StartEmUp

Description

StartEmUp was written to quickly restart the items in my Startup Items folder. Some programs, like Disk First Aid and some installers, kill off any running applications. OK, I can understand that this is necessary, but why don't you put them back? ("If you don't have time to put it back, then you don't have time to get it out." my parents used to say.) So, I wrote StartEmUp to quickly do it for me.

Then, stopping selected processes became important to me. And then cleaning out the Temporary Items folder of all files, or the Recent Applications folder of orphaned aliases... well, just read the ReadMe for the complete rundown on what it can do, OK?

With all the additions I have decided that StartEmUp is now $10 shareware, but this is a one-time-only fee and future versions will be free to registered users.

Credits

This is the best thing since sliced bread (What was the best thing before sliced bread?) when it comes to Macintosh programming. If you have any interest in writing your own applications you definitely need to at least take a look at REALbasic. 'Nuff said.

Requirements

• Any Macintosh. I run it on a IIx and a PowerMac 9500 clone.
• System 7.5.5 or later. I run it on 9.0 as well. It may work on earlier versions of the Mac OS, but I haven't tried so I won't make the claim that it does.
• 1.5 MB of free memory. Yeah, I know. What can I say... REALbasic hasn't matured completely and building small applications isn't something it's known for. I'm told this will be fixed REAL soon now.

Features

• Quickly starts all selected items in a folder, which defaults to Startup Items, but you can select any folder. And, for version 2, StartEmUp will remember any folder you tell it to startup with.
• You can now tell StartEmUp to automatically select applications, control panels, or system extensions. You can also select all or none of these.
• Can also "ShutEmDown", or kill off running processes on your Mac. Thanks again to Bob Clark (author of Peek-a-Boo, an excellent process monitor/manager) for his informative assistance.
• Can also "CleanEmOut", or do mass file deletions.
• Now shows type and creator codes in all lists.

Version History

• StartEmUp version 2.0 - 03/07/00
  • This is the release (non-beta) version.
• StartEmUp version 2.0b4 - 03/01/00
  • This is very likely the last beta version and a final version is imminent.
  • Confirmed that the workaround for the bug in the OS 8.x Appearance Manager that caused the windows to not display all of their contents has been effective.
  • Fixed a bug that caused erroneous sorting on the date column in the CleanEmOut window.
  • Changed the Remember Last Window checkbox to a button and changed the behavior to be more intuitive.
  • Expires on 30-Mar-2000.
• StartEmUp version 2.0b3 - 02/16/00
  • Put in a workaround (I think) for a bug in the OS 8.x Appearance Manager that caused the windows to not display all of their contents.
  • Windows are now vertically resizable.
  • Windows now remember their last size and position.
  • More speed improvements.
  • Expires on 20-Mar-2000.
• StartEmUp version 2.0b2 - 02/12/00
  • Improved speed of some operations.
  • Improved stability.
  • Expires on 20-Mar-2000.
• StartEmUp version 2.0b1 - 02/05/00
  • Added ShutEmDown window.
  • Added CleanEmOut window.
  • Added type and creator codes to all lists.
  • Added sorting by filename, type code, or creator code to lists.
  • Fixed the application's icon so it displays properly.
  • Added user preferences for which windows to show at startup, how to resolve aliases, to remember the last folder selected, which file types to select by default, to protect against killing the Finder, and to automatically quit after launching/stopping/cleaning.
  • Expires on 1-Mar-2000.
• StartEmUp version 1.0 - 12/14/99

Download

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StartEmUp version 2.0 ReadMe ONLY

StartEmUp version 2.0 (includes ReadMe)

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