Automatic Start up using reg key RUN

[skeptic Mike]

(30-09-2016 09:17)simoncn Wrote:  

(30-09-2016 03:55)Madmax Wrote:  Not to worry I did it the easy way - namely I just copied the Minimserver shortcut and pasted it into the Startup folder for all users

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp

I could have used the current user Startup folder

C:\Users\Madmax\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

The second of these should start MinimServer when the user Madmax logs in. Is it the same for the first, or is MinimServer started without a user login?

Using the "all Users" startup folder is very unlikely to be a useful choice. MinimServer will then start when any user logs in, but not until a user logs in.
However, the implementation of MinimServer on windows is such that each user has a separate MinimServer configuration, which will need to be set when that user first logs in after MinimServer has been made to start in this way.

In the fairly unlikely event that two (or more) users share a windows computer and every user wants a personal configuration of MinimServer that is only available when they are logged on, then this is ok, but I'd still suggest that in this case, each user should copy the MinimServer shortcut into their personal startup folder.

When a user logs out in windows, all programs that they are running will be stopped by windows - including MinimServer.

If you want MinimServer to run when your windows PC starts up, and to use the same configuration regardless of who (if anyone) is logged on, and to keep running as users log of and on, then you should run MinimServer as a Windows service with restricted rights as I have described before in this forum.