i was wondering if i can copy my application to the startup folder in windows when the form loads. The path i want my app to copy to is: C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersStart MenuProgramsStartup
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View 2 RepliesIs there any other way to create a shortcut of an application programmatically or just make the application run every time windows loads up..I got this code of google but I am not too happy with it because it requires some assembly that other users might not have and I get an error when launching this feature on other computer could not load file or assembly interop.IWSHruntimelibrary..[code]
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View 7 Repliesi deleted my previous start up form to be replaced by another one but each time i launch the application,the deleted start up form is still displayed.i dont know from where this deleted start up form is being loaded.
View 3 RepliesI can hide my startup form (or make it appear hidden) on startup. I can start my app on windows startup--through registry values--if the user checks a checkbox.
But if the app starts up on windows startup, I want the form to be hidden, so the program can just keep working without bothering anyone. If it starts up because the user started it, I want the form to be showing, because the user probably wants to change some settings or something.
I wanted to give my user an option for "Start with Windows". When user check this option it will place a shortcut icon into Startup folder (not in registry). On Windows restart, it will load my app automatically.
View 1 RepliesI want the user to have the option to choose between a lot of pictures in a project folder. So I made a new project folder called: Images.
And when the user presses a certain button this folder should be opened.I want to achieve this like this:
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How do I add/remove application shortcuts from the Startup folder or Desktop?
View 1 RepliesTitle explains it what VB code could i use to have windows copy a folder and display windows progress bar?
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View 1 RepliesI developed an application in Visual Basic 2010 Express which has two features:
1) It is portable and uses some .dlls which must be in the same folder
2) Requires Administrator in order to run
I want my application to run on windows startup. So i created the registry string value and made some tests that gave me the following results:
1) Windows XP -> Runs on startup without any errors
2) Windows 7 Starter -> It simply ignores my application
3) Windows 7 Premium -> The run confirmation box from unknown publisher appeared and when i selected to run, AVG gave a virus warning
4) Windows 8 Consumer Preview -> It simply ignores my application
I was having trouble before editing the registry on a WPF application I'm working on, in order to get autostart to work, so I ended up creating a shortcut in the startup folder to automatically start the application. My problem is, that this not working on Windows 7 (and Im guessing Vista too). Here's my code. Does Environment.SpecialFolder.Startup not work on Windows 7?
Dim PathToStartupFolder As String = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Startup)
If File.Exists(PathToStartupFolder & "Application.Exe.LNK") = False Then
Dim ShellObject As New IWshRuntimeLibrary.WshShell
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how can I get the shared startup folder? My application is set to add a shortcut to the startup folder, but it isnly for that user, and I'd like it to automatically start for any user on the machine.I know you can do this by adding a registry key, but I'm having trouble getting my registry key code to work in this WPF app.
View 1 RepliesI am making a setup application and I need to know how to properly add a registry key so the application startup with windows. I have made what you can see on the image but I get an error when my PC restarts.This setup is nothing special I just need to make the registry key properly.
View 10 RepliesI am just wondering if you people will be able to help me make my application autload on windows startup (Like Windows Live Messenger does), I have been researching on the internet and I cannot find anything for it.
View 5 RepliesI'm working with an app that starts at OS startup. Is there any way to know if the app was started from system startup or from a manual execution?
My current attempt (won't work):
RegistryKey rkApp = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run", true);
rkApp.SetValue("Low CPU Detector /fromStartup",
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I also read this How to detect whether application started from startup or started by user?
How can i automatically start a vb.net application on windows startup or load?
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View 1 RepliesI have an MDI parent screen that loads on startup and a lot of child forms that load when opening. So as the child forms load there's a lot of flashing and it looks really ugly. Once they're loaded all I have to do is use a bring to front, maximized command and it works smoother than closing a form and opening a new one every time a different form is selected. I've tried creating a splash screen, minimizing the forms on load, etc and everything still works in order so first the splash screen then the forms load.
How would you set it up so a splash screen stays on top of all other forms for like 5 seconds while the forms load in the background without seeing them load? Right now the screen shows then when it's done it moves on to step 2 which is loading the child forms. If no splash screen, how do I make it load so you don't see all the child forms opening at once?
I have created an application in VB.NET 2008 with SQL Server 2005 edition and having a probelm to take the backup of database namely Burakhe.mdf I want to copy the file Burakhe.mdf to the selected folder when this file is still used by other application ie.during running the program ..
View 5 RepliesI am trying to create an application where you can browse to a folder, press install button and it will copy some files to the directory of your choosing? I found some example code but how do i go on with my code from here? Cant figure out how to copy the files. You can see at last in the code i tried to copy files but its not really working, how do i use the function? I want the files to come from the application directory. And copy to the browsed folder.
Public Class Installer
Private Sub Installer_Load(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
End Sub
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Public Sub ReadSample()
Me.Focus()
Do
Application.DoEvents()
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When i put:
Private Sub ThinkSec_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
ReadSample()
End Sub
The application wont start.But when I put the sub to run when clicking button, it works.Why?I've tried all do until, while, for etc variations to get it correct but i have no success.
how to create a uninstall command for a Windows-based application in the Application Folder when creating a new setup project in visual studio 2008.
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View 2 RepliesI am wanting to change my startup form for my application in Visual Studio for VB.Net. I double clicked "My Project" in the Solution Explorer and then clicked on the Application tab. For some reason I only see 12 forms out of the 6 forms I have in my project when the "Enable Application Framework" check box is True. When the check box is False I see all my forms, why?
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