Conditional automatic start of Cumulus on computer start

[WestTx]

I use a batch file to automatically start Cumulus whenever my computer starts (or restarts) and have found it useful so I thought I'd share the idea.

This is what I use:


@ECHO OFF
TIMEOUT /T 30
REM Total Delay = 30 seconds
START "" "C:\Cumulus\Cumulus.exe"

When the .bat filename is placed in the Windows Startup folder, this batch file gives the user 30 seconds to manually abort. If there is no action taken from the keyboard, Cumulus starts. If I don't want Cumulus to start - for example, if I'm doing some testing that requires re-starting the computer more than once, I don't want Cumulus to start and then have to be stopped again for subsequent re-boots.

It's a bit primitive but it works for me.
(Note the path to the Cumulus.exe file must match your own.)

Les

[Sunrise Pilot]

I just added Cumulus to my startup file.

How is your bat file different? What is the advantage?

Cheers
Doug

[peterh]

That would be the timeout of 30 seconds. Les wants to be able to, if he restarts his machine, decide to NOT start Cumulus.

[WestTx]

That would be the timeout of 30 seconds. Les wants to be able to, if he restarts his machine, decide to NOT start Cumulus.

That's right. And I probably should have noted that I shut my computer down every night and restart it the next morning. For those that run their computer and Cumulus 24 hours, my method might not be as useful.

Les