I think post 9 is probably the closest indicator of what's going on. I assume this is not your own PC (a works PC ?). SE doesn't have the same level os security as XP, so no prob. Still, I wouldn't have thought it would make this difference. The lack of errors from my code, and the successful messages from gavio's code indicate that the key IS being written, then automatically removed. I assume you don't want to mess about with the registry's permissions...
Quote Originally Posted by tcurrier
I'm probably getting more into this than I should
You could try merging a .reg file, but that may also fail. The only other registry option to you is to try to make a manual entry for testing purposes. You could always put shortcut in the startup group. For the sake of job security ............