Run a program on startup.

fasterbetter · Aug 18, 2013

Hi everyone,

Straight to the question,how can i run a program on startup?I have already tried to put a shortcut of the program in the 'startup' folder in start menu but nothing happens when i start my pc.
BTW,for additional info,the program name is 'Dxtory' which i use to lock fps in games but forget to start it everytime on boot.Thanks in advance!

jinayhvora · Aug 18, 2013

first option would be to check if the program itself has an inbuilt setting for this
if not u have to do it via the Registry
this is a guide for that http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/109/

fasterbetter · Aug 18, 2013

jinayhvora :

thanks for answer.the program does not have a option of boot on startup. Is there any other way than to fiddle with registry? i am new to that and would not like to do any damage to my win 7 installation.

jinayhvora · Aug 18, 2013

another way as u already know is to add it to the startup folder, but since that doesn't work it leaves u with no option but to add it to the registry

fasterbetter · Aug 18, 2013

ok so i think i have to choose the 2nd option.can you please help me in this? Acc. to the link posted by you,the first step is to open registry,so to do that i have to type regedit in run.is it correct? the second step is to find a key named" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]" now,what is that key? and how will i find that?(sorry for too many questions). The last step that i don't know is to create a new string for that program. Help is greatly appreciated.

jinayhvora · Aug 18, 2013

to add the program for just ur user account add it within HKEY_CURRENT USER
to add it for all users on ur PC do the same in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
u do not have to search for any key as u're going to create a new one
the 'keys' appear as folders in the Registry Editor
inside the Run folder/key add a new String, set the name of the string to the name of the program and the data in it would be the path to ur program's exe

fasterbetter · Aug 18, 2013

i just got this Startup Control Panel but this also seems not to work with that program.

jinayhvora · Aug 18, 2013

as i can see what that program does in the end is modify ur Registry and u dunno how so its better to do it manually

fasterbetter · Aug 18, 2013

the above program got it worked!!!! just made it run as administrator and....boom

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