There
are 7 locations from which programs can be started automatically within
Windows9x.
These locations (in order of priority) are:
The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\
RunServices location in the system registry.
The LOAD= and RUN= line in the Win.ini
file are the second priority and third priority.
The fourth is the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\
Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Run entry in the registry.
Fifth is registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\
Windows\ CurrentVersion\ RunServices. This loads items that
only apply to certain users when they log in to Windows.
The sixth location is C:\Windows\ All Users\ Start Menu\ Programs\
Startup.
The most well known location to most users is the seventh location.
That is probably due to the fact that it is the most noticeable.
That is the C:\Windows\Start Menu. |
There is ofcourse autoexec.bat and config.sys which can be used to start
programs prior to Windows itself loading. |