Re: I need a script to launch Whatsap.exe in automatic execution andiconofied windows "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2017-02-11 16:58 -0500
              Re: I need a script to launch Whatsap.exe in automatic execution andiconofied windows "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-02-12 11:27 +0100
    Re: I need a script to launch Whatsap.exe in automatic execution and iconofied windows "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2017-02-11 10:14 -0500
      Re: I need a script to launch Whatsap.exe in automatic execution and iconofied windows "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2017-02-11 17:03 +0100
        Re: I need a script to launch Whatsap.exe in automatic execution and iconofied windows "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2017-02-11 14:07 -0500
          Re: I need a script to launch Whatsap.exe in automatic execution and iconofied windows "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2017-02-11 21:11 +0100
            Re: I need a script to launch Whatsap.exe in automatic execution and iconofied windows "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2017-02-11 17:45 -0500
              Re: I need a script to launch Whatsap.exe in automatic execution and iconofied windows "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2017-02-12 11:22 +0100
                Re: I need a script to launch Whatsap.exe in automatic execution and iconofied windows "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2017-02-12 09:25 -0500
                Re: I need a script to launch Whatsap.exe in automatic execution and iconofied windows "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2017-02-12 17:39 +0100
                Re: I need a script to launch Whatsap.exe in automatic execution and iconofied windows "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2017-02-12 12:39 -0500
  Re: I need a script to launch Whatsap.exe in automatic execution and iconofied windows Marco Saraceno <marco.saraceno78@gmail.com> - 2017-02-11 10:22 -0800
    Re: I need a script to launch Whatsap.exe in automatic execution and iconofied windows "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2017-02-11 14:09 -0500
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