re: dwwin.exe
Friday, October 25, 2002 at 8:15 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by norm
(8 messages posted)
"start" is a command line tool used to invoke the windows shell (or windows exe's)
from a command prompt. By selecting "/belownormal" you tell it to start the following
command in a belownormal priority state (as opposed to the default, "normal".) (Their
are 6 different priority states possible: low, belownormal, normal, abovenormal,
high, & realtime.)
As the "start" command is command line driven, you get the best results adhering
to DOS 8.3 filenames... (e.g. "mydocu~1" instead of "My Documents".) In WinXP you
can see the 8.3 filenames by doing a "dir /x".)
Example from RUN key in registry:
Original Value: wdpdf.exe /config
New Value: start /belownormal c:\progra~1\westing\wdpdf.exe /config
Here is a good KBA on "start":
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/start.asp
As to "why" this seems to help this problem, who knows! I know if you check "Admin
Tools-->Event Viewer-->System" and look at the error it isn't very helpful... But
when the problem key's priority is lowered, the message stops and no errors are added
to the log. I had no ill effects, so I said "Yes!".
Oh yeah, I believe this is a bug introduced with WinXP SP1 as well... I have not
heard of this being a problem pre-SP1.
On Friday, October 25, 2002 at 2:45 pm, Gary Burton wrote:
> I have been following this because I have the same problem. I tried inserting
>the "start /belownormal " before the command for my Logitech Trackman rollerball.
> It seemed to help, but not completely fix the problem. Then next time I ran
>Windoctor, Windoctor found it and called it an invalid registry key. I lost my
nerve
>at that point and went back and deleted the "start /belownormal " from the value.
> The problem is still there, but something has now eliminated the mouse driver from
>my RUN key. My pointer works, so I guess I didn't really need that driver anyway.
> I could re-install the trackball to get it back if I wanted to, so I'll get by.
> However, I still have my DWWIN.EXE problem.
>
> Can you tell me what "start /belownormal " is doing?
>
> Am I correct in my interpretation that "start /belownormal " was supposed to
>be the first thing in the value field followed by whatever else was there?
>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/start.asp
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- re: dwwin.exe (Gary Burton: Friday, October 25, 2002 at 2:45 pm)
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