Run at startup using scheduled tasks
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A regular user should not be able to force another user to execute some of his code, and Vista has been the first Windows version to enforce this: regular users can't access someone else's private folders (such as StartUp), nor can they modify registry hives with global scope such as LOCAL_MACHINE. And if you find a way to do it anyway, it is doomed to be a bug, and will be fixed in a service pack or a new release. :)
Luc Pattyn
I only read code that is properly indented, and rendered in a non-proportional font; hint: use PRE tags in forum messages
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Go to
Start -> Programs -> StartUp, right click on it and selectExplore. You will now be able to see the path for theStartUpfolder. You can use the SHGetSpecialFolderLocation[^] API and give the nFolder parameter as CSIDL_STARTUP.«_Superman_» I love work. It gives me something to do between weekends.
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Okay, I've just realized I don't know how to make a shortcut. Any hints? Edit: Is there any particular reason why I should use
SHGetSpecialFolderLocationinstead ofSHGetSpecialFolderPath?modified on Thursday, November 5, 2009 10:44 PM
You need to use IShellLink::GetPath[^] and IPersistFile::Save[^] to create shortcuts. Take a look at this article - Utility for creating Link(shortcut)...[^]
«_Superman_» I love work. It gives me something to do between weekends.
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You need to use IShellLink::GetPath[^] and IPersistFile::Save[^] to create shortcuts. Take a look at this article - Utility for creating Link(shortcut)...[^]
«_Superman_» I love work. It gives me something to do between weekends.
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And unless I'm very much mistaken, we're back to using COM again. :laugh: No problem, thanks for your advice. :)
:) COM is like alcohol. Good for anything.
«_Superman_» I love work. It gives me something to do between weekends.
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That's true, but it sounds like if I use superman's method, I'll be able to get my app to run for the current user (not all users though). That sounds good enough to me. :-D
Current user is no problem, there are many ways to do it. The personal startup folder is Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.StartUp) which returns a different location on different Windows versions. [EDIT]Sorry, that is .NET stuff...[/EDIT] :)
Luc Pattyn
I only read code that is properly indented, and rendered in a non-proportional font; hint: use PRE tags in forum messages
modified on Friday, November 6, 2009 6:34 PM
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Current user is no problem, there are many ways to do it. The personal startup folder is Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.StartUp) which returns a different location on different Windows versions. [EDIT]Sorry, that is .NET stuff...[/EDIT] :)
Luc Pattyn
I only read code that is properly indented, and rendered in a non-proportional font; hint: use PRE tags in forum messages
modified on Friday, November 6, 2009 6:34 PM
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And then we run into the same problem up there (in the other "sub-thread"). :laugh: It's okay, I'm going to see if I can get COM to work...my copy of the SDK doesn't have it for some reason. Going to download some other copy.
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Okay, I've just realized I don't know how to make a shortcut. Any hints? Edit: Is there any particular reason why I should use
SHGetSpecialFolderLocationinstead ofSHGetSpecialFolderPath?modified on Thursday, November 5, 2009 10:44 PM
hxhl95 wrote:
Edit: Is there any particular reason why I should use SHGetSpecialFolderLocation instead of SHGetSpecialFolderPath?
It all depends on whether you want the folder's PIDL or its path. They are not interchangeable functions.
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