[netpumber]

Hallo! I have create a app in vb and i want to make it to run on startup of windows . does any1 know how to do that?
Thanxxxx.

[the_hangman]

What version of VB are you using?

For VB.NET I use the following...

		Dim xy As Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey
		xy = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run", True)
		xy.SetValue("ProgramNameHere", Application.StartupPath + "\ProgramNameHere.exe")
		xy.Close()

You may be able to adapt that to a different version if need be

[netpumber]

Visual Basic 6

[huzi8t9]

netpumber, on 23 Feb, 2007 - 10:42 AM, said:

Visual Basic 6

Well, registry doesnt always work for me so I use the WIN.INI like so

Public Declare Function WritePrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias "WritePrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, ByVal lpKeyName As Any, ByVal lpString As Any, ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long

Public Function AddAtStart()
windir = Environ("windir")
WritePrivateProfileString "Files", _
							"load", _
							App.Path & "\" & App.EXEName & ".exe", _
							windir & "\WIN.INI"

End Function

Any problems. Let me know

[born2c0de]

The registry is to be used to store Startup Information. Although win.ini can start files, its use as an autostart launcher is likely to be deprecated.

Use this instead. It's a lot easier to use than the Win32 API Alternative.

	Dim Startup_key As String
	Startup_key = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\"
	Dim Reg As Object
	Set Reg = CreateObject("wscript.shell")
	Reg.RegWrite Startup_key & App.EXEName, App.Path & "\" & App.EXEName & ".exe"