I have a little utility here called "After". I don't remember where I got it; but, I have been using it for years to delay certain things in the startup group and it works very well.
Example: I put an item into the startup group, then I add the path to AFTER.EXE just before the program I want to start and put in the number of seconds I want to delay the start.
Here's the target before adding the "AFTER" delay:
"C:\Program Files\AtomTime\ATOMTIME.EXE"
Here it is after adding the delay:
C:\EXE\After 40 "C:\Program Files\AtomTime\ATOMTIME.EXE"
The latter creates a forty-second delay.
I can't tell you where to find the AFTER program, perhaps at
www.download.com. If you can't find it, send me a mail and I'll attach it to a reply. It's only 40 kilobytes.