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Running a .exe file on Windows Start

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Author: Julio Chinchilla (talk, contrib)


Of Note

Technically, This method will execute immediately after the user login and will run using the security context of the user.

The Script

;Running a .exe file on Windows Start
!include "MUI.nsh"
 
Name "START WINDOWS"
OutFile "STRWIN.exe"
 
!insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE "Spanish"
 
Section
  WriteRegStr HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" \
"Notepad" "$WinDir\Notepad.exe"
  MessageBox MB_OK "The Notepad Running as Windows Start"
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