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I need to launch app on user logon in windows 8 as early as possible, ideally before other apps assigned to launch during user logon. Where should I register it ?

UPDATE: What I'm trying to find out is order in which various sources of autoloading are processed, specifically what source is processed first in the context of user logon

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  • If you meant applications/services at start-up.. well you may be able to use system configuration utility and edit the startup tab according to your needs. to launch the utility simply search for msconfig and launch it. there you'll find start-up tab, check whether the program is listed.. and if so, just tick it which will automate the process. :)
    – AzkerM
    Jan 15, 2014 at 8:37

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Depends on what you want to achieve. Here's a TechNet tip to "Understand and Control Startup Apps with the System Configuration Utility"

You could just put it in the 'Start-up' / 'Startup' folder : C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup and be done with it.

Or you could go the Registry route if you so choose. Open Registry Editor from Run with RegEdit then navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mircosoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. Create a new string value by right-clicking then selecting 'New'. Enter application's name as the value's name and the application's path as the data.

Let me know if either of these solutions help you or not.

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  • What I'm trying to find out is order in which this sources are processed, specifically what source is processed first in the context of user logon. Jan 17, 2014 at 8:27
  • Then I guess I was way off base, try Autoruns from Systinternals. I might be mistaken, but I believe that C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup is the first to start in the case of user logon.
    – Jed Burke
    Jan 17, 2014 at 17:23

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