Running apps on reboot

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Place a shortcut to the program in :
C:\Documents and Settings\Your user name\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

"jpas1954" wrote:

> I am going on vacation at the end of the week and will be setting Outlook up
> to auto-reply. My understanding is for that to work, Outlook has to be open
> and running. I can certainly leave it that way. But since I live in an area
> subject to brownouts, I'm almost certain that the machine will reboot at
> least once. Is there a way I can set it up so that on reboot, it will
> automatically open up Outlook? I have no password on the machine and it's
> secure (as it can be) at home. Thanks.

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You're welcome. I confess that I use this idea to annoy my technically
challenged roommate. She still hasn't figured out why my amateur Flash
animations start up when she opens her desktop sometimes.
Enjot your vacation.

"jpas1954" wrote:

> Well, that worked like a charm I must say. I guess if I'd thought about it
> for two minutes I could have figured it out. Interesting side note - when I
> dropped the shortcut in the Start folder, Microsoft Spyware warned me about
> it. Tres cool. Thanks
>
> "jpas1954" wrote:
>
> > I am going on vacation at the end of the week and will be setting Outlook up
> > to auto-reply. My understanding is for that to work, Outlook has to be open
> > and running. I can certainly leave it that way. But since I live in an area
> > subject to brownouts, I'm almost certain that the machine will reboot at
> > least once. Is there a way I can set it up so that on reboot, it will
> > automatically open up Outlook? I have no password on the machine and it's
> > secure (as it can be) at home. Thanks.