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This quesion is related to Virtual Machine concept. We login to system using mstsc and [username]/[password].

If I run a program on startup by placing it in:

C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Start Menu\Programs\Startup in Windows 2003 Server, will the program run when the actual machine started? or does it run only when we log in to VM using that [username]? Does it require to be placed in Administrator user account to expect it run on startup?

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1) Windows 2003 Server is no longer supported. Upgrade.

2) The program in C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Start Menu\Programs\Startup will run only after login. Use local policy gpedit.msc - Computer configuration to add scripts or commands to be launched at startup. Or you can use a Windows scheduled task.

See this question.

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    WIndows scheduled task should do the job! I have already implemented it. Thanks for confirming. Jun 3, 2016 at 3:18
  • Is there any way to view the output produced by a program started in this way? Sep 24, 2018 at 15:30
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    @SergeRogatch I would just redirect output of the command or script. See superuser.com/q/278115/285900 Sep 25, 2018 at 6:22

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