[RESOLVED] Launch a program when windows starts

[stevevb6]

How can i make my program open when windows starts? I know i can put it in the start folder to open when windows loads, but what other options do i have? I want it to open every time the system starts up and under ever user. Maye i can ise the registry. But im not sure whats the best way of doing this.

[MartinLiss]

Why do you want to do that?

[stevevb6]

i am expermenting with a program that i want to load on start-up. It will (if i can get it to work) Open some programs that i regularly use on my computer, so when i turn it on, im ready to go. I know that i can probably find something to do this, but i think i can learn a lot of different code by doing this.

[Joacim Andersson]

You can write a line to the registry to do this. For the current use write it to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

... or for all users write it to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

The value key should be a string which could contain any descriptive name and the full path (quoted if the path contains spaces) of your program as the data value.

However doing this will not start your program when the system starts but rather when a user log on, but I guess that is what you want.

[stevevb6]

thanks, should do the trick.