Re: How to determine if a Python script is being run right after startup on Windows

2010-09-07 Thread Krister Svanlund
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Dennis Verdonschot wrote: > Hi Ryan, > > Maybe I'm missing something, but wouldn't creating a shortcut and > putting that shortcut in your Start - Programs - Startup section of > the Windows menu not work for this program? Or if really needed you > can edit the sta

Re: How to determine if a Python script is being run right after startup on Windows

2010-09-07 Thread Dennis Verdonschot
Hi Ryan, Maybe I'm missing something, but wouldn't creating a shortcut and putting that shortcut in your Start - Programs - Startup section of the Windows menu not work for this program? Or if really needed you can edit the start-up programs in the registry. If you add some logging ability to you

Re: How to determine if a Python script is being run right after startup on Windows

2010-09-07 Thread Ryan George
Hello Stephen, Thanks for the prompt response! >How would you, a human being, determine if the program was being run directly >after startup? I'm not going to claim that I am a computer systems expert; I don't know a whole lot about what goes on in the Windows start up. I know services and prog

Re: How to determine if a Python script is being run right after startup on Windows

2010-09-06 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:19:46 -0700, Ryan George wrote: > My question is this: is there any way I can determine if the program is > being run directly after a startup on a Windows machine? How would you, a human being, determine if the program was being run directly after startup? What counts as

How to determine if a Python script is being run right after startup on Windows

2010-09-06 Thread Ryan George
Hello! I'm a newbie to Python (literally just started last Saturday), and I coded a program that selects a random wallpaper from a directory and swaps it with your current one (Windows only.) What I'm looking to do is have it start up with Windows and automatically swap the wallpapers. This part