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

You could add your app to the appropriate "Run" startup registry key at startup. Then even though you can't remove it when your app is deleted, it won't hurt anything and nobody will see the broken reference.