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

[Brent J. Pliskow]

I believe you can also accomplish this through the Windows Policy Editor on
NT workstations.  To me, it seems like a safer option then changing the .bat
files manually.

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Brent J. Pliskow
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Huntington Woods Public Library
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gimon, Charles A" <CAGimon at mpls.lib.mn.us>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 12:32 PM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Netscape -- open automatically after timeout?


> 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
> >
>