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system application, that allows adding and management of program to session startup.

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How do I get redshift to start with my computer?

I have installed Redshift on my computer and it works fine with the command gtk-redshift. However, it would not start up automatically when using the same command in startup applications. How do I set it to automatically start?
Dandyman
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Where did the startup-applications-preferences program go?

I would like to change my startup-applications, Where can I find the program startup-applications-preferences program? I'm using gnome-shell. I tried to reinstall it and to look for it by terminal (apt and dpkg) or Synaptic but I couldn't find it. …
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How to remember currently running applications in 12.04?

Possible Duplicate: How to save window positions? I cannot find the option "Remember currently running applications" in 12.04 whereas in 10.04, it was along with startup applications. Any idea where I can find it? UPDATE : As you can see from the…
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What happened to to the startup application preferences?

in 11.04 I can go to system->preferences ->startup applications and do things like uncheck Gnome Login Sound when I open Startup Applications in 11.10 the screen is empty
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Ubuntu 14.04 Startup application command for Indicator Application

Can someone post the command for the Indicator Application in Startup Applications? I deleted it by accident and I wanted to add it back.
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How to auto start SeaFile Client?

SeaFile Client automatically starts in Windows but not is Ubuntu How to add seafile entry into startup application so that it always starts automatically?
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KDE - run particular commands in particular workspace at startup

I work a lot at many documents at the same time. Basically I have 3-5 workspaces used, every time with same files - terminal open in particular folder, gedit with particular file and evince to see the result (I use latex). Here is the question - how…
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How to run script after resuming from sleep?

I have a custom script (uses $DISPLAY) for setting up the extra buttons on my mouse. I want to run this script every time I log into the system. I have added the script as a Startup Application via the Ubuntu (18.10) GUI (Gnome 3.30.1). It runs…
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update-rc.d: warning: missing LSB keyword

Hi tried to add my nagios service to the runlevel 1-5 (or at least 2). But when I used the command sudo update-rc.d nagios default I received the error update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/nagios missing LSB keyword 'default-start' update-rc.d:…
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Adding an auto-refresh rate to a Startup Application

I work for the IT Dept of an airport and we use 14.04 for our live view of tracking flights. I have the Flight Tracker scheduled to start 10 seconds after boot, but I would like to add an auto-refresh rate of 5 minutes to the program to keep track…
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How to Execute a program from anywhere in terminal

How could I execute a program which I downloaded from website and able to execute from $HOME directory or anywhere in terminal?
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Lazy load startup applications

I am using ubuntu 12.04. I have a few startup applications - Dropbox, Transmission, a few custom scripts. These stretch the login time to ~10 -15 seconds (an old machine here). I do not need to start these immediately at login. Is there a way to…
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startup command doesn't always work

I added a command in Startup Applications as you can see on the picture below: Unfortunately, it doesn't work everytime I boot up my Ubuntu 16.04. What is causing this and, more importantly, how can I fix it?
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launching a script at ubuntu start up

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on a virtual machine and I'm trying to set it up so that when it starts up it also automatically follow the description on the startmeup.sh.desktop to start the script taskhome.sh. The startmeup.sh.desktop script has…
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How do I set my startup applications?

I've looked through old questions like Where did the startup-applications-preferences program go? but it didn't help me as I searched the software centre for gnome-session-properties and didn't find anything.
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