start up folder?

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Sun, 26 Dec 2004, Rob Shinn wrote:

> On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 14:31 -0500, Jim wrote:
> > is there any such folder as a " Start up Folder "
> > i have a launcher on the desk top and would like it to run when i log
> > in to my user acct.
>
> It works a little differently depending on whether you are using GNOME
> or KDE, but there's some commonality between the two desktops.
>
> For GNOME (the default desktop in Fedora Core), basically anything you
> want to run at login you would just start.  Then go to Applications |
> Preferences | More Preferences | Sessions.  Check 'automatically save
> changes to session.'  When you logout any apps you had running will
> start when you log back in.

Or if the point is just to start some specific app at login (rather than
to resume the programs running when you logged out), go to the same
Sessions window and click the Startup tab.  Then add the programs there.

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		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
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