autostart

c# program loses filepaths after autostart

So I got a nice piece of code that allows me to enable autostart of program by clicking one button and disable by clicking other (it uses "SetValue" to create register entry and "DeleteValue" to discard it). I used it in simple program, and it did started with Windows as I wanted. The problem started when I used the same code in more sop...

Delphi: How to create a Windows autostart application like Skype does?

I'd like to add an option to my application similar to the Skype's option "run Skype as my computer starts". Skype doesnt't go on the "Auto start applications" of the start menu folder, I'd like to have the same effect. Note, one answer to this question suggets to add a key here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVe...

Double click to start Windows Service

Hello, How do I make my Windows Service to work in the following way... 1.) Automatically start after it installs 2.) Automatically start even if we simply double click on the executable In other words,I dont want to use the "NET START","SC" commands and dont want to start it through the services console. I just want my Service to au...

Windows Service doesn't start automatically

I have a windows service written in .Net 3.5 set to be automatically start, but it wouldn't start when system reboots. As I understand, it may be caused by my service's dependency aren't started when the services tries to start. I don't know what my service depends on. I tried the workaround by adding windows print spooler as one of my...

Auto Start iPad Video

Is there a way to boot up an iPad to automatically run a video from the Movies App (loaded in from iTunes) Thanks ...

Autostart application while phone boots up

How can I make my application to get started while my phone boots up itself. ...

LaunchAgents for GUI app

Hi I would like to launch my app each time user logs-in. I added plist file to /Libray/LaunchAgents folder : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"&gt; <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>KeepAlive</key> <false/> <key> LaunchOnlyOnc...

Creating an autostart application on Ubuntu Linux

Hi! I'm trying to setup a Python application that should automatically start when Linux boots. It should also start (unless not already running) if the computer resumes from standby mode - which is mainly the problem. Does anybody know where to integrate these requirements? Thanks, Marius ...

How can I make some external code run before a Windows service starts

This probably sounds crazy, but it's a real problem: I have an ISV-provided Windows service that I cannot change. There's a bug in the service where it doesn't "clean up" some data that it should upon startup. As a workaround, until the vendor can fix the bug, I would like to cause another process or script to always run just before thi...

how to force a stored procedure be pre-cached and stay in memory?

Stored procedures are compiled on first use. There are options to clear cache: DBCC FREEPROCCACHE DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS --To Verify whether the cache is emptied --DBCC PROCCACHE or to recompile or to reduce recompilations. But is it possible to force frequently used stored procedures' execution plans be pre-cached and stay in...