On Mar 18, 1:09 am, "Gabriel Genellina" <gagsl-...@yahoo.com.ar> wrote: > En Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:16:53 -0200, MRAB <goo...@mrabarnett.plus.com> > escribió: > > > Ian Mallett wrote: > >> I'd like to make a program that automatically runs on startup (right > >> after login). How should I do that? > > > Put it in the folder: > > > C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Start Menu\Programs\Startup > > Please don't do that, if you care about your users at all, and any of them > might use a non-English version of Windows. Programs that put anything in > the above location (or install themselves into C:\Program Files, or things > like that) are really annoying, and the author is plain stupid. > > Any decent installer is able to register a program so it runs on startup > (InnoSetup, by example). Anyway, if you want to it it yourself, > see:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb776426(VS.85).aspx > > -- > Gabriel Genellina
How is putting your program in "C:\Program Files" stupid? Almost every program I've ever installed on Windows defaults to that location. Putting a link in the Startup folder is kind of silly, I will grant you that. Of course, putting the shortcut there makes it easier for non-techie people to remove it. Otherwise you'll have to hack the registry to stop the startup or run msconfig and stop auto-start there. Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
