Windows C C++ - Autostart program on Boot of computer using the Registry
An example for autostarting your software using the registry - I think it was inspired by http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/w-p/system/registry/article.php/c5677 a long while back...
////////////auto-start
HKEY hKey;
CString sKeyName;
unsigned char szFilePathOri[MAX_PATH];
unsigned char szFilePath[MAX_PATH];
GetModuleFileName(AfxGetInstanceHandle(), (char *)szFilePathOri, MAX_PATH);
strcpy((char *)szFilePath,"\"");
strcat((char *)szFilePath,(char *)szFilePathOri);
strcat((char *)szFilePath,"\"");
strcat((char *)szFilePath," /autostart");
LONG lnRes = RegOpenKeyEx(
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, // handle of open key
// The following is the address of name of subkey to open
"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run",
0L,KEY_WRITE,
&hKey // address of handle of open key
);
// now add program path to the RUN key
lstrcpy( (char *) szFilePath , LPCTSTR(szFilePath) );
if( ERROR_SUCCESS == lnRes )
{
if(code == BST_CHECKED)
{
lnRes = RegSetValueEx(hKey,
LPCTSTR( "my_program" ), // handle of the opened
// key to set value for
0,
REG_SZ,
szFilePath, //value data
MAX_PATH );
if(ERROR_SUCCESS == lnRes)
;
else
{
AfxMessageBox("Auto-start on boot set failed");
mydebug::log("Auto-start on boot set failed");
}
}
else
{
lnRes = RegDeleteValueA(hKey, LPCTSTR( "WMouseXP" ));
if(ERROR_SUCCESS == lnRes)
;
else
{
AfxMessageBox("Auto-start on boot remove failed");
mydebug::log("Auto-start on boot remove failed");
}
}
}
else
{
AfxMessageBox("Opening of auto-start on boot settings failed");
mydebug::log("Opening of auto-start on boot settings failed");
}
//////////////
}
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