Switches to desktop

[we1dont7die]

I have gameex set up as the only program to start (i did this by copying the shortcut to the windows xp start menu folder named 'startup'). This has always worked for me but I just noticed recently that when i boot my pc now, it loads gameex then switches to the desktop about 3 seconds later. Obviously I just want it to start and open gameex and stay in gameex. any ideas as to why it would just switch back to the desktop?

[bkenobi]

Something is stealing focus from GameEx. Check what other programs you have loading and figure out which one is the culprit. It could be something in the system tray (the old Divx codec did this for instance).

[twotone8]

i had a similar thing happen to me when attempting to run xpadder.exe on startup. oddly enough, the solution was to create a batch file with only

@echo off

start "[whatever filepath i used]\xpadder.exe"

exit

and for whatever reason, that worked. you might try giving it a shot.

you also might try adding a little wait script to have it wait for about three seconds before launching gameex.

ala

@echo off

PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 6000 >NUL

start "[whatever filepath you use]\gameex.exe"

exit

[we1dont7die]

Thanks for the usual quick and informative responses.

I went through msconfig and disabled linksys wireless manager and that seemed to fix it.

I didnt suspect it at first because it didnt show any linksys window when it would switch back to desktop.

Thanks again.