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I tried looking there, but the location was a line of what might be a long hexidecimal number with no discernable (by me, at least) form like that of an HTML location on the computer. Oh well.
I have a question about Thunderbird, though. I switched over this morning since it offered a very few number of advantages over Outlook Express. I installed Hotmail Popper 2.1.1 (the absolutely free version) so I could access my hotmail account. However, I now have an annoying icon of a burning candle on there. I would prefer it not be displayed if possible. Looking in the help section, it said this:
quote: In addition to these options, Hotmail Popper has one command line option. If you specify the argument /hideicon on the command line, Hotmail Popper will be run hidden (with no icon in the taskbar notification area).
How exactly do I change a command line option?
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Find the shortcut (or the registry entry) that makes the program start on Windows startup.
If it's a shortcut in your Start Menu (or wherever), just rightclick and you should be able to find the actual command it uses (I have a Dutch Windows, so I don't know what exactly it's called in English.. probably Target). You can just add command line options after the "blabla.exe" part.
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I'm not sure what you mean by the registry entry. I tried right clicking on the start menu icon and had "Options," "Shortcut," and "Compatibility." In the second, there is a "Start in," "Shortcut key," "Run," and "Comment" fields. There are also buttons for "Find Target...," "Change Icon," and "Advanced." The only thing in Advanced was running the program with "different credentials." Is what I am looking for in any of these?
-------------------- "Warfare is the greatest affair of state, the basis of life and death, the Tao to survivial or extinction. It must be thoroughly pondered and analyzed."
"...attaining one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the pinnacle of excellence. Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence."
-Sun Tzu, The Art of War, 6th century B.C.E.
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"Is what I am looking for in any of these?"
Yes. I don't know what version of Windows you're using, but under 2000 and XP, you can set command line parameters in the Properties --> Shortcut --> Target field, like Harry said.
(If the program runs automatically on startup, you will either have to repeat this for the icon in Start --> Programs --> Startup or alter its associated registry key* via the RegEdit tool.)
*usually located at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
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I my estimated computer IQ is going lower and lower with every post on this topic, I but I appreciate everyone answering my stupid questions. Thanks for the help, everyone.
-------------------- "Warfare is the greatest affair of state, the basis of life and death, the Tao to survivial or extinction. It must be thoroughly pondered and analyzed."
"...attaining one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the pinnacle of excellence. Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence."
-Sun Tzu, The Art of War, 6th century B.C.E.
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-------------------- "Warfare is the greatest affair of state, the basis of life and death, the Tao to survivial or extinction. It must be thoroughly pondered and analyzed."
"...attaining one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the pinnacle of excellence. Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence."
-Sun Tzu, The Art of War, 6th century B.C.E.
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