Auto-load on start-up

[thealmightyone]

Is there a way to make a program, any program, load up on start-up. maybe through a registry entry.

I ask because I'm always forgetting to load up F@H, and was wondering if I could make it load up automatically (is console version, btw).

 

[SirKenin]

Just go to Start > All Programs and put a link in Startup. That's the easiest way.

 

[magicman]

Just put a program shortcut in the folder

C:\Documents and Settings\*Username*\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Edit: You beat me to it SirKenin

 

[PC eye]

Along with a customized registry key added you would also need an executable file designed to load F@H whatever that one is. The registry value would give Windows instructions to start up the executable for this. That in turn would open the intended. A manual edit of the system's registry would have to be performed when the custom key was written.

 

[tlarkin]

Along with a customized registry key added you would also need an executable file designed to load F@H whatever that one is. The registry value would give Windows instructions to start up the executable for this. That in turn would open the intended. A manual edit of the system's registry would have to be performed when the custom key was written.

are you referring to?

HK_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Run ?

I don't see why making a custom registry key is as easy as what the other two people already posted. Not to mention, when configuring it at the user level like they mentioned it is not a system wide startup option, it is only a start up option for that user, since it is in their home directory.

 

[thealmightyone]

Yeah, all done. Just dumped a shortcut in Startup

 

[PC eye]

are you referring to?

HK_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Run ?

I don't see why making a custom registry key is as easy as what the other two people already posted. Not to mention, when configuring it at the user level like they mentioned it is not a system wide startup option, it is only a start up option for that user, since it is in their home directory.

That's because it has more to do with Visual Basic. Plus this post was made at the same time as the others not after. It was simply shuffled to the end. You first have to know how involved a program is and what it is in order to create new custom values in the registry anyways.