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Setup to run GUIquotes at startup

The reason for doing this is to be greeted by a quote when the computer is started up.

Windows

First create a GUIquotes shortcut by right clicking on GUIquotes.exe and select Create Shortcut.

For XP.

  1. Click the Start button and select All Programs
  2. Locate the Startup folder, right click, and select Open
  3. Drag the GUIquotes shortcut into the Startup folder

For Vista/Win7/Win8/Win10.

  1. Press Win+R
  2. In the Run box type shell:Startup
  3. Drag the GUIquotes shortcut into the Startup folder

To stop the program from running at startup, locate the Startup folder in the Start Menu, click the Startup folder to expand it, then right click on the GUIquotes shortcut and select Delete.

Linux

For Linux GUIquotes needs to be added to one of the system startup files. However which startup file can depend on both the desktop and shell being used. So check the distributions documentation to determine the proper file. Some distributions have a configuration program that has an option for specifying programs to run at startup which might be easier than figuring out the file.

To stop the program from running at startup whatever was done to add the program to the startup files will need to be undone.

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