introduction this code will help you to add your application to the windows startup.
namespace namespace used for this is Microsoft.Win32 which will be imported to your application using:
using Microsoft.Win32;
at the top of the file.
code and its description
The registry key is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run to all users and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run to the current user, which contains entries for the softwares to be loaded at startup
in this example i have added a checkbox to be checked or unchecked if the user wants to add or remove application from startup, respectively. and a button to process the selection.
private void BtnAddRemove_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { //to have access to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and if u need to add only for HKEY_CURRENT_USER, //use CurrentUser instead of LocalMachine RegistryKey rk = Registry.LocalMachine; RegistryKey mykey;
//access the regitry key where you want to add your registry key mykey= rk.OpenSubKey(@"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run", true); if (chkAddRemove.Checked == true ) { //check if same registry value exists or not ......and create only if it is not there if (mykey.GetValue("myApp") == null) { mykey.SetValue("myApp", Application.ExecutablePath, RegistryValueKind.ExpandString); }
//dislpay message box if registry is already there else { MessageBox.Show("The entry already exists"); } }
//delete if the user has uncked the checkbox....and the value exists in the registry else { if (mykey.GetValue("myApp") != null) mykey.DeleteValue("myApp"); } }
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| Author: Initiotech 31 Jul 2008 | Member Level: Gold Points : 0 |
Good Coding Thanks
Regards Initiotech
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