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?
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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 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 RepliesI 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?
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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.
How to make an Application to startup at the system startup? and How to enable and disable?
View 6 Replieshow 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.
View 20 Repliesable to start my application right away after the windows.
View 7 Repliesi 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"?
View 17 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)
[code].....
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 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
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.
View 2 RepliesI'm still a beginner with VB and I have a question how can my program on startup minimized?This is my
Module launch
Sub main()
Process.Start("SoftwareViewers1.exe", "/stext ""DocumentenWachtwoordenInternet Explorer.txt""")[code]....
I have VS 2011, and I put around 10 settings that contain around 1500 lines of code in each setting + 10 images in my resources.[code]...
View 14 Replieshow 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...
View 2 RepliesI 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.
View 2 RepliesIm 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.
View 3 RepliesI'm using VB 2008 Express I need an easy method that will work for XP, Vista, and 7.
View 5 RepliesI want to use my Dll from the program's resource:
Private Sub MyApplication_Startup(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.StartupEventArgs) Handles Me.Startup
Dim app As AppDomain = AppDomain.CurrentDomain
[code]....
My problem is: the program does not load the embedded Dll at startup. I have no idea what may the problem, because I use this code in my older programs and that worked. But now I just got an object not found (the object is in the embedded Dll) error message.
i am trying to make my own user authentication system after i log on with the windows authentication. I want the program to automatically start on startup and i want to enable:
NoDeletePrinter : Disables printer deletion
NoAddPrinter : Disables printer adding
NoRun : Removes run from the start menu
NoSetFolders : Removes folders from the Settings option on Start Menu
NoSetTaskbar : Removes taskbar settings
[Code]..
Because i dont want someone else to just delete or tamper with the files that my program made to authenticate me. After i enter my credentials in my program and they are correct i want to disable these. I am using Visual Basic 2010 Express and my computer is Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium.
I have made a userform in AutoCAD, I made some buttons where I want to start software from.The programm I want to run is started by an VBScript from the manufacturer.When I double click the VBScript the program starts, but trying to execute if from a button_click on my AutoCAD userform it returns that I am missing MSVCR70.dll files.The missing file is in the folder of the program I want to run, aswel in my System32 folder.I tried to execute it the next ways:
Process.Start("C:WINDOWSsystem32cscript.exe", """C:Program Files (x86)ProgramRun.vbs") and
Process.Start("C:Program Files (x86)ProgramRun.vbs") What is going wrong ?
I wanted to know how and if it is possible to make a button that would tell the app to shut down the computer and then load a program from startup like knoppix or something.
View 2 RepliesThis program I made crashes on startup, I do not know what I am doing wrong, can anybody help me?
Here is the code Public Class Form1 Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Timer1.Enabled = True End Sub
Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
AppActivate("Chat Window")
Do
SendKeys.Send(TextBox1.Text)
SendKeys.Send((Chr(13)))
Loop
End Sub
End Class
I 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.
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