setting a program as startup progam

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hey guys

i'm trying to write a processor manager, and i want to know how i can set this program as a startup program?

i search google, and in forums peoples said that the programmer have to do something with windows register, but how? don't know!

can any one guide on this?

thanks in advance

Posted 1-Mar-11 3:08am

dariush_ha

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You can create a registry key that will always be executed at startup

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Have a look in regedit to see existing entries in there so you know how it should read. Simply create a value and point it at your program

Posted 1-Mar-11 3:12am

Dylan Morley

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 1-Mar-11 12:11pm

Not as good as Sandeep's, but 5.
--SA

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Sandeep Mewara · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-01T03:16:00

Have a look at this answer: Running a program at startup[^]
It says, you can do it usin Registry. The following code shows how to do this:

C#

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);
}