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how to run a program when computer restart?

Posted 11-Jul-12 19:27pm

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2012-07-11T19:35:00

Solution 1

You have a number of options to do this.

A) You could place a short cut of the program in the start folder. This will start the program automatically once the operating system loads.

B) You could use a windows service to launch the program.

Posted 11-Jul-12 19:35pm

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SoMad 12-Jul-12 15:08pm

Option A) will run the program once the user logs in, not when the operating system loads. Since the OP did not specify the details, I will consider this a valid answer.

Soren Madsen

Sandeep Mewara · Answer 2 · 2012-07-12T08:41:00

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:

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);
}

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

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