I have an application that should run every time when boot windows(xp/vista). I currently added this app to all programs and startup. How can I do in code. Is the best way to use registry and put the key in HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoft Windows CurrentVersion Run. It is very important to start every time when windows start.
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2. What is the point of JIT once the application is installed on a given computer? Are there drawbacks about compiling into binary code applications that I use often on my own computer so that no time is wasted recompiling the application every time it's ran? If not, can I compile apps for which I only the .Net bytecode?
3. Is the framework downward-compatible, ie. will a 2.0 application run if I only have the 4.0 framework installed?
I made a code that starts the Disk Check on boot time it works fine on Windows Vista and Windows Xp but on windows 7 I checked the path at were windows 7 stores BootExecute and it is on the same path. Maybe the system is blocking it. Or do i have to change the code.
Here is the code:
Dim rk As Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey
rk = My.Computer.Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("SYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession Manager", True)
rk.SetValue("BootExecute", "autocheck autochk /p ??" & Drive) 'Turn ON
The Drive String just gets the name of the drive for example C: or D:
I had more problems coding for a windows 7 machine then Vista.
How can I add application to startup of VISTA or Win7, using Setup and Deployment package?
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View 3 Repliesi wanted to make a software that changes boot screen of vista so i wanted to ask you how can we take ownership of a file in vb.net
with all permissions.the file i am using is winload.exe.mui in vista you should no this file as it contains boot data.
i made an application for serial communication. for this application i need to set delay time. during this delay time i m doing some other task. So for those task i need to take back control from delay function, for this purpose i am unsing Doevents() function.Its work fine On other OS (XP, Windows7 32/64-bit). But Application.DoEvents() function halt and crash in windows vista.
Private Sub TimeDelay(ByVal DT As Integer)
Dim StartTick As Integer
StartTick = Environment.TickCount()
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Is 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]
View 11 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 have recently developed an aplication in XP that it works on XP nice but in vista or seven don't work at all. It gives a message when I try to enter the application like " The program cannot run.."
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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 to Add an Application to Windows Startup visual basic 2008?
View 7 RepliesI was wondering if there is a way to update Windows Vista via a Vb .Net application.
I wanted to use Vista's WUSA.EXE, but it seems that it is only able to do specific updates in a specific location, not all updates.
Info on WUSA.EXE: [URL]
How can i automatically start a vb.net application on windows startup or load?
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View 3 Replieshow to convert it to .net. I have the Imports System.Management figured out so far.......
strComputer = "." ' Local computer
set objWMIDateTime = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemDateTime")
set objWMI = GetObject("winmgmts:\" & strComputer & "
ootcimv2")
set colOS = objWMI.InstancesOf("Win32_OperatingSystem")
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Can I programmatically change the startup form on application launch in VB.Net?
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How do I run the program when boot Windows? when windows open my programme run
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View 1 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 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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i want to customize my setting and I was wondering if that program was safe or if there is some way to do it that isn't too compleximicated.
View 1 RepliesI have developed a windows based clock program using C#,which has all clock functions like: Show time in Digital/Analog Format. Set up Alarm. I want its service to start with windows boot up, so that I don't have to manually start it every time I logon to Windows. I would like to know how do i put that service in start up? For Example: I want the service "ClockService.exe" to run with windows start up, kindly let me know how do I do it.
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View 5 Repliesi am using MS access as my database and VB.net(2008) as my programming.my table has four columns.my table name is myRecordtbl and the columns are ,myid, myname, starttime and endtime.now i know how can i insert into table. but i got hard how to display times then i can choose to insert into my table.the time should be in the form of Hours:Minutes:Seconds AM or PM with up and down arrow.then when i select the time and hit ADD, it should insert into my table.
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