How can I make a Click-once deployed app run at startup?

Question

How can I make a Click-once deployed app run a startup?

The best option I found by searching was to set the Publisher on the app to Startup, so the Start menu shortc

Answer 1

Thanks DiscDev and dbenham. The solution works great. Just wanted to share the updated working code based on the latest by dbenham.

 const string fullPathEnvVar =
            "%appdata%\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Startup\\StartMyClickOnceApp.bat";
 //Expands the %appdata% path
 string fullPath = Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(fullPathEnvVar);

if (!File.Exists(fullPath))
        {
            string[] mystrings =
            {
                @"@echo off 
if exist ""%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\\.appref-ms"" (
""%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\\.appref-ms""
) else (
(goto) 2>nul & del ""%~f0""
)"
            };
            //write the file to the Startup folder
            File.WriteAllLines(fullPath, mystrings);
        }