Program Start-up
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Automatically start a program after switching profiles. This function is useful for starting a program you want to use after switching to a profile. |
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. |
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Opening the Add Profile dialog box
Add Profile screen appears.
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Creating a profile
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Checking the created profile
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![]() Program to start after switching profiles This can be set up by using any of the following methods.
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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.
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Switching to a different profile
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Switching Profiles...
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The profile is successfully switched. ![]() |
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Switching to the profile configured to start a program
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Switching Profiles...Complete
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Internet Explorer is started. |
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