Automatically Launch a program at PC startup

The problem

Some programs such as Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or the e-mail programs do not offer an option that can be run automatically at startup.
How then if you want a web browser - for example - starts at the same time as Windows?

Solutions

Two solutions are possible for XP and Vista:

Not touching the registry

Go to Start> All Programs, and right click on the "Start", then click Open (Click Open every user if you want the program launches whatever the session open).
In the window that opens, right-click an empty> New> Shortcut.
Click Browse, and specify the file to start at the same time as Windows.
Click Next to complete the wizard.

By modifying the registry

Attention, you shouldnt be wrong when modifying the register. In all cases, save it

• Open the registry editor then a window will open:

• Deploy the keys

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWARE>Microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Run

• We need to change the key by adding a value: Open the Edit menu> New> String Value:

• Right click the new value, and then click Rename to give it the name you want.

• Then it must be given value as the path of the file. Exe to launch at startup. To do this, right-click the key and click on Edit, then enter the exact path, in quotes:

In this example, we chose to launch IE automatically at startup.

• Close the registry editor, reboot and voila! Your program is launched automatically.

Disable its launch

• If you followed the first method, simply remove the program shortcuts in Start menu> All Programs> Startup.

• If you chose the second method, simply delete the key that you created or you can go through the msconfig tool, uncheck the box and click Apply.