Automatically run programs when starting Windows:
If there are applications or commands that you run every single time you start your computer (Email comes to mind from outlook express or any browser) you may want to consider setting things up so that these programs run automatically during the Windows XP startup. This can be done quite easily in XP by creating shortcuts and shuffling them around.
Here's how Windows XP has a startup folder located at
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Start Menu\Programs\Your Application
C:\Users\<username>\Start Menu\Programs\Your Application on Vista or above; this is the default value and it can be configured
Shortcuts placed into this folder will be run automatically when Windows XP starts up.
If you already have shortcuts for the programs you desire to use, copy and paste them into the startup folder.
Otherwise, go to 'startprograms,' select the program you would like to create a shortcut for, right click it and select 'send to' then 'desktop.' This will create a shortcut on the desktop that you can then use.
Also, If you want to make this possible with the help of the reistry then follow the below mentioned steps:
Click on Start >> Go to the command prompt "run" >> Type "regedit" >> Click enter >> Go to the below mentioned path
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run
Create a new file and add the path of the Your Application you want to add in the string.
For each program you want to start automatically create a new string value using a descriptive name, and set the value of the string to the program executable.
For example, to automatically start Notepad, add a new entry of "Notepad"="c:\windows\notepad.exe".
To start automatically Mozilla firefox, add a new entry of "Mozilla"="c:\programfiles\mozilla\firefox.exe ".
Thanks & regards,
Westud.
If there are applications or commands that you run every single time you start your computer (Email comes to mind from outlook express or any browser) you may want to consider setting things up so that these programs run automatically during the Windows XP startup. This can be done quite easily in XP by creating shortcuts and shuffling them around.
Here's how Windows XP has a startup folder located at
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Start Menu\Programs\Your Application
C:\Users\<username>\Start Menu\Programs\Your Application on Vista or above; this is the default value and it can be configured
Shortcuts placed into this folder will be run automatically when Windows XP starts up.
If you already have shortcuts for the programs you desire to use, copy and paste them into the startup folder.
Otherwise, go to 'startprograms,' select the program you would like to create a shortcut for, right click it and select 'send to' then 'desktop.' This will create a shortcut on the desktop that you can then use.
Also, If you want to make this possible with the help of the reistry then follow the below mentioned steps:
Click on Start >> Go to the command prompt "run" >> Type "regedit" >> Click enter >> Go to the below mentioned path
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run
Create a new file and add the path of the Your Application you want to add in the string.
For each program you want to start automatically create a new string value using a descriptive name, and set the value of the string to the program executable.
For example, to automatically start Notepad, add a new entry of "Notepad"="c:\windows\notepad.exe".
To start automatically Mozilla firefox, add a new entry of "Mozilla"="c:\programfiles\mozilla\firefox.exe ".
Thanks & regards,
Westud.
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