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bivhitscar · Nov 1st, 2005, 7:22 PM

There's two ways it can be done. You either need to add an entry to the registry, or add an entry in the startup folder. This link tells you a bit about the registry. To add an entry to the startup folder, just make a shortcut to your program and add it to "X:\Documents and Settings\*User*\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" - where *User* is the name of the user and X:\ is the system root - this is only true for windows xp. From memory, in earlier versions it would be "X:\windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp"

You'll have to look through the VB help files to learn how to edit the registry, but here is the article for VB .Net on msdn - Link

Hope that helped.

Nov 1st, 2005, 7:22 PM	#2
bivhitscar Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 126 Rep Power: 4	There's two ways it can be done. You either need to add an entry to the registry, or add an entry in the startup folder. This link tells you a bit about the registry. To add an entry to the startup folder, just make a shortcut to your program and add it to "X:\Documents and Settings\User\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" - where User is the name of the user and X:\ is the system root - this is only true for windows xp. From memory, in earlier versions it would be "X:\windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp" You'll have to look through the VB help files to learn how to edit the registry, but here is the article for VB .Net on msdn - Link Hope that helped. __________________ it's ironic considerate rarity patron of love higher knowledge engulfs me...