Hi NNYITGuy,
Another option you may use is boot to the commandline, and edit the config.sys
Add or modify the following lines:
SET AUTOSTART=PROGRAMS,TASKLIST,FOLDERS
(MODIFY)SET RESTARTOBJECTS=StartUpFoldersOnly
(if NOT present, then ADD - otherwise MODIFY)This will ensure that the PM program (PROGRAMS in the first entry) is started, and whatever is in your startup folder and startup.cmd...
ie: it will not reopen programs that were left open at last shutdown - but will open all of your normal startup objects.
If you have already resolved the issue, you may still want to adjust those lines in your config.sys to ensure you dont run into this problem again.
If you have xWP (or eCS) installed, there is an "easier" (I prefer commandline maintenance usually) method:
- Go into "System Setup" Folder
- Open the OS/2 (or eCS) Kernel object
- Click on the "WPS" Tab
- Select which objects you wish to restart on OS restart
- Hit "Apply" and close the settings notebook (this will modify your config.sys for you)
- Restart your machine for the changes to take effect (you do not need to restart immediately... whenever you next want to restart, the change will take effect)
HTH,
Robert