"Ellebrius" <Ellebrius.37v1z5@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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> I have the same problem and I'm getting tired of seeing the message
> "Windows has block start-up programs - click here to view programs."
>
> The program is Webshots and I have been using it for years because they
> have this great photo I love and use for my desktop. It's the only thing
> I use Webshots for... that one photo for my desktop and Webshots wont
> let me use it unless I use their software to display it.
>
> In Webshots you can disable the tray icon which I have always done when
> using Windows xp because I don't want it to run and check the web for
> new daily photos. I have done this with Vista x64 also but it didn't
> work... the tray icon loaded anyways even if I had unticked ''Run at
> starup'' so I had to remove it from the startup list using Windows
> Defenders. It is no longer in WD and shows as disabled when using
> msconfig, and the program doesn't run at startup, but the message
> Windows has blocked... keeps on appearing.
>
> I did what JB above said and created the task and now I get the message
> anyway and Webshots also launches at startup, which is not what I want.
>
> What I would like to be able to do is keep Webshots without having it
> launch at startup and without having the message ''window has blocked a
> program'' appearing all the time.
>
> Is that possible?
>
>
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> Ellebrius
You'll have to contact the maker of Webshots and ask them if they
intend to make it compatible with Vista. It's a Webshots problem, not a
Vista problem.
It's being blocked for a reason.
C.B.
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