windowsregeditautorun

Which ways are there to start a program at windows startup from regedit?

Well, my question is not really about a problem but more of a general question.

I know that it is possible to start an executable by creating a new registry key in:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Are there other ways like this to Autorun a program? Does them require administrator priviledges?

Thanks.

Solution

  • Here's some other ways to autostart programs at startup

    Startup folders

    You have two folders that will autorun executable in Windows. This one will start a program only for a specific user:

    C:\Users\YOUR SESSION\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

    And this one for all users:

    C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp

    Or you can press Windows Key + R and enter

    shell:startup

    for the current user, or:

    shell:common startup

    for all users

    Task Scheduler

    You can plan a task to run a program at startup (or periodically!) on your computer. You have plenty tutorials on the internet if you want it's pretty easy to setup.

    Windows Service

    Last option is to create a Windows Service in C#. I don't really know for this option as I try it once a while back and in the end I ended doing something else. You can look it up too on Google