How to detect if the script is running at startup

[Kreatorul]

How can I see when the script is ran at startup(meaning for the first time) not if it has a shortcut in the startup dir. 10x

[xzaz]

Regwrite to your registry with a 1

if $regwrite = 1 Then
First startup
put the 1 in a 0
Else
Not the firststartup
Endif

[Kreatorul]

That would only work for one time when I start the script for the first time, I want to check if when the script is first run, that first time is at startup or not.

[Richard Robertson]

Make a log somewhere, file/registry/whatever. The next time you run the script, that log with exist, so you know it won't be the first time.

[Kreatorul]

You didn't get it. I want the program to minimize when started but only if it was started from the startup. making a log would tell me it's not the first time but I can't know if it's ran at startup or not...

[DW1]

when you place it in the startup routine, use a parameter like myexe.exe -param

So if it was started through startup it would have that param there, if started manually by user then it would not be called with any parameters

EDIT: Something like that?

Edited October 29, 2007 by danwilli

[Kreatorul]

I still have to detect whether is started with startup or not...there is no startup routine except puttin' the shortcut in the startup dir and that doesn't help. 10x for tryin'

[Joon]

Hmm... something like this???

If @ScriptDir = @StartupCommonDir Or @ScriptDir = @StartupDir Then
    MsgBox(0,'Startup','The program has started from Startup')
EndIf

If you have shortcut in Startup Dir, you need to pass in parameter.

[DW1]

thats what I said LOL, just pass a parameter from the shortcut

[Richard Robertson]

We could help more if you were more specific in asking. The command line parameter will work just fine, as suggested.

Have the startup entry say "script.exe -onstartup" and check for -onstartup. If it isn't there, then it wasn't run from the startup entry. There is no Window's defined way to see if it started at startup or by the user.

Well actually, I guess you could check the login time and the process starting time. If they are close enough together you can probably assume the script was run at startup. Dunno how to do so, but I know it is possible.