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Run app on windows startup

i want to run my VB .exe app. on windows startup what i want is not the startup folder or the run/load comand in win.ini , i don't want the user to be able to remove the app from the startup or win.ini, and each time windows start i want to run the app.

thanx

raed

Roshan Davis

Add new key in
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

and set its value to your application path

GOOD LUCK

Ryan Chong

and you can find some useful resources at:
http://www.vbcode.com/asp/code.asp?lstCategory=Registry

Ryan Chong

and it should be at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE in registry

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rspahitz

How about if you run it as an NT service?

profya

To improve my previous answer replace the last lines with the folowing:
If GetKeyValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run", "MyApp") <> ApplicationPath
Then
UpdateKey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run", "MyApp", "ApplicationPath"
End If
where the "ApplicationPath" is the current path of your application.

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