How to add a something to start up using batch?

[matthewxyz]

I NEED A SCRIPT,not a tip for moving it to start up folder manually.

[phillid]

Okeydokey, here's a scirpt that will move the item "runthis.bat" into the current user's start>programs>startup folder:

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copy runthis.bat "%userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\*.*"

(EDIT: Changed input filename)

Works fine on WinXP, not sure about Win7 or Vista


phillid

[nitt]

Okeydokey, here's a scirpt that will move the item "runthis.bat" into the current user's start>programs>startup folder:

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copy runthis.bat "%userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\*.*"

(EDIT: Changed input filename)

Works fine on WinXP, not sure about Win7 or Vista


phillid

Ewww, statup folder? Not only does that folder take forever to actually start up, but it's limited to only that single folder.

Use my code:

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reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v file /t REG_SZ /d path

That will write the register and make the computer boot with the file "path". "file" is the name of the key, so you can change that to whatever the safe file name (safe file name is the name without the path) of your file, then change the "path" to the full file name. Such as:

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reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v notepad /t REG_SZ /d c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe

Not only does this literally boot right when you log in, but it also can boot from any path. Meaning you are not limited to just that single folder.