Comments on: Is there a way to pre-load apps you like during windows startup into RAM?

Question: Is there a way to pre-load apps you like during windows startup into RAM?

Dean Keaton — Sun, 01 May 2005 03:12:42 -0800

Is there a way to pre-load apps you like during windows startup into RAM?

I have XP Pro SP2 and I want to have firefox in memory when windows loads up, to increase performance. I can get through regedit fine. How can I do this?

By: grouse

grouse — Sun, 01 May 2005 03:34:35 -0800

If you add Firefox to your startup apps, I believe XP will start including it in the boot prefetch process.

Windows XP prefetching works both at boot-time and at program launch time. It generates profiles that the Windows defragger will use to put all the required DLLs next to the executables on disk, so a defrag supposedly will help. I've never seen any data proving how much it helps though.

By: curtm

curtm — Sun, 01 May 2005 05:30:22 -0800

Why don't you just put it into your startup folder, so it is loaded when you log in?

By: furtive

furtive — Sun, 01 May 2005 05:35:20 -0800

I think he wants them loaded up even before you log in.

By: zsazsa

zsazsa — Sun, 01 May 2005 07:32:35 -0800

While this isn't a general solution, the MinimizeToTray extension has a "turbo" option that will let you pre-load Firefox to the system tray at windows startup.

By: devilsbrigade

devilsbrigade — Sun, 01 May 2005 10:39:33 -0800

Use XP's hibernate feature and just keep apps open. Then you have the added benifit of having insanely fast startup, too.
You only need to actually reboot once & a while (for me, about every week, but I beat my system into the ground) to clear RAM.

By: Alex Handcoding

Alex Handcoding — Sun, 01 May 2005 11:25:55 -0800

This knowledgebase article on Increasing startup speed mentions that "Firefox does not have a Quick Launch feature similar to that for the Mozilla Suite. However, a third-party utility called Firefox Preloader is available."

By: mr.marx

mr.marx — Sun, 01 May 2005 13:15:42 -0800

Mozilla Firefox in a RAM Partition

By: Dean Keaton

Dean Keaton — Sun, 01 May 2005 15:31:01 -0800

Is there a general way to preload any .exe file to your memory? See, I am using a 2.8 celeron laptop: It's like having a V8 with a clogged air filter and restricted exhaust. On the other hand, I have 768MB of RAM which definately helps.