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Program Start-up

Automatically start a program after switching profiles.
This function is useful for starting a program you want to use after switching to a profile.

Let's configure a profile to start a program once that profile is selected

1  Creating a profile

In this example, we will create a profile with home network settings that will start Internet Explorer when this profile is selected.

Opening the Add Profile dialog box
1 Left-click the ConfigFree Icon icon in the system tray.
2 Move the cursor to Profile.
3 Click Add New Profile.
 

Add Profile screen appears.
Select Capture and click OK.




Creating a profile
1 Enter the profile name (required).
Home is entered.
2 Enter comments.
Starts Internet Explorer is entered.
3 Click Change and select an icon.

Select a desired icon.Home Icon
4 Select the captured items.
All items are selected.
5 Set program to start after switching profiles.
Click Browse and select the program to start Internet Explorer.
Enter C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE (in Windows XP).)

6 Click OK.




Checking the created profile
1 Left-click the ConfigFree Icon icon in the system tray.
Home IconHome is added to the menu.


Additional Information
Program to start after switching profiles
This can be set up by using any of the following methods.
Specifying a program
Enter the location and name of the program to execute. Click Browse if the location and name of the program are to remain the same.
Example: To start Internet Explorer, enter the following.
 C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe (in Windows XP)

Specifying a file name
Enter the location and name of the file to open. The corresponding application is started and the file is opened.
Example: To open Document.doc in the C:drive root directory, enter the following.
 C:\Document.doc

Specifying a Web site address (URL)
Enter the URL of the Web site to open. The Internet browser starts and accesses the specified Web site.
Example: Enter the URL as follows.
 http://www.toshiba.com

Specifying a program and parameters
An application can be executed with specific parameters. Place the application in double quotation marks ("). List the parameters after the application.
Example: To open a text file with Notepad, enter the following.
(The application is Notepad and the parameter is the file name c:\program files\toshiba\ConfigFree\readme.txt.)
"notepad" c:\program files\toshiba\ConfigFree\readme.txt

2  Switching to the profile configured to start a program

Now let's see if the program starts after switching to the Home profile.

Switching to a different profile
1 Left-click the ConfigFree Icon icon in the system tray.
2 Move the cursor to Office and click.




Switching Profiles
Switching Profiles...






The profile is successfully switched.

Office IconOffice is selected.






Switching to the profile configured to start a program
1 Left-click the ConfigFree Icon icon in the system tray.
2 Move the cursor to Home and click.




Switching Profiles
Switching Profiles...Complete






Internet Explorer Started
Internet Explorer is started.







1 Left-click the ConfigFree Icon icon in the system tray.
Home IconHome is selected.