Hi, I've been absent from my computer for a couple of days, but I seem to have fixed the problem. I still have no idea why it was crashing, but I simply added this code:

this.ShowInTaskbar = false;

before I called up the minimise function and it seems to stop it from crashing. It's a fix, but I'd still like to know why it was crashing in the first place if anyone figures it out! Thanks

Thanks. What happens is it just stops working and it brings up an unhandled error: object was in a zombie state now I've figured out that it doesn't crash until it reaches this line:

this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized;

now I've got a check on resizing:

	void MainFormResize(object sender, EventArgs e)
	{
		if(this.WindowState == FormWindowState.Minimized){
			this.ShowInTaskbar = false;
			notifyIcon1.Visible = true;
		}else{
			this.ShowInTaskbar = true;
			notifyIcon1.Visible = false;
			fetch\_iniData("data.ini", true);
		}
	}

For some reason it is the:

this.ShowInTaskbar = false;

That is causing it to crash... I can't see why though. The strange thing is that it's calling up the same function that is called on a button press, which works fine.. so why it works then and not when the application loads is beyond me:confused:

Okay, I've pretty much got it working (I've booted up my laptop to test it on). I realised that I should surround the app name in brackets:

rkStartup.SetValue("app name", "\""+Application.ExecutablePath.ToString()+"\""+" /startup");

and it does run on start-up and does what it's supposed to do, but then it crashes :^) It's just a 'program has stopped responding message'.. So I'm looking into that now.

Thanks! That sounds brilliant. I'm setting the application in the startup registry key like this:

rkStartup.SetValue("app name", Application.ExecutablePath.ToString());

can I just change it to this:

rkStartup.SetValue("app name", Application.ExecutablePath.ToString()+" /startup");

My computers old and I'm not particularly keen on restarting it to check as it will take forever ;) Thanks!

Hi, I've got a program which runs on computer start-up. Is there some way to detect how the program has been opened? For example; If the user opens the program manually (clicking on the program .exe file), it creates a messagebox that says 'foo'. Whereas if the program is opened by the computer at start-up it outputs a messagebox that says 'bar'. something like:

if(openedby == user){
MessageBox.Show("foo");
}else{
MessageBox.Show("bar");
}

Just a simple example with, hopefully, a simple answer! Thanks

okay, after looking into it, it seems that I need to use a combination of the api, and registry keys. I've got it working wonderfully! Thanks you again for the gentle nudge in the right direction :)

Thanks, after turning my computer on this morning the background colour has changed, so it seems as though it is working, just not picking up the changes until a reboot.. I thought I should be able to do it through the registry keys as with changing the wallpaper (Which I'm already doing)? I'll have a look at SetSysColors and see where I get. Thanks

Hi, I'm trying to change the background colour of my desktop. Here's the code I'm using:

		RegistryKey rkWallColor = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("Control Panel\\\\Colors", true);
		rkWallColor.SetValue("Background", "0 0 64");
		rkWallColor.Close();

I'm sure that I'm doing it right, but the desktop colour wont change. I've checked the registry key and it has been changed. Am I accessing the wrong key? I'm using windows xp. Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong? Thanks