Running an initialization cell on Mathematica start up

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I am writing a bash script to run a bunch of Mathematica .nb files serially. So I thought I'd convert my Mathematica cells into initialization cells. However, I notice that the initialization cell isn't run on start up unless I evaluate it using Shift + Enter or Command + Enter.

Is it not an initialization cell that I am looking for?

Steps I took to make my cell an initialization cell:

Selected the cell with mouse click
Cell > Cell properties > Initialization cell

Edit

I just added InitializationCellEvaluation -> True as the first line of my file. However, how should I make this evaluatable?

Move your edits into an answer, so that others can use it, too. — rcollyer, Aug 15 '12 at 21:59
@rcollyer I felt a little odd about answering my own question! — dearN, Aug 15 '12 at 22:03
Its expressly encouraged. You might as well get the points for it. — rcollyer, Aug 15 '12 at 22:35

score 17 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 15 '12 at 22:25

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I think I found it but I'd be more than happy to look at other alternatives if any provided:

Shift + Ctrl + O to open Options > Notebook options > Evaluation options > Global preferences from the drop down menu at the top
Change InitializationCellEvaluation to True and InitializationCellWarning to False

The next time the .nb file is launched, the initialization cell is run.

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Does it work to set it only for a specific notebook and leave preferences untouched? – Vitaliy Kaurov Aug 15 '12 at 23:03
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@VitaliyKaurov It does but I changed it at the global level. – dearN Aug 15 '12 at 23:16

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