Application to be started at startup

You need to use the Registry for running a program at startup. You can use the RegistryKey class that's in the System.Win32 namespace. The following code shows how to do this:

RegistryKey rk = Registry.CurrentUser;
RegistryKey StartupPath;
StartupPath = rk.OpenSubKey(@"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run", true);
if (StartupPath.GetValue("ProjectName") == null)
{
    StartupPath.SetValue("ProjectName", Application.ExecutablePath, RegistryValueKind.ExpandString);
}

Note: RegistryKey is in the System.Win32 namespace, hence don't forget to import it.

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I already answered similar question:

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There are several placed to register this thing -- Startup Folder is the easiest but the worst (least universal).

First, consider to create and install Windows Service. This can be a big overkill, I know.

Go to Sysinternals Suite:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062[^].

Download all -- many very good utilities, but you will need to run Autoruns. Look how it works and read the help: it will give you the ultimate description of all locations (practically, all in registry) where to register your application to start automatically.