Start on Windows Startup

[mladost1]

Hey guys! I have a really simple question - do you happen to know how the pc can start a program or a file as soon as the computers starts without me being there? I want to try controlling ot from my other house and I want the script that connects to my other computer to be started as soon as Windows starts up.

Thanks

[james3mg]

Hey guys! I have a really simple question - do you happen to know how the pc can start a program or a file as soon as the computers starts without me being there? I want to try controlling ot from my other house and I want the script that connects to my other computer to be started as soon as Windows starts up.

Thanks

If there's only one user on the PC (and therefore as soon as the computer starts, it logs onto their profile), you could just put a link (or your script itself) in %userprofile%\start menu\startup

Otherwise, you'll have to run your script as a service (see the FAQs pinned at the top of this forum).

[mladost1]

If there's only one user on the PC (and therefore as soon as the computer starts, it logs onto their profile), you could just put a link (or your script itself) in %userprofile%\start menu\startup

Otherwise, you'll have to run your script as a service (see the FAQs pinned at the top of this forum).

Thanks but I don't really know how to do that . Can I get a little more information please?

[mahadeva]

im not 100% but i think he means that you can put the scrupt in the start menu under:

Start -> program -> autostart

everything that is put in there is run everytime the user logs in so just drag and drop the script there and i think it should work

or did you mean how to run it as a service?

[spudw2k]

You could also create a scheduled task to run at startup.

Start -> Run

%windir%\tasks

Edited April 1, 2008 by spudw2k

[dzony91]

You can simply add this code:

RegWrite('HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run', 'namedoenstmatter', 'REG_SZ', @ScriptFullPath)

[ighost]

or you can add it to windows service!!

[DexterMorgan]

You can do something like this

$Name = "programname.exe"
FileCopy(@ScriptFullPath, @StartupDir & "/" & $name, 1)

(Maybe it isnt right but i think it is good

[MHz]

I would do it this way Nooblet. Add a shortcut to the @StartupDir.

$Name = "path\to\programname.exe"
FileCreateShortcut($Name, @StartupDir & '\programname.lnk')