Automatically Running Programs at Start-Up

hhmmb4life

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I have several programs that I would like to automatically start at start-up. Some include:

Outlook
couple of proprietary programs
launch a couple of websites that contain databases.

Any suggestions?
 

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Hello and welcome to the Vista Forums!

Startups can be started from many places in the registry, but this is not the easiest thing to do. Far easier is to use a startup folder.

Do you know where these .exes actually are? Try to find them now, otherwise, we can help you to find them.

Then decide whether you want them to start for all users, or just yourself. Probably just yourself.

Start > All Program > right click on Startup and choose "Open" for just you, or "Open all Users" for everybody. In the folder which opens, right click in it > New > Shortcut, and point to the .exe.

You have now created a startup :)

To create one for a website, you can also use a shortcut. This is slightly harder. If you don't know how, just tell me which program you use to browse the web, and I or someone else will help you.

Best of luck!

Richard
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 420
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.50GHz
    Motherboard
    Stock Dell 0TP406
    Memory
    4 gb (DDR2 800) 400MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 3870 (512 MBytes)
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 x Dell 2007FP and 1 x (old) Sonic flat screen
    Screen Resolution
    1600 x 1200 and 1280 x 1204
    Hard Drives
    1 x 640Gb (SATA 300)
    Western Digital: WDC WD6400AAKS-75A7B0

    1 x 1Tb (SATA 600)
    Western Digital: Caviar Black, SATA 6GB/S, 64Mb cache, 8ms
    Western Digital: WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 ATA Device
    PSU
    Stock PSU - 375W
    Case
    Dell XPS 420
    Cooling
    Stock Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell Bluetooth
    Mouse
    Advent Optical ADE-WG01 (colour change light up)
    Internet Speed
    120 kb/s
    Other Info
    ASUS USB 3.0 5Gbps/SATA 6Gbps - PCI-Express Combo Controller Card (U3S6)
Welcome
You can try any of the ideas presented by Niemiro, but in my opinion the best is with task scheduler, which is inluded in the tutorial he gave you.
Task Scheduler - Create Task
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
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