[Eric Lagman]

Is it possible to have a node startup on windows when the computer boots up? I have a few machines that I want to use that are across the builiding where i work, and it would be nice not to have to walk over every time I want to start the node on those machines. I went to msconfig and can not see any choice for maxwell render node to have it launch on startup. I looked through the manual and did not see anything relating to this. I also searched the forum and there were posts from a few years back that had scripts that needed to be implemented, and not sure if they are relevant anymore. If there was a simple way to do this without creating a custom script of bat file that would be good to know.

[JDHill]

Did you try putting a shortcut to the application in the machine's Startup folder?

[Eric Lagman]

Not yet. I will give that a shot.

[rusteberg]

if you're on windows (xp64 at least):

C:\Documents And Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

in there you can create a .bat file with notepad.
open up notepad and paste this:

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"C:\Program Files\Next Limit\Maxwell 2\mxnetwork.exe" -node

save it as node.bat in your startup folder..... at least that's how i have it setup here.

[dmeyer]

remote desktop?

[JDHill]

Here, on Vista, just CTRL-dragging the existing Maxwell Render Node shortcut from Start > Programs > Next Limit > Maxwell 2 and dropping it into Start > Programs > Startup, causes a render node to start up with the OS. If you look inside the shortcut, you'll see that its target is set up the same as rusteberg's .bat file, i.e. it starts mxnetwork.exe with the -node flag.