How to run Application.exe before windows startup?

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vesna picture vesna · Sep 19, 2012 · Viewed 41.4k times · Source

I have a windows application with user Interface that do some stuff... Now my client wants that, when he pushes the power button MyApplication run before he forced to input the username and password! comment: the system is multi user on windows XP or Seven.

Is it possible anyway?

Answer

Will Lasalle picture Will Lasalle · Dec 15, 2017

I found the way to do this was to create a scheduled task with a trigger for "on startup". This starts the application before windows logon. This is particularly useful in a server type environment if you need to have something run that is not a service.

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