Start specific programs on Epicor startup

Hello all,

Is there a way to start up specific Epicor applications upon login to Epicor, or even start those applications themselves?

For example, our customer service team wants the Parts Display application to open when they log in to Epicor.

We are running Epicor 10 currently.

Thank you,
Lukas

Welcome Lukas!

Quick answer, yes. There may be a more forward path but I always had to change “Shells.”

Log into the “Classic Shell” and create a group called AutoLoad. (Favorites Tab, right mouse click, and choose “Add New Group” then rename it to AutoLoad.)

Next, right-mouse click the group add select “AutoLoad this Group”

Add the programs you want to start to that group.

Log out and back in.

Change back to your normal shell.

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I’ve tried that but it doesn’t work when I log back in to the Modern shell.

Hmm. Try opening up Part Display, Tools, Options, and select Memory Cache and see if that works:

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Funnily I was looking into this earlier. The other way is to craft a sysconfig file based on the Alert Attachment. Then have a shortcut on your desktop based on your standard Epicor shortcut, but using the new sysconfig file.

It did not work, unfortunately.

Where could I find more information on that?

Application Help search on Alert Attachment in the Application help. Create a simple attachment then click on the template tab and it will generate a sysconfig file that you can modify.

Here’s an example of the Shortcut section of to run the Labor Edit Report

<Shortcut>
    <Company>EPIC06</Company>
    <Plant>MfgSys</Plant>
    <AppServerURL value="net.tcp://APPSERVER102700" />
    <DateTime>10/4/2013 12:44:51 PM</DateTime>
    <Originator>System Manager</Originator>
    <Process>
      <ProcessID>UDALBED</ProcessID>
      <Description>Labor Edit Report</Description>
    </Process>
    <RecordIDS KeyFields="" KeyFieldsType="" TableName="" DataSourceType="">
      <RecordID></RecordID>
    </RecordIDS>
    <Search>
      <NamedSearch>Search Name</NamedSearch>
      <SearchCriteria>Search Criteria</SearchCriteria>
    </Search>
  </Shortcut>

You need to create a new menu and stick it in the Processes section. Although I did see the original menu id when I created the attachment. It may not be necessary to do this unless you had a specific customization you needed to apply.

I hope that helps.

Thank you!

Not sure it this would work for ERP 10.9.700 though. :slight_smile:

Feel free to mark it as a solution. If you think it is.