I've seen many applications run at the time of Windows log on. Some of the known ways I've seen applications do this are: Startupfolder: Apps do a simple file copy to the startup folder which is read by the system and executed. The advantage...

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Under restricted user account on Vista , you may get write successful when writing to the program files folder. These files get virtualized to a different folder, so that old applications continue to run on Vista . When you actually go to “Program...