Programs won't run from "Starup" in Start Menu

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Dear All,

I'm having to put programs I want to start up into the registry, as any I
put into the "StartUp" folder don't seem to execute.

I'm running "without" any tweaks from msconfig, so it isn't that (at least I
think not) that is causing the problem.

Any other suggestions?

Regards.
Paul.
 
Run regedt32.exe and check the Reg_Expand_Sz values of;

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
"Startup"
should be;
%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
"Common Startup"
should be;
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

(note: the type must be Reg_Expand_Sz)

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Dear All,
|
| I'm having to put programs I want to start up into the registry, as any I
| put into the "StartUp" folder don't seem to execute.
|
| I'm running "without" any tweaks from msconfig, so it isn't that (at least
I
| think not) that is causing the problem.
|
| Any other suggestions?
|
| Regards.
| Paul.
|
|
 
Dave said:
Run regedt32.exe and check the Reg_Expand_Sz values of;

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
"Startup"
should be;
%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
"Common Startup"
should be;
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

(note: the type must be Reg_Expand_Sz)
Click to expand...
And note you must use regedt32.exe so that environment variables such as
%USERPROFILE% get expanded.
 
Yep, think I covered that.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| And note you must use regedt32.exe so that environment variables such as
| %USERPROFILE% get expanded.
 
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