how?

[Storm33229]

I want to make it so that pre-installed software starts up when you turn on your computer.

[daat99]

Originally Posted by Storm33229

I want to make it so that pre-installed software starts up when you turn on your computer.

Not really sure if this is what you wanted since it isn't c# related but you can simply stick a shortcut for that program in this folder for all the users: @"c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\"

Or you can replace "All Users" with "%username%" (with % without ") so it'll run for the current user only.

Again, not c# related but it'll work.

[Storm33229]

Originally Posted by daat99

Not really sure if this is what you wanted since it isn't c# related but you can simply stick a shortcut for that program in this folder for all the users: @"c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\"

Or you can replace "All Users" with "%username%" (with % without ") so it'll run for the current user only.

Again, not c# related but it'll work.

Here's basically what I want to happen:
1) I install software on computer.
2)When you shut down the computer, and reboot, the computer runs the executable file before windows even loads...

[Jeff]

You have to register the exe with the registry startup key.

This is what I did with CUO Desktop.

		private void SetLoadWithWindows(bool load)
		{
			try
			{
				string regkey = @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run";
				using( RegistryKey key = Registry.LocalMachine.CreateSubKey(regkey) )
				{
					if( load )
						key.SetValue("cuodesktop", Path.Combine(Paths.ApplicationPath, "CUODesktop.exe"));
					else
						key.DeleteValue("cuodesktop", false);

					key.Close();
				}
			}
			catch
			{
			}
		}