I know this has been asked a thousand times, and I've been researching
and experiementing for several hours, but I can't make it work. All I
want to do is to have an application start automatically. I have been
modifing the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run adding a
REG_SZ value with the full path of my executable: C:\Program
Files\App.exe (sans quotes) - this does not work. There must be
something simple that I am missing. Please help. Thanks.

Hi,
It should have worked with the registry key you
modified.If it still doesn't work, try
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.

This would cause the application to be run, as soon as
user logs in.

Now,if you do not want to login, you will have to set
autoadminlogon value to 1 and provide the defaultpassword.
However, it is not a safe approach to have user
automatically logged in.

thanks
padma
>-----Original Message-----
>I know this has been asked a thousand times, and I've
been researching
>and experiementing for several hours, but I can't make it
work. All I
>want to do is to have an application start automatically.
I have been
>modifing the following key:
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio
n\Run adding a
>REG_SZ value with the full path of my executable:
C:\Program
>Files\App.exe (sans quotes) - this does not work. There
must be
>something simple that I am missing. Please help. Thanks.
>.
>

Jim,

Apparently if your using minlogon this will not work since "run" is started
after the login process. If you are using minlogon try switching to winlogon
and set up automatic logon as Padma has stated. If your trying to run a
shell follow the instructions for creating a custom shell in the docs as
this is a better way to go anyway. HTH,

Brad Combs
Imago Technologies

"Jim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I know this has been asked a thousand times, and I've been researching
> and experiementing for several hours, but I can't make it work. All I
> want to do is to have an application start automatically. I have been
> modifing the following key:
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run adding a
> REG_SZ value with the full path of my executable: C:\Program
> Files\App.exe (sans quotes) - this does not work. There must be
> something simple that I am missing. Please help. Thanks.