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hi!
i am creating a desktop app, and definitely when i deploy this app, so it will be a setup.exe. what i want is to put an option in that setup so that the app automatically start at the start of windows.can somebody tells me about any article or some source code link to that i get a better idea from that.
thanks in advance

Posted 1-May-12 3:21am

saifullahiit

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BillW33 · Answer 1 · 2012-05-01T03:57:00

Solution 2

In order to make a program automatically start for all users you need to place a shortcut to your application in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\.

Posted 1-May-12 3:57am

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saifullahiit 1-May-12 10:01am

by start up i dont mean that it should be on start menu.
i mean its process should be start at the windows start like u see volume controle, utorrent, idm etc

BillW33 1-May-12 15:35pm

OK, but putting the shortcut in the ...Start Menu\Programs\Startup\ folder doesn't make it appear on the Start Menu, it runs the program at startup.

Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 2 · 2012-05-01T05:01:00

Solution 5

That's not a good idea. "At Windows start", not at user logon, means that this would have by a Windows Service, not a desktop app.

Those two app types are work very different from each other and a Windows Service can no longer cheat putting up a user interface when a user is logged in under Windows 7 and above.

Posted 1-May-12 5:01am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 1-May-12 12:09pm

Agree, a 5.
--SA

brinda p · Answer 3 · 2012-05-01T03:27:00

Solution 1

Hi,

Using install shield to prepare your setup in that you can set option to start .exe automatically through coding or any other way. This facility is there i know but cant have the perfect way so search for it.

Thanks.

Posted 1-May-12 3:27am

brinda p

saifullahiit · Answer 4 · 2012-05-01T04:03:00

Solution 3

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/windows-program-automatic-startup-locations/[^]
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5089601/run-the-application-at-windows-startup[^]

Posted 1-May-12 4:03am