Vista Tutorial - Getting program to run at startup

I know that this topic has been discussed frequently in the past, but the problem I'm experiencing is slightly different to those expressed elsewhere on the forum.
I have CCleaner installed on my laptop and want it to run automatically at startup, without the customary UAC. When I go to Software Explorer (Windows Defender), I can see CCleaner listed, but it is 'not yet classified', and the ENABLE button is greyed out, even when 'Show for all users' has been activated.
How can I get CCleaner to run at startup without the UAC?
Florio

Hi florio,

have you tried creating a shortcut for the program, setting it to "run as administrator" in the compatibility tab and adding that to the start-up folder.

another option would be to create a task in the task scheduler to do what you want. this can be set to run on every boot or every log-on as you need.

In addition to Nigel's suggestion, you could try going to C: \program files x86\ccleaner

Right click the ccleaner .exe, select Properties>Compatibility , then tick the Run as Administrator box and OK.

Hope it helps

SIW2

Hit the Windows Logo key, type gpedit.msc, hit enter, elevate.

In the left pane of the "Group Policy Object editor" window, in the "Computer configuration" section, expand "Administrative Templates". Expand the System object, click the Logon object, and then in the right-pane, double-click "Run these programs at user logon". In the "Run these programs at user logon Properties" box, click Enabled, and then click Show. In the "Show Contents" box, click Add. Add the path to CCleaner, C:\Program Files (x86)\CCleaner (may be different on yours?)

Hello Florio, and welcome to Vista Forums.

To have a program that requires elevation to run at startup without UAC, you will need to create a task in Task Scheduler to run CCleaner at startup instead. Option one (Method Two) in this tutorial will help show you how to do this if needed.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Many thanks to those who have replied.
Last night I created a task in Task Scheduler, but this morning when I started up my laptop, the usual UAC came up (I always run programs as the Administrator).
I'll try Fumz's advice, but am not optimistic... (also because my version of Windows is in Italian, and the command names are not always translated well!!)
All further suggestions welcome

Florio,

Did you also remove CCleaner from the normal startup program list after creating the task?

Brink, I've just tried to remove CCleaner from the startup program list by going through regedit, but the program is not actually included!! Don't quite understand what's happening here. CCleaner definitely TRIES to run on startup, but I have to respond to the UAC.

Hey Florio

When you set up the task scheduler, On the General Tab where you give in the task name you have to put a tick in the box to run with the highest privileges

hope this helps

Pooch

Have you tried,

Start, type msconfig press enter under the start up programs tab
If it is here just remove the tick.

or

Start, all programs, startup
just remove it if it is in this folder