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drive:|UNC
An optional specification of the drive letter to use, where drive: is a
drive letter designation. If this value is not specified, appstart will
select a drive letter that is not in use. If this parameter is UNC in all
caps, a UNC name will be used and no drive letter will be used.
Note If you don’t specify a drive letter, appstart can’t change the
path for the executable, which may cause some programs to be unable
to access their data files or DLLs.
\\server
This optional specification, with \\ (double-backslash) on the front of
the path, forces appstart to use that specific server when connecting.
If you don’t specify the server on the command line, appstart looks
in the APPSTART.INI file for information on what server(s) to use.
\share\subdir\for\program.exe
This variable is the complete path to the executable, starting at the
share. If you do not specify the \\server portion, the APPSTART.INI
file is checked for information on which server(s) to use. If the UNC
parameter was not specified, a drive letter is assigned to the
\\server\share portion.
parm1 parm2 parm3
Optional parameters to the application.
The APPSTART.INI File
The APPSTART.INI file is used to set up multiple servers. It is only
needed if you want to use the server pool, aliasing, or logging features.
The APPSTART.INI file can exist either in the Windows directory of the
user’s workstation, or in a central location on a server. (For information
about centralized APPSTART.INI files, see “Managing a Central
APPSTART.INI File,” later in this chapter.) The APPSTART.INI file
follows the format shown in the following example: