how can I run an app automatic after restart?

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sari k picture sari k · Sep 20, 2011 · Viewed 11k times · Source

how can I run an app automatic after restart? (by c# code) I create A new string in 'runOnce' key in registry with the path of the App. the OS run this APP before it load the OS my problem is: My APP loads but explorer doesn't load, after I close my APP, explorer loads I restart the computer in APP, and after restart I want that my APP reopen

Answer

Maxim V. Pavlov picture Maxim V. Pavlov · Sep 20, 2011

When you click restart from your app, make the following modifications to the registry:

Create an entry in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch.

Use

Registry.LocalMachine.CreateSubKey("SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run\\YourAppName");

to create an entry.

And 

RegistryKey myKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run\\YourAppName", true);

myKey.SetValue("YourAppName", "AppExecutablePath", RegistryValueKind.String);

to set the run path.

After the system has restarted, your app starts and removes the restart entry by calling this:

Registry.LocalMachine.DeleteSubKey("SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run\\YourAppName");

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