Created an EXE

[Ergo]

Finished my VB Project and created an exe, I then made an installer for it using Inno Tools. Anyway I'd like my EXE to run at the Windows XP Logon screen, i.e. Before a User logs on....How do I do this?

[Shuja Ali]

Finished my VB Project and created an exe, I then made an installer for it using Inno Tools. Anyway I'd like my EXE to run at the Windows XP Logon screen, i.e. Before a User logs on....How do I do this?

You cannot have applications running even before a User Logs in. To achieve that you will have to develop a windows service that can run even if the machine is logged off. And remember Windows Services should NOT have a User Interface attached to them. They can just run as a process.

[Kasracer]

You cannot have applications running even before a User Logs in. To achieve that you will have to develop a windows service that can run even if the machine is logged off.

You can create an application that starts up before a user logs in and is not a service. In fact, many anti-virus applications and firewalls do this.

Don't ask me how though. I can't remember, lol.

And remember Windows Services should have a User Interface attached to them. They can just run as a process.

Why should they have a UI attached to them? Most services DON'T have a GUI.

[Shuja Ali]

You can create an application that starts up before a user logs in and is not a service. In fact, many anti-virus applications and firewalls do this.

Don't ask me how though. I can't remember, lol.

Even those antivirus scanners run as Windows Services.

Why should they have a UI attached to them? Most services DON'T have a GUI.

Well actually they should not have a UI attached to them. The above was just a Typo.

[Kasracer]

Even those antivirus scanners run as Windows Services.

Actually, I've seen applications startup before login that did not have any services.

After searching some more I found that you can make it so your application is run as a service, so it'll startup before login, but it won't be listed in the list of services like regular services or something like that. I can't find any code that shows how to do this though =/

Using a service would be easier.