I'm hoping that you all could shed some light on this.As the title implies, I'm trying to make my application automatically start when Windows PE is loaded. To do this, I looked at some Microsoft documents.I first found out how to add an application to it: url...And then I found out how to autostart an application, like a different shell: url...In order to auto launch one or many applications, you have to make an .ini file and put it in the System32 folder. The .ini file is called, winpeshl.ini. The information in it is [code]When that didn't work, I put quotes around items and it still didn't work.I was thinking that it wouldn't load because my program isn't a shell application. If that's it, does anyone know how to make a shell app?Also, I don't think it's a framework issue because Windows PE comes with the 2.0 framework and I changed my app to target the 2.0 framework instead of 3.5
I have made my application to start automaticly when windows start (registry ../currentversion/run/appname + path). In this mode the application start minimized and an little icon appear in the notification icon area. With this icon you can maximize the app or exit it.If you exit the app and start it again using the Menu (Start/programs etc) than the application start in minimized mode (and in this case I would like to have it in normal mode) because the setting autostart is still true.Is there a way you can detect when the application start when windows startup using the above registry or when people click on an icon in the programs menu (or desktop)?
I am working on a application, which is more of a test, to work with the registry and autostarts.So, this is the code im using:
Public Sub RegPrep() Try Dim location As String = System.Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()(0)
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I set so the application requires administrative priviliges to run, otherwise it wouldn't work.And now, the problem is, the file "TestObject.exe" wont run on start up.What am i doing wrong?
I joined recently and am very interested in programming. A friend directed me to VB, so I'll start here. I'm looking for places to start. I have little to no knowledge of how programs work.Ideally, I want to try to make an auto refresher - a program that will refresh at a page every 8-10 minutes, until the page changes.
I'm currently writing an installer for my application (don't ask me why I don't use ClickOnce or other types of installers...).I simply create a folder in C:Program Files and I download my apps' AutoUpdater into the folder and run itFrom there, the AutoUpdater should download the latest files from my server. However, when I check the directory where the files should have been downloaded, I can only see the AutoUpdater
I try to create an auto start up program with a check box in VB.Net 2008.How do I create a check box that when I check the check box and press apply button, the check box will always checked next time I run the program and vice versa? [code]
I have a USB flash drive I want to be able to plug into another computer and automatically start the program as soon as it is plugged in and started up, is there a way to do this?
I was just wondering if it's possible to autoclick a button without having to use the mouse hover or mouse click. I want my program to autoclick the button infinite times or as commanded by the start and stop button.
I want to click the button1 every 1 second until the stop button is clicked without using the mouse (X,Y) method if possible or which ever way is best.
I'm printing pdf files via the below code in a service. In Windows 7 this works really well, In Windows Vista, nothing happens at all? What am I doing wrong?
My Application as you may remember ONLY runs from the CD and is never installed onto a computer. It is a Product Support CD. All Information that a customer may need is on this CD, they can Download PDF's and Drawings and even save some Software Apps that may be needed onto the user's Hard Drive, but the CD App running is never installed onto a computer.
I'm having trouble getting my app to auto-start by adding a registry key. The problem it is having is checking if the user has admin privileges. I tried setting the thread principal, because before it would always return false when I tried My.User.IsAuthenticated, but when I check if My.User.IsInRole("Administrators"), it still returns false, even when it should return true.Here's my current code. This worked fine without even setting the thread principal when I was just creating a regular Windows Form.
AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetThreadPrincipal(New Security.Principal.GenericPrincipal(New Security.Principal.GenericIdentity("UserName"), Nothing)) If My.User.IsAuthenticated Then
Im hoping to create an auto clicker which had variable speed control, one button to start and pressing space to stop the application. When start is pressed i want it to click 2 or 3 different locations on my screen if this is posible with about a 1 second delay between each pointer move.i could really use some help with getting started or even better a link to an already created application for this.
I have a program that runs some code when i click a button on a form when done running the application ends. I want to automaticaly run the code when the users clicks on the exe. I have put the code that i want to run in the startup forms load event but that doesn't start
I am trying to run a process started with the following VB statement.
The process will start fine with the proper admin ID that I specify. I have verified this by starting a CMD shell and batch files. They all show the user is my local admin account. However, if I try to run defrag or chkdsk, both commands tell me that I do not have authority to run them. Even though the processes are running under the admin account (shown by Task Manager).
The program is compiled on a Win XP SP3 machine (32-bit) using VB Express 2010. The executable seems to work fine on XP. But when I copy the .EXE file that it generates to my Windows 7 64-bit system, I get the above problem about it not having authority to run these two utilities.
I am concerned that I may not be allowing applications to clear out of memory before they close.I normally start a new application with a start-up form and set the application's shutdown mode to "When last form closes".
I have noticed that any application that loads a class does not close when the last Form closes. I have tested this by creating a new project with a single Form and single Class (newly created and empty). When I declare this class in the Form's Load event then the application does not close when the form is unloaded.
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Dim MyNewClass As New Class1 MyNewClass = Nothing End Sub
In order to get the application to close I need to add Application.Exit in the Form's FormClosed event.
Private Sub Form1_FormClosed(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosedEventArgs) Handles Me.FormClosed Me.Dispose()
i want to genrete a auto number in my project....i used vb .net 2008 and SQl server 2005 as backend ??i want to create a serial no that is like abc/2010/01..In this..
the abc is same in all the serial no.the 2010 is used from the running Year.(using date for year)the 01 is a actual serial no that can be auto genrete...But how can i do this ....?? and How can i find max number from my serial no.....??how can i maintain it if i delete it then all after delete serial no will place it's place..(there is no break in serial no on delete)
I created a custom windows service in Visual Basic using Visual Studios '05.
The service is on our server which is running Windows Server 2003. I have installed the service, and it runs perfectly when I go into Computer Management and Start the service manually.
I have created a batch file to start the service using the NET START command. Whenever I run the batch file, the service doesn't start. I get this message from the command prompt[code]...
when my program opens at windows xp befor the startup logo, so in sted of seen in the windows screen when you turn on your computer the my program opens and dose not show the windows logo.
is there a way I can get my program to run when the user logs on to Windows, but before the Start menu and everything shows up, and then when the program terminates, run Windows normally?
I am trying to make a windows forms application that starts using Sub Main instead of the Form1_Load event.I have tried putting this in Public Class Form1
I've made a windows service for the purpose of creating backup's of certain files and directories automatically each day. The service is installed as automatic (so it starts after win startup) and i have an application which monitors the service through a system tray icon (so right-click on it you can start/stop/pause the service, change settings, etc).
