Confused with SmartStartup

Should be the SDC icon....hmmmm...is your Stardock Central icon showing in the system tray?

..this is where the icon is ...C:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\Component Tray






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I'd be more concerned with that ugly arrow, and question mark.....................

Yrag, nope...that directory doesn't exist on my PC. No icon in systray either...

Koasati...it may be an ugly arrow...but it's MY ugly arrow dag nabbit!!

Hus - open SDC and install 'Component Tray' version 1.31.021.

Hrmmm.....maybe I should bust out the ResHacker like in that other thread....


P.S. Ph34r my arrow in all it's glory!

Nice arrow.. Do you have Object Bar or Wincustomize installed?

I kinda like that...looks like a wall or bootscreen to me.

No...but I did reinstall all my ODNT components about a month ago. And before I did this...SmartStarup wasn't working at all...even though I had DX to load at startup. This is what made me reinstall it...pink box been there ever since. I'm thinking something went screwy with the uninstall/reinstall...but atleast it's working now...

You never did answer...in SDC do you show Component Tray installed?

Oh...yes.
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Hummm...and no Tray Icon!?

You need to get into the Tray settings and check 'Load Stardock Central Tray' on startup....

Now all we need to do is get the icon ...I think your CT install is wacked... try un-installing tray component and re-installing it






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Um...gary...recheck the screenshot. There is an icon, it's right next to the DX icon.

No...I'm talking about the System Tray Icon by the clock...do you show one?

Ohhhh....yes.

Just to clarify...this would be the first time I've ever installed CT...since buying ODNT.
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Hmmm...ok..check Task Manager and see if Sdmcp.exe is running..


They just came out with it not that long ago...so it's a first for all.





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yup

You know, you really dont have to help...it's really a nit-picky thing. Really appreciate it though...
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In SDC Tools/Settings make sure both MCP startup options are checked

Yup...both checked...

Here's a history of MCP:

0.60
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v.52:

-Not showing startup/launching apps for some people fixed
-WinLogon portion moved to mcpstub.dll

v.51:
-SmartStartup no longer launches during safe mode.
-Purple icon issue fixed
-'Startup Manager 1.0' changed to 'SmartStartup'.
-SmartStartup can now be hidden by pressing the
Escape key. Components will still be launched,
however the status will not be visible.

I think that MCP install might be doing it...you can try this if you want and see if it corrects your version, although an SDC un-install, re-boot, re-install would probably be more successful...try this http://mi.stardock.com/private/mcp_notfound.exe and if it doesn't fix it then do the SDC song and dance.

just hit the dern computer and yell at it.

Gary...just sung the SDC song...I'm afraid the dancing will have to go. I don't dance. Still nada meng...

The install was fudged up and I had to delete the folder mnanually, then rebooted, installed fresh...rebooted again.

So maybe it's a file in another folder that needs replacing? /Common Files/Stardock maybe?
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I know this is something simple...just can't put a finger on it. My guess (and I do mean guess) is that for whatever reason that is the WC icon and since you don't have it, you're getting the purple thingy. The funny thing is, no one else has brought it up. If everything is working and you just don't want to see it...when it comes up hit 'Esc' and that should be the last you see of it.

BTW: I don't dance either

Hey....you got this?: C:\Program Files\WinCustomize\Tray

Yea, its really not that big-a-deal. I've dealt with it for the last month, so it's really nothing. It probably is something stupidly simple...but oh well.

Btw, wanna know why I dont dance? Well, I'll tell you anyway. Back in Junior High School, it was 8th grade dance, before we went to high school. I was always a badass in school, so me and my friends (naturally) managed to get a bottle of liquor that night...got really drunk. Then like fools, we got on the dance floor and started making asses of ourselves. I ended up puking my guts out all over the floor...and nearly got expelled. Ever since then, I don't dance.