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"?
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I want to create an application that once installed (this will be distributed software, so there is no point running code that injects stuff into the registry and creates the the auto startup stuff after the install) , runs on start up on windows for all users, and creates a system tray icon. The following is Visual Basic code that creates a registry key entry, is this the way to go?[code]...
View 4 RepliesI have a program that has a series of labels. By using Step Into I've determined that the code below activates when a label changes, however, the program is running on the label text that's pre-applied (in the label text form properties thing). I'd like the program to actually wait for a label to change due to input from the user.
Private Sub LblQ19_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles LblQ19.Click _
, LblQ2.TextChanged, LblQ9.TextChanged, LblQ10.TextChanged _
, LblQ11.TextChanged, LblQ12.TextChanged, LblQ13.TextChanged, LblQ14.TextChanged, LblQ15.TextChanged, LblQ16.TextChanged, LblQ18.TextChanged
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This is a snippet of a larger program of course. fncSumQ Double.TryParses all of the Label.Texts, then loops through them summing += style. If I remove the text from LblQ18 then it moves to another. I'd like some place holders so that the user can see what's coming and if some information is missing.The only thing I can come up with at this point is to have a placeholder that would hide if the real label's value changed. Sounds convoluted.
This is code i have in a class called appmgr which runs at startup of app
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Has anyone got some source code or advice on getting my app to be able to list all autorun items i.e. from HKLM/Software/Microsoft/CurrentVersion/Run (and other locations) and the start menu start up group - same sort of info as say msconfig or autoruns
View 8 RepliesHow to make an Application to startup at the system startup? and How to enable and disable?
View 6 RepliesI want to make a progressbar that runs when a button is clicked. However there is also a checkbox that affects the whole thing.If the checkbox is checked, the button works and starts the progress bar.If the checkbox isnt checked, an error message comes up when the button is pressed.
View 1 RepliesImports System
Imports System.Net
Imports System.IO
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I am trying to make a timer that beeps 3-5 times and runs a progress bar. All it has to do is click start (timer set for 2 minutes starts) and as time runs out the progress bar fills. When the time is up 3-5 beeps happen. I am missing the coding for the 3-5 beeps and design parts for it and all coding for that along with code for setting the 2 minute timing. There is no label for telling the time left or to go just a progress bar. Here is my code so far.
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I want to make an button that runs an action with the frequency from an number input in Visual Basic .NET . How do I do it? Could someone point me out the syntax of such an action?and all that I want to do is use an number from "NumericUpDown" to give a button how many times the action the button has to do it.
View 2 RepliesI am developing an application, and i need this application to be running in background (like our anti-virus programs) on system task bar.
and how to add right click menu for this icon on taskbar...
able to start my application right away after the windows.
View 7 RepliesI'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
View 12 RepliesI'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)
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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?
View 1 RepliesI'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 ?
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?
View 2 RepliesI 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.
View 4 RepliesSo 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
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.
View 19 Replieswhat is the code to make windows open a program at the startup?
View 4 RepliesI recently wrote a program to copy files off of a hard drive with a corrupted copy of windows. I'm not sure how to make it run off of my flash drive in dos. I set boot priority to only boot off of the flash drive yet it will not run. I tried writing an autorun.ini file, which did nothing. I think i need to make a boot.ini file.
View 3 Repliesi just want a program that start automatically.
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View 1 RepliesI 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.
I 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 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 wrote an application that have two timers, one of them (timer_poll) when the ticks event i change the enable to false in order to execute a code. this code writes an information in a COM, and after recieved the information from the COM from a Funtion I change the Enable property for the timer_poll to enable again but it have neve run again.the timer_poll_tick_1 does not start again, i activate a breckpoint, I can confirm that the timer_poll.enable=true because i put a button on the application that on its click event it shows me tha properties of the timer_poll, like this:
MsgBox(
CStr(timer_poll.Interval) + "|" + CStr(timer_poll.Enabled))
here is the code of the timer_poll_tick_1
Private Sub timer_poll_Tick_1(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles timer_poll.Tick
timer_poll.Enabled =
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I've been working on this application for a few days now, and have had people beta testing it day by day. well last night I did a pretty big update on it, and release the beta to a few people, all with different architectures and other devices, and now it wont run on any of there computers. It begins to load, and then just closes. No errors, hanging, or overflow. the max it gets at in ram usage is 27k. No windows load either. They only thing that is a reference is the itunes sdk, which hasnt changed since I started making this app. I've checked the form load, and nothing there is causing it to end. I even commented out all the code I added last night, and still nothing.
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