To set StartUp file in the registry can we use other path ??

[kinnu]

Hi All,


To run my .exe file on startup I am using the registry.

So, Is the only path that we can use is "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run"?

Or can we use any other path ?

Example:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\MyAPP

or

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\MyAP1

I tried the above examples and its not working. Is there any way that we can use other folder name instead of using RUN at last?

I want to change alteast RUN and keep MYAPP at last, Please let me know if its possible.

Thankz.

Kinnu.

[Killer42]

I doubt it. Windows has to have some way to know where to look when starting up. So it looks in the Load and Run entries in the registry. If you can hide the entries away anywhere in the registry, then how could anyone ever know what is loaded at startup?

You could try simply putting a shortcut in the user's Startup group, I suppose.

This is really a question for the Windows forum rather than Visual Basic, I'd say. I'll move it over there.

[bartonc]

<snip>If you can hide the entries away anywhere in the registry, then how could anyone ever know what is loaded at startup?<snip>

Which may be the point of this exercise... Not a good idea, practice, nor, even a good idea to attempt.