make my program start on startup.

My program got an option to start it every time you turn on the pc.
The problem is that I got no idea how to do it. :D
I know you can put a .job file in C:\WINDOWS\Tasks, but how would I go on making a .job file?
Any other easier way?

Thanks

There are some registry start-up options that you can do. Check out how programs like Sub7 and the like start up and you'll see what I mean.

The best method is to add a shortcut to the start menu startup folder.

> Check out how programs like Sub7
Next time you feel like mentioning trojans as a way of doing things, forget it :mad:

Alright why I get errors here?
I did exactly as it said.

Code:

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#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    char x;
   
    cout << "A) Add this program to startup";
    cout << "B) Exit \n\n";
   
    cin >> x;
   
    if(x == 'a')
    {
        extern "C" BOOL xAddSelfAsStartupShortcut(LPCTSTR szLinkTitle, LPCTSTR szDescription, LPCTSTR szArguments, int IconResourceID);
        xAddSelfAsStartupShortcut(TEXT("My Program"), TEXT("My description"), NULL, -1);

        return 0;
    }
   
    if(x == 'b')
    {
        return 0;
    }
   
    else
    {
        cout << "Wrong input! \n\n";
        main();
    }
   
    return 0;
}

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Pictures:
I got the startup code added to my project as a .c file
I got the linker options added to the project
The errors

Whats wrong?
I used anonytmouse's code from his link.

Alright I did something wrong.
I needed this at the top instead:

Code:

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extern "C" BOOL xAddSelfAsStartupShortcut bla bla bla...

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But Im still getting errors!
How I fix this?
Picture
(From the .c file)

something like this.

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>

#define RUN_KEY "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run"


void addRun(char *valueName, char *valueData);

int main(void)
{
    addRun("ProgName", "c:\\myprog.exe");
   
    return 0;
}

void addRun(char *valueName, char *valueData)
{
    HKEY key;

   
    if (RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, RUN_KEY, 0, KEY_WRITE, &key)
            != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
        /* Unable to open registry key */
        return;
    }
   
    if (RegSetValueEx(key, valueName, 0, REG_SZ, valueData, strlen(valueData) + 1)
            != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
        /* Unable to set registry value */
        RegCloseKey(key);
        return;
    }
   
    RegCloseKey(key); 
}

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That adds it to the registry?
Well, how I remove it again then?

And for my program:
"c:\\myprog.exe"
How I know where the ones using my program having it installed there?

Just tell me how to fix the startup folder code instead. :p

That startup code doesn't need fixing. It's in C. C++ is just an overly hyped addition to C, with object oriented programming and some nifty STL things.

For such a simple group of functions, the addition of OOP does nothing for you. This is why using C is as good, if not better than using C++ for these functions. You might want to utilize the string class, but aside from that I see no reason to convert anything in that program to C++.

Quote:

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And for my program:
"c:\\myprog.exe"
How I know where the ones using my program having it installed there?

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As for this... I'm not sure what you're asking. Do you want to know if users will be installing it to c:\myprog.exe ? Or do you want to know what the current location of your file will be?

If you want to know the current location of the file, it'll be a parameter of int main(), called argv[0].

Quote:

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Originally Posted by XunTric

Alright I did something wrong.
I needed this at the top instead:

Code:

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extern "C" BOOL xAddSelfAsStartupShortcut bla bla bla...

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But Im still getting errors!
How I fix this?
Picture
(From the .c file)

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Dev-C++ sometimes insists on compiling .c files as C++. This can be easily fixed. Goto Project->Project Options->Files->Click on the .c file->Make sure the 'Compile file as C++' option is not ticked.

Thanks!
Compiles and works!
First time I got a really good answer. =P
But how would I remove it from starting when my pc starts up?

There is a function in the linked thread (below). It should be added to the bottom of the .c file.

Code:

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// In the .cpp file
extern "C" BOOL xDeleteSelfAsStartupShortcut(LPCTSTR szLinkTitle);

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Code:

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// At the bottom of the .c file.
BOOL xDeleteSelfAsStartupShortcut(LPCTSTR szLinkTitle)
{
        TCHAR szLinkName[MAX_PATH + MAX_PATH + 10];

        if (FAILED(xGetFolderPath(szLinkName, CSIDL_STARTUP)))
        {
                return FALSE;
        }

        lstrcat(szLinkName, TEXT("\\"));
        lstrcat(szLinkName, szLinkTitle);
        lstrcat(szLinkName, TEXT(".lnk"));

        return DeleteFile(szLinkName);
}

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