DelayedExec 1.1

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January 3, 2009

Filed under: C#, freeware — Sivan Segev @ 1:51 am

5/28/2009 Final update to this post: New Homepage Announced

New home page for delayed exec which will always direct you to the latest version: Download DelayedExec Freeware

5/28/2009 End of Update

Apologies for the chronologically confusing post. Skip it - go directly to the new homepage of this application.

Version 1.1.2

I repackaged the release with inno-setup and have tested the new installer with virtual machines to verify that it installs and runs on machines with .net2 installed. I did not however verify that Vista comes with .net2 pre-installed.

To download, click here: setup delayedExec 1_1_2.exe

Windows XP Users (not Vista), you would still need .net 2.0: download .net 2.0

Just FY for developers, latest released was packaged with inno setup 5.2.3, editied with ISTool 5.2.1 freewares.

In case you are wondering why I was focused on .net2 as the requirement and not .net3.5, the explanation is simple:
1. I think that Vista comes with it installed, so you don’t have to download anything from the web.
2. .net2 is much smaller than .net3.5, and I don’t want to deter people from using this software by requiring them to download additional 200MB from Microsoft.

Issues with version 1.1 - solved

I see it’s the installer which refuses to run, I still presume the application would run. I shall look for an alternative to VisualStudio’s default installer. It’s really dumb - you make an application and direct it’s requirements to .net2, but studio will not make a proper installer.

Issues reported

I’ve been told in the comments that it still requires .net 3.5, I’d be happy to hear any further confirmation. Also, anyone else experiencing security issues? From what I understand thus far, if you “run as admin” when you open the dialog, it should not affect the start-up status which makes no access to the registry and simply starts other applications after reading the xml-file. I intend on running some virtual machine tests next week to get a better grasp on the situation.

Original Post: Delayed Exec 1.1 Changes

I’m releasing DelayedExec 1.1, my open sourced freeware which let’s you delay execution of startup applications and free your Windows Vista for usage quicker.

Major changes:
1. Allow disabling commands - you really don’t have to delete anymore. No need to use both the utility and ms-config.
2. Requirement has relaxed to .net2, instead of .net3.5. I believe that windows vista is shipped with .net2, so unless I’m mistaken - users don’t have to download and install the .net run time for this version.

Installer found here: Setup DelayedExec 1_1.zip
Source code found here: delayedExecApp src 1_1.zip

For previous vesion, click here.

Screenshot:

License and liability:
I hope it helps you, I don’t take any responsibility regarding how you use it or what it does to your computer. The license is simple: free to use, free to change code - don’t remove link-back and credit from application. The installer is Microsoft standard automatic installer - and if it fails, all I can say is try again.

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Cheers!

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Pingback by Download Freeware: Delayed Exec, improve windows Vista startup | Not cheap, Fiscally concerned — January 3, 2009 @ 1:55 am
The update still requires .NET 3.5 when I install in Vista. I still get the Security Policy error that I got with the last version. If I give the program admin rights on startup, the program is blocked at startup. If I don’t give admin rights, it doesn’t work.

Comment by Brian C. McCartney — January 3, 2009 @ 6:46 pm
Thanks Brian, I’m a tad disappointed, but I will look into the .net part next week. As far as Admin Rights issue, I will not try to fix it. When you open the dialog, you need admin rights to open the registry for editing. The user access control is an impossible mess - but I won’t advise you to turn it on or off. As far as just running on startup (after you set it up), I don’t think you need special rights.

To reiterate - I guess that it requires .net3.5 only because it was compiled in vs2008, I’ll have access to an older compiler next week and I’ll update the upload.

Thanks Brian.

Comment by Sivan Segev — January 3, 2009 @ 8:37 pm
I have installed dropbox in my pc and the DelayedExec 1.1 did not show it. Dropbox starts before the softwares that are waiting to run. Do you know how to solve this little problem? i want the dropbox to be the last one to run.

By the way, congratulations!

Comment by Felipe — January 28, 2009 @ 12:54 pm
Hi Felipe and thanks.

If the application you refer to does not start on boot-up through the registry, it is probably initialized as a service. I mentioned that this utility does not control services. If you can disable run-on-startup with “dropbox”, and you know the path to the executable - what I suggest is adding drop-box manually to the XML file which resides in the same folder as delayed-exec. Once it is there, if it is the last in the xml-list, it will be last to run.

Hope this answers your question.

Comment by Sivan Segev — January 28, 2009 @ 2:32 pm
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