How to make an exe start at the Windows Startup

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nightWatcher picture nightWatcher · Mar 22, 2011 · Viewed 62.7k times · Source

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How to put exe file in windows Startup

Suppose I have built an application in C#, Once I install it, I want it to run in the background whenever windows starts up,or you can say a user logs in to his windows account. Is there any way I can do that? Except writing a windows service?

The application basically shows messages when a certain event is triggered Thanks

Answer

Badr Hari picture Badr Hari · Mar 22, 2011

Add to shortcut to Windows start-up folder:

Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Startup)

Or add to registry, something like this:

RegistryKey add = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run", true);
add.SetValue("Your App Name", "\"" + Application.ExecutablePath.ToString() + "\"");

You can change CurrentUser to LocalMachine if you want it to run with every user. Thanks to Aidiakapi.

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