Starup program

[John Callaway]

Where do I place a program to startup when the computer starts? I have
tried different startup places and it doesn't work. The program I want
to run is Avast Anti-Virus. It needs to show two blue balls in the
icon tray. I am running Ad-ware's Ad-Watch. Could that have an effect
on the startup of Avast?


JPC

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "John Callaway" <[email protected]>

| Where do I place a program to startup when the computer starts? I have
| tried different startup places and it doesn't work. The program I want
| to run is Avast Anti-Virus. It needs to show two blue balls in the
| icon tray. I am running Ad-ware's Ad-Watch. Could that have an effect
| on the startup of Avast?
|
| JPC

Did I read correctly...

You want to show you have Blue Balls on startUp ?

Add a key to the following Registry location...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Ad-aware and Avast should work happily together.

 

[Dave Patrick]

The installation routine should take care of that for you. To start apps at
logon you can place them in;

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

or in the registry at;

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

other options are the Group policy editor;
%systemroot%\system32\gpedit.msc
User Config\Windows Settings\Scripts\Logon/Logoff
Computer Config\Windows Settings\Scripts\Startup/Shutdown

HOWTO: Create a User-Defined Service
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=137890


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Where do I place a program to startup when the computer starts? I have
| tried different startup places and it doesn't work. The program I want
| to run is Avast Anti-Virus. It needs to show two blue balls in the
| icon tray. I am running Ad-ware's Ad-Watch. Could that have an effect
| on the startup of Avast?
|
|
| JPC

 

[John Callaway]

Dave: I did go to the link you provided, however I am not yet bold
enough to dive into the registry. I am a little over the intermediate
level and know just enough to be curiously dangerous especially when
it comes to creating a key in the registry. I did export the registry
just in case, however I would feel more comfortable if you could
possibly walk me through the process. My preference would be to take
your first suggestion. The file path that needs to be executed on
startup is: C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashDisp.exe.

JPC

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "John Callaway" <[email protected]>

| Dave: I did go to the link you provided, however I am not yet bold
| enough to dive into the registry. I am a little over the intermediate
| level and know just enough to be curiously dangerous especially when
| it comes to creating a key in the registry. I did export the registry
| just in case, however I would feel more comfortable if you could
| possibly walk me through the process. My preference would be to take
| your first suggestion. The file path that needs to be executed on
| startup is: C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashDisp.exe.
|
| JPC
|


John:

Copy the text between the dashes (----------)
Paste the contents into notepad { make sure the last line is an empty line }
Go to; File --> save as
Change the "Save as type:" to All Files

Save the file to your DeskTop as; add2Reg.Reg
Double click on the file; add2Reg.Reg and allow the contents to be merged into the registry

----------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"AVAST"="C:\\Program Files\\Alwil Software\\Avast4\\ashDisp.exe"


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[John Callaway]

Do I copy this into add2Reg.Reg just like you see it below?

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"AVAST"="C:\\Program Files\\Alwil Software\\Avast4\\ashDisp.exe"


JPC

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "John Callaway" <[email protected]>

| Do I copy this into add2Reg.Reg just like you see it below?
|
| [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
| "AVAST"="C:\\Program Files\\Alwil Software\\Avast4\\ashDisp.exe"
|
| JPC |

No insufficient !

Copy ALL the text between the dashes (----------)

 

[John Callaway]

I managed to put the ashdisp.exe file in the allusers startup and it
works fine. Thanks for your help.

JPC

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "John Callaway" <[email protected]>

| I managed to put the ashdisp.exe file in the allusers startup and it
| works fine. Thanks for your help.
|
| JPC
|

The problem is it loads AFTER all other loading points start.
That means a virus can load PRIOR to Avast !

Not a good idea at all.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Same as if you start it from the run key. Seems rather silly that an
anti-virus application doesn't install itself as a boot or system start
service.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| The problem is it loads AFTER all other loading points start.
| That means a virus can load PRIOR to Avast !
|
| Not a good idea at all.
|
| --
| Dave
| http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
| http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
|
|

 

[John Callaway]

OK, If it is better to put it in the registry I will, however I do not
understand when you say Copy the text between the dashes (----------).
I do understand the rest of suggestion. What exactly do I copy and
where do I place it. Also today a received a cd that I had purchased
with lavasoft ad-wareadwatch. This is lavasoft personal firewall 1.0.
Do you think it will work ok with the avast antivirus?

JPC

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Dave Patrick" <[email protected]>

| Same as if you start it from the run key. Seems rather silly that an
| anti-virus application doesn't install itself as a boot or system start
| service.
|

Most do start as services.

I was under the impression that the OS loads the Registry RUN locations prior to running ...

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
C:\Documents and Settings\<USER>\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

 

[John John]

Did you check what it says here?:

http://www.avast.com/eng/faq-other-questions.html#idt_1722

John