No, No, No, and I repeat, NO. At no point should you *ever under any circumstances even if the world is ending* save a Desktop Boot file. This system has thankfully been removed from versions of RISC OS above 4.03. The Desktop Boot File system falls over with a universal boot sequence. For example: if you save a desktop boot file on a VirtualRPC-SA, then on the next RISC OS re-boot you will get loads of error messages as RISC OS tries to load each app that's installed on the iconbar twice. In addition every app that's been seen in the session prior to the Desktop Boot file being saved will be booted. So, if you had an app on removable media you will get error messages.
If you do want to set up an Obey file with the Alarm options then that's fine. Under RISC OS 4 this Obey file should be put in !Boot.Choices.Boot Tasks
Remember Kids, Desktop Boot files, just say no, no, just say no...
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