I'm making a really complex program that will run only on windows XP (it will synchronize more 100 computers just like a net cafe). How can i make the executable run at startup? For every user not only e.g. Administrator...
1. This is the path for the application startup: Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Startup) Does the same path exists but for all the users ?
2. Is this possible through modifying the registry ?
I am trying to create a setup file which would automatically install a link to the executable in the User's Desktop and Startup--> Program. However despite following all the steps in the right order I do not see any short cut in the desktop and Start -> Program.
I cannot find a way to make a program that I write make a shortcut in the start menu for all users.My final goal is to make an MSI and deploy it in group policy to all users on a computers OU. Is this possible?
I'm programming a desktop application similar to Google desktop but with my own gadget with vb.net 2008 how can i make my application when the user install it on their computer to run at the time of start up ? let assume that my application name is windowsAplication1 and I'm using windows XP and the program will be installed on C drive?
I want my users to be able to have my program open on startup. I am coding in vb.net. How can I go about doing this?I can't find a "system startup" folder anywhere that I could just copy a shortcut to.
I dont know how to do this at all. How can I make a program that can manage the startup programs (ex. Disable, delete, enable, exc. the startup programs) I don't know where to start. On a separate note, how can I make a file that executes multiple programs? I will provide more detail if needed.
I used this code to make my program to startup with windows it should add a registry entry:
Dim key As Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey key = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun", True) key.SetValue("MyApp", Application.ExecutablePath)
The problem is that it underline KEY and say declaration expected but shouldn't dim do the job for the declaration.
Im trying to make a program which would check for users from text file on a certain website I can populate the list box, and loop through it's items here is the code i came up with so far and it doesnt work properly, it pops out first item in the listbox, and last item only, even though that they shouldnt be popped out
Private Sub WebBrowser1_DocumentCompleted(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs) Handles WebBrowser1.DocumentCompleted If Not ListBox1.Items.Count < 2 Then
[code].....
(this is supposed to check every user, and if user doesnt exist, website will return page not found, else user exists and his name is added to listbox2)
We created a vb.net desktop application in Microsoft visual studio 2005, in deployment phase we found that the application are vary slow in startup (Splash screen), we try many solution (ngen, remove unused name space, code, references) to speed the load but we could not solve it.
I have my main form which will have the option to hide itself and open up a mini version. I would like this mini version to start at the top-right of the users screen.I have went through other posts and understand that you can set distance from top-left.
what's the simplest way to ensure the installation of my app is installed in the startup folder/quick launch for all users , even if my app is not installed from the owner directory?
how i can write a program to create a shortcut in the startup folder of a different program. So i have one program on my computer that should run at startup, i just need another program to create a shortcut to it, and then copy this shortcut into the startup folder.
The program allows users to insert Documents along with a bunch of their attributes into the program. The documents are stored in a relational database. One of the required functionalities is allowing the user to look for such documents. The User normally search directly for the obvious attributes of the document, like a unique ID, or it's Title. The problem is that from the search parameters is not allways known which ones will the user fill. For example the user inserts the name and version of the deocument, another time the user enters part of the Title and the person that delivered the document, or might just enter the document number and nothing else. Some of the data might even be incomplete, like title, name of the person who created the document and so on. The idea from the person who designed the system (I'm only reimplementing it) was to allow easier searches for the user, and allowing the user to search for more parameters tod with the idea that "the more parameters, the more specific results", since the results are always group of documents instead of single documents.
i tried to make a app that runs at startup. So i tried with regestry (regedit) but you guys know vista...so it craches. Another thing i tried to do was: to copyfile, Application.Executablepath, (Too) c:..autostart.exe.Works! it succsesfully copied itself but when i open the copied program i just got errors..why canīt i copy "myself"?
I'm havin a problem ive looked all over the net looking for an example of how to make my vb application run at startup by registry but i cannot find an example or how to do this that has actually worked for me
I'm having problems with startup application I'm trying to use a checkbox to enable and disable boot on startup(The enabled code works but the disable code doesn't)
Private Sub AddCurrentKey(ByVal name As String, ByVal path As String) Dim key As RegistryKey = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("SoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun", True)
actually i want to make my app startup with windows and in all Session . im using this code :
Private Sub CheckBox1_CheckedChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles CheckBox1.CheckedChanged If CheckBox1.Checked = True Then AddStartup()[code]....
doesnt work all the time , plus doesnt work in all user's session .. also i want to know if my app will keep settings . i mean i saved chekbox checked state in my.settings . does it keep it when the app start up?
Well my application is 37 KB size, but when i start the program it took like 10-15 sec to startup, is there a way or code to make my applications run fast and fresh?
So I have a program that only has one form in it, this form is just an "About" window that appears when a specific context menu item is clicked from the system tray icon (NotifyIcon) that is on the form.
All I want to do is make it so that when the program is launched, the form is not displayed at all and just the system tray icon appears.
I have accomplished this by doing the following but just wondered if there is a better/easier way?
1. Set the Opacity of the form to 0 in the designer
2. Set the ShowInTaskBar property to False in the designer
3. Use a timer that is started in the form Load event to call Me.Hide after 1 second
Then when I want to show the form I just set the opacity back to full and call Me.Show
this is the code i am using to add my program to registry startup
Public Shared Sub AddStartup(ByVal Name As String, ByVal Path As String) Dim Registry As Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine Dim Key As Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey =
[Code]......
however, when i deploy the application and install it....it doesnt work because it says "Requested registry access is not allowed", which i figured it would probably do...
how could I make a program in vb.net 2008 with a preferences window have a checkbox on it to make the program startup on windows logon. I already have a program that I have previously done here(how to minimize program to systray) and wanted to implement it. I know that I have to work with the checkedchange event, but just dont know how to make the program run on startup.
how to make my program run on windows startup as a system application oh and the program should check if already exists in the registry as a startup app becouse otherwise it will give errors...
I have made a program with vb.net and I want that program to run when the windows start up. I don't know the code. I want that program to add the window startup when he/she install the program.
Im making a small tool that helps gamers keep track of their kills and deaths, and their kill/death ratio.I calculate ratio on startup of the program, straight after kills and deaths are loaded off my website.Dim ratio As Decimal ratio = Val(txt_kills.Text / txt_deaths.Text) At the moment, kills = 172 and deaths = 145. Ratio results in 1,1862068. How can I round this number up and turn this into a number with 2 integers after the dot? ( 1.19 ) I tried a hundred things so far but I cannot figure this out.
