Run Minimized on Windows Startup

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bkonia
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Run Minimized on Windows Startup

Post by bkonia »

I'd like an option to run MyInfo minimized on Windows startup.
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andyjm
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Post by andyjm »

i have a registry entry to run task manager minimised at startup, this was basically because i wanted the sys tray icon which displays the CPU usage, as although my pc starts up quickly it runs a couple of processes in the backgorund for about 5 seconds and i found that if i ran a program immediately it would sometimes hang.

any way this is my reg entry, hope it helps:

\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

then i added string value REG_SZ and for the value: cmd.exe /c start /min C:\windows\system32\taskmgr.exe

This works perfectly on XP, command promt flashes at log on and then the program runs.
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Post by Petko »

With MyInfo it works similar. To run MyInfo on Windows startup, just check the "Run on Windows Startup" option in the General tab in Tools > Options.

In order MyInfo to run minimized, add the /m switch to the command line.
MyInfo is automatically minimized if "Run on Windows Startup" option is checked and MyInfo is run on Windows startup.
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