Check If Program Was Launched At System Startup?

I have set my program up to run on system startup like so:

Code:
Private Sub enableRunOnSystemStartup()
My.Computer.Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun", True).SetValue(Application.ProductName, Application.ExecutablePath)
End Sub

The problem is that when it does start, it opens up in a window. I wish to provide the user with 4 options for what to do on system startup.

1. Don't run on system start.
2. Run and open a window.
3. Run but start minimized to the taskbar.
4. Run but start minimized to the system tray.

It's options 3 and 4 that cause the problem. If the user starts the program manually, it should start in window mode, but if the program starts from system startup, I need to check which option the user has selected and perform that option.

I was thinking of passing some sort of parameters to the program when it loads but I am not sure how these parameters could be sent to the program. One way would be to create a separate program that loads on system startup. When that program loads, tell it to load my program but pass a parameter to it to tell it that it was booted from startup. I feel like there should be a better way.

I was also thinking of getting the time of the last system bootup. Then comparing it with the current time, although this might not work if the user loaded my program as soon as they logged on.

A third idea I came up with was to use a shortcut to the exe file and check if the program was executed using that shortcut. I could place the shortcut in the folder ...AppDataRoamingMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsStartup as opposed to adding it to the registry. But would this work on other Windows operating systems? I'm using Windows 7.

Ideally, this program should be able to run on other computers, but if that is too complicated, I'd rather just get it running on mine first.

Also, in case anyone is interested, my program creates a copy of the user's files on a separate drive, although I don't think this affects what I am trying to do with checking if my program was launched at system startup.