How to run program at start up using .net without use of registry key

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i have application which i dont want to detect by msconfig file

Posted 31-May-12 3:28am

vikas vasani

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Maciej Los 31-May-12 9:32am

Why?

Dave Kreskowiak 31-May-12 10:23am

If users are installing their own software, that means your company made the MASSIVE mistake of making everyone an administrator on their machine. If they were normal users, this wouldn't happen.

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2012-05-31T03:44:00

That depends on your application. If it's an application that the user has to be able to see, you have no choice but to run it out of the Run key in the registry.

If there is no interface that the user sees, then you might be able to write it as a Windows Service.

In either case, MSCONFIG will see them both. You have no option to hide it from MSCONFIG.

Gregory Gadow · Answer 2 · 2012-05-31T04:16:00

Every application has a primary thread, and sometimes secondary child threads. Applications can be written to detect and analyze threads within its domain.

msconfig runs in the root domain, and thus has access to every single thread that is running on the machine. That is its primary function: it sees all and knows all.

You cannot write an application that does not have a primary thread. Therefore, you cannot write an application that is undetectible to msconfig. And why would you want to, anyway? The only reason that comes to mind is malware.

How to run program at start up using .net without use of registry key

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