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Making an application run automatically when windows starts

Delphi Borland Windows application run automatically start starts startup One way is placing a direct access to the application in the Startup folder of Windows Start Menu. Alternatively, you can add a value under the appropriate key in the Windows Registry, as shown below: procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject); begin SetRegistryData(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run', Application.Title, rdString, Application.ExeName); end; Instead of Application.Title you can write a string with a unique name for the application, and instead of Application.ExeName you can write the full path name of the application (as well as its command-line parameters if they are needed). NOTE: SetRegistryData is a practical function I describe in Accessing the Windows Registry