Last Program to load

[iceberg]

Hi guys,

wd appreciate if you cd enlighten me as to how can I make it such that the compiled exe program is the last to run after a user has logged into Windows....meaning....after processing the Run keys (all) and Startup folders. My program should be the last one.

Thanks.

[Gabburd]

Windows does not run the startup items in a particular order.

For more information see: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/...2/25/45926.aspx

Another option is to make a program which would execute and wait for them in order and place that file in your startup directory.

[iceberg]

thanks for enlighting Gabburd.

the link has given me a few ideas.

[Siddhartha]

best ive found that is "retard-like-me accessible" is Startup Control Panel made by a friend of mine. Simple and definitely easy to use. Just know the order that Windows boots in:

(from that other link just for a resource)

STARTUP ORDER FOR WINDOWS 9X/ME

1. config.sys

2. autoexec.bat

3. wininit.ini

4. winstart.bat

5. system.ini

6. win.ini

7. All Users-RunOnce

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServicesOnce

8. All Users-RunServices

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

9. All Users-RunOnce

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

10. All Users-Run

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

11. All Users-RunOnceEx

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

12. All Users-RunEx

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunEx

13. Current User-RunOnce

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

14. Current User-Run

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

15. Current User-RunOnceEx

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

16. Current User-RunEx

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunEx

17. Common Startup Folder

18. Startup Folder

STARTUP ORDER FOR WINDOWS NT4/2000/XP

1. BootExecute

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\BootExecute

2. Services

3. User enters a password and logon to the system

4. UserInit

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\UserInit

5. Shell

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell

6. All Users-RunOnce

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

7. All Users-Run

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

8. All Users-RunOnceEx

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

9. All Users-RunEx

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunEx

10. Current User-RunOnce

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

11. Current User-Run

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

12. Current User-RunOnceEx

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

13. Current User-RunEx

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunEx

14. Common Startup Folder

15. Startup Folder

his site for the Startup Control Panel is Here

[Gabburd]

best ive found that is "retard-like-me accessible" is Startup Control Panel made by a friend of mine. Simple and definitely easy to use. Just know the order that Windows boots in:

That program will show you which programs will be opened and let you remove them, but Windows will still launch the programs in each of these Folders and Registry Keys without waiting for them to finish.

[Bert]

One approach may be to poll the information that the startup control panel references. Have that polled by the exe you make, and the exe would pause until all other apps have started. If a new process is added, the exe would detect the new app the next time the system starts. I hope I made sense there.

[iceberg]

hi,

thanks for all the ideas.....i just made things simple...i shifted the program from the Common Startup folder to the Users startup folder. it solved my problem.

thanks alot anyway.

[MHz]

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