# Start an application automatically on a MobileView terminal or a personal computer using parameters

On a MobileView terminal or a personal computer, you can start FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Station and runs an application automatically whenever the terminal or computer starts by setting up the startup options or using parameters.

## To start an application automatically when a MobileView terminal or a personal computer starts

1. Copy the path to the MERuntime.exe file (FactoryTalk View ME Station) to the Windows Startup folder.

   The default folders of the path to the MERuntime.exe file is C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Rockwell Software\FactoryTalk View.

   The Windows Startup folder is C:\Users\<logged in user name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.

   Tip: | If you copied the path to the MERuntime.exe file to the Windows Startup folder, to disable the automatic startup of FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Station, delete the file in the Windows Startup folder.

2. In the Startup folder, right-click FactoryTalk View ME Station and select Properties.
3. On the Shortcut tab, in the Target box, after the existing text, type a space, the path to the .mer file, and one or more parameters.

   For example, to start FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Station and open an application called Malthouse on a Windows 7 operating system computer, type

   "C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\RSView Enterprise\ME\Runtime\malthouse.mer" /r /d /o

4. Click OK.

In the future, whenever the MobileView terminal or the personal computer starts, FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Station will start automatically, delete the applications log files, overwrite the terminal's communications file, and run the application.

If you do not want to delete the log files, omit the /d parameter.

If you do not want to overwrite the communications file, omit the /o parameter.

To give the user the choice of overwriting the communications file, use the /a parameter instead of the /o parameter.

## See also

Start an application automatically by setting up the startup options

Log on to Network Server

Configure terminal communications

Parameters for starting an application

Stop a runtime application

Keywords: start, application