Want to create desktop popup application

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Wantt to create desktop popup application which will auto start when when i login to my machine and show knowledge tips.Kindly help to choose technology and guide.

Posted 26-Aug-13 20:52pm

anil shinde

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muneebalikiyani 27-Aug-13 3:35am

From Vista onwards, service will not be allowed to interact with the desktop, so cannot have a UI running directly out of the service. You need to build an agent application that starts up at user login that can chat to your service.

[no name] 27-Aug-13 5:58am

Well you seem to have chosen VB.NET so what else, specifically, would you need help with?

anil shinde 28-Aug-13 2:24am

I have show everyday different tip and that to on 25 machine.so how tip will get changed everyday..

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Solution 1

OK, so what's the problem??

You launch the application out of the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run key.

This would have to be a normal application, not a service.

Posted 27-Aug-13 2:53am

Dave Kreskowiak

Solution 2

I would suggest the Windows Task Scheduler. There you can declare a trigger to start a certain application, just play with the many possibilities e.g. 'on login', 'everyday at 8 am' etc.

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Posted 27-Aug-13 10:13am

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anil shinde · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-27T20:09:00

Solution 3

I want to show knowledge tip everday in popup(whenever machine starts) and that to on 25 machines. which technology should i use to develop application? Any suggestions?

Posted 27-Aug-13 20:09pm

anil shinde

Updated 27-Aug-13 20:21pm

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