Re: Program Startup

"Joe" <jogor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
Using Windows XP Pro fully updated.

I have installed a program that I want the computer to load at startup. I do not want it in the startup folder where it opens on the computer starting up but I would like it to load and run in the background.

Strangely this program is not listed in msconfig/startup and I was wondering if there is anyway that it can be put in that folder.

It won't be listed unless it's set in some fashion to run at start up. Is it?

Does the program have an option to have it run at start up? If not place a call to it in one of the Run keys in the registry.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

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