Make CW Run Once When Starting Windows

How to Make ClockWatch Run Once When You Start Windows

As an alternative to having ClockWatch installed in the System Tray, you can configure Windows to run ClockWatch once and then exit every time you start Windows 95/NT. To enable this feature, you must place a shortcut for that program into the Startup folder.

To accomplish this, start the Windows Explorer:

Locate the program executable, ClockWatch.exe (usually in C:\Program Files\Beagle Software\ClockWatch.)
Use the right mouse button to drag the program icon to the C:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup folder.
When dropping the icon on this folder, click Create Shortcut Here on the popup menu that appears. (Do not click Copy Here or Move Here, which will create problems running the application.)
Find the shortcut in the Startup folder. Select the icon with the mouse. Click the right mouse button and select Properties from the pop-up menu.
On the Shortcut tab of the properties page add the argument once to the full executable name in the target field leaving a single space between. This configures ClockWatch to run one time in the background batch mode.
Close the tab and ClockWatch will be started the next time Windows is booted.

Note: When using in the batch mode, consideration should be given that the system has Internet access at the time the program is run, or the setting will not be made.

The Automatic Startup option may be a better alternative since it can be set to operate at timed intervals.

Synchronizing Another Computer to a Computer Running ClockWatch

A remote computer can synchronize with the computer running ClockWatch using the net time command available in Windows 95 or Windows NT. The syntax for this to be run from a remote computer not running ClockWatch is:

net time \\<clockwatch> /set /yes

Where :

net time -is the network command

\\<clockwatch> is the name of the computer with the correct time. (i.e. \\SERVER_MAIN)