searched for answers this time

[sodapopinski]

I did look and find info on os(and found useful info), but I looked on information about xp automaticly loading a program on startup, does anybody know how to do this?

[youki]

HI,

To make XP load and start a program automatically.

Solution 1 :

Right click on the "Start" Menu (bottom left of your screen)
Choose "Explore"
then browse to :
C:\Documents and Settings\<your account>\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

and just copy files (or better shortcuts) you want to start automatically in the Startup folder.

Next time you will start windows, your programs will start too.

Solution 2 :

Edit the "run" key in the registry.  But if you ask this kind of question i think it is because you are a newbie , so it is not recommanded at all to modify the registry. You could break your OS.


If you don't know how to create a shortcut.  Just select the file you want make the shortcut on.
Right Click
Select Copy
then go in the StartUp folder.
Right Click
and select "Paste Shortcut".

I hope it helps you.

Youki

[Goz]

If you wanted to go the registry key route it would be:


Click Start
Click Run
Type regedit
Hit enter or click OK
Expand the folder HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Expand the folder SOFTWARE
Expand the folder MICROSOFT
Expand the folder WINDOWS
Expand the folder CurrentVersion
Expand the folder RUN
Right Click the run folder and highlight NEW and select String Value
Give the string value a name you understand like startup or name of the app you want to start
Double click the newly named string and type the complete path to the app you want to start in the Value Data field.

Hope this helps

-Goz

[sodapopinski]

you use windows for 10 years and dont know how to do simple things like that, oh well. It worked great, thanks.