Starting a program at bootup 1

[Fluoronator]

While logged in as administrator, I installed an application which serves up data from the serial port to other applications on the network. As long as the computer is on, the application will do it's job of serving the data to other computers on the network, even if no one is logged on to the computer that is serving the data. The problem comes when someone who is not an administrator logs on to the computer. When this happens, the application does not work until you start it by double clicking the icon. This is disruptive to other computers on the network which are relying on this application to give them data. My question is, without using the start folder, how can I setup the computer to assure the application is started when a non administrator logs in? I don't want to use the start folder because I don't want the application to be visible.

 

[butchrecon]

Add the path to the registry. IE..
Find the program path.. C:\(programs folder)\Program
Now open up regedit32 and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RUN and add the path there as a new string value. Once this is complete reboot and logon as a user and see if the program starts. Let us know how it goes. James Collins
Systems Support Engineer
A+, MCP

email: butchrecon@skyenet.net

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