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Just out of curiosity, what does the /fs switch do? It didn't do anything on xp. Heck! I don't know. I removed it and did not notice any change in performance. I got the whole string somewhere whiole searching Google for a batch file I could use. Now what I do iswhen it's time to put some sort of m...

Solved! I found the startup folders for the users. I put the batch file in the users startup folder\programs\start\Warning.bat. It started a notebook file that I had put in \startup\programs. The batch file is @echo off Start notepad "c:\users\appdata\roaming\microsoft\windows\start menu\progra...

Every user has their own startup folder in their profile. So you can just put it in that users startup folder. Been like since at least Windows 2000 or even earlier. I can't remember how NT4 worked. I did a search on one of the computers that I maintain. Searched for the word "Startup" an...

To keep from getting confused a little more info seems appropiate. Several of the computers in question have multiple user accounts.I would want the popup to appear when a certain user logged on.
Also what would the bat file look like? I am new to using DOS commands in this manner.

I maintain several computers remotely. On occassion I would like to place a notebook file on a particular user desktop and have it open on the first or second keystroke after the user gets on the computer. The first part I can do manually, that is xfer a notebook file to a folder on the remote compu...