Installation guide

368 Installation Guide for Clients
Managing a Central APPSTART.INI
Appstart can be set up so that there is one common APPSTART.INI
file that all users can share. To use this feature, each user must have an
environment variable APPSTART.INI (in AUTOEXEC.BAT) set to the
literal path to the APPSTART.INI file. This can be a UNC path. For
example:
Managing User Workstations
It’s a relatively easy task to set up user workstations to run appstart
applications, especially if you have them use a central APPSTART.INI
file. The procedure could look something like this:
• Set up Program Items, using aliases, for applications in a group.
• Copy the group to the user’s desktop.
v Edit the user’s AUTOEXEC.BAT file to point the APPSTART.INI
environment variable to the APPSTART.INI file.
Refer to the User’s Guide for Microsoft Windows Clients for
information on setting up appstart Program Items.
Note Every appstart user will have a local APPSTART.INI file, in the
Windows directory on the workstation, even if a central APPSTART.INI
file is in use. The local file contains alias sections for each application in
use, with UsingParm parameters listed under each. These parameters
keep track of which alias selection has been used, so that if multiple
instances of an alias are used, they will map to the same
device/server/path combination.