configure windows startup

Go4Expert Member
24Nov2006,10:51   #1
nadunalexander's Avatar
How can i configure windows xp start up to automatically execute a exe file when startup or login, for all users? Where is this information stored by windows xp?
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24Nov2006,11:00   #2
shabbir's Avatar
You have 3 options
1. Putting a shortcut in th startup path of each client
2. You can make an entry at HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run for each client.
3. When you have a server which authenticates a user you can have batch file or something similar run.
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24Nov2006,11:02   #3
pradeep's Avatar
There are two ways to do that, one is that you add a entry to the registry and the other which is fairly simple, just create a shortcut of the program you intent to start automatically, and place it in X:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup where X is the drive where you OS i.e. Windows XP is installed.