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Making a program run at startup
hello all i am making a program that iw ould like to have run everytime you start your computer how would i go about doint this ? what code to use ..l. please give expmples
Brian Crowe
The easy way is to place a shortcut to your executable in the C:\Documents and Settings\[User]\Start Menu\Programs\Startup directory
Another option is Adding an Entry into the Registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Softwar
Add your own key under this RUN key and give the path of the EXE to run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Softwar
Add your own key under this RUN key and give the path of the EXE to run
ASKER
so for C:\Documents and Settings\[User]\Start Menu\Programs\Startup directory how excatly whould i get the exe to place a shortcut there
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Adding the registry entry would be a good solution, though startup isn't bad. I think a "service" is the optimal solution in many cases. The only caveat with the service is, if you go that route you need to think about if your app requires user interaction, ie does it have a gui? If so then you would need a helper app to control the service as a service is not meant to provide user interaction. I think there are some "solutions" to this but are unstable as well as other things. Just a suggestion.
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no there is no gui
oh, there's no GUI? Then I think the service is the way to go, definitely. It is very simple and those links itsvtk posted explain them, I used them when I first learned.