Open program on startup Win 10

bobbyspangles · 25 Nov 2016 at 23:45

I have a program I would like to open on startup but nothing I've tried so far seems to work.

There is an option in the programs settings to enable open on startup but that does nothing.
I have tried to add a shortcut to the program in both shell:startup and shell:common startup - no luck.
I have added the location of the .exe to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/WOW6432Node/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run .
And I have tried disabling UAC

I think it may have something to do with permissions as it starts up OK in Admin, but I would like it to work on my User account. I also get prompted every time I start the program in User for the Admin password.

Any ideas please?

Phil2008 · 26 Nov 2016 at 13:58

Put a shortcut in the startup folder or use Task scheduler to run the program

BuToNz · 26 Nov 2016 at 14:16

Create a new shortcut with this:
runas /savecred /user:[ADMIN USER] "C:\full\path\of\Program.exe"

Place that in the startup folder. It'll start once you'll put in the admin credentials and it'll remember them for next startup.

AHarvey · 26 Nov 2016 at 16:21

I take it the account you are trying to use it on isn't admin?