[WEB4LIB] Re: Netscape -- open automatically after timeout?

[Gimon, Charles A]

This is basically what we do, and it works pretty well.

--Charles Gimon
  Web Coordinator
  Minneapolis Public Library

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hambleton, John S. [mailto:jhamblet at nmu.edu] 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 11:22 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Netscape -- open automatically after timeout?
> 
> 
> Try:
> .bat program that is a loop, continually issueing the
> command "start /w c:\progra~1\netscape\programs\netscape.exe"
> You could then modify c:\windows\system.ini  such that
> instead of using explorer.exe for the shell (normal) you use that
> .bat file instead:
> ;shell=Explorer.exe
> shell=c:\windows\startup.bat
> 
> To hide the window for "startup.bat" there is a shareware
> program on the web someplace called "hideit.exe"
> If your batch file that is in a loop has its window hidden
> from the user, they can't terminate it.
> 
> JH
>