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Making an application run automatically when Windows starts

Title: Making an application run automatically when Windows starts Question: How can I make an application run automatically when Windows starts? Answer: 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; NOTE: SetRegistryData has been featured in the article "Accessing the Windows Registry": http://www.delphi3000.com/articles/article_1575.asp 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).