how to run script at user login ?

[bill allemann]

a WinXP Pro workstation is on a small peer to peer LAN and I want to
run a batch file at either bootup or at a particular user login to
do a "net use" command that I put in a bat file. The help file at the user
profile screen
seems to be all about logging onto a domain, and I haven't found a way to
cause the bat file to be read there during login. I also tried putting the
commands
into C:\Autoexec.bat but it didn't seem as though that file was read on
bootup either.
This was pretty easy stuff on older win versions, but I don't have too
much experience with XP. It seems like most of the config work has
been made much more difficult.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Bill

 

[Mark Dormer]

Put the batch file in the users startup folder
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
This will run at logon

Or you can set them in the registry in the Run Keys
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

The machiine keys get run a boot time, the user keys at logon

Regards
Mark Dormer

 

[bill allemann]

That did the trick.
Thanks, Mark
Bill