Programmatically start application on login

Question

What\'s the best way to programmatically start an application on login for Windows? I know you can do it by adding an item to the startup folder in the start menu, but I wan

Answer 1

This is how you could do it in C#:

Registry.SetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run",
          "MyStartUp",
          @"C:\StartUpApp.exe");

You basically need to add a registry entry. The above one works on start-up. There are a few more. I recommend that you download a tool like Autoruns to see all possible locations.