Re: Start program when Vista starts

"Brad Blanchard" <nadie137@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:VA.00003203.196e4ff4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

[...] this procedure, like CreateShellLink, also works on XP but on
Vista I get a 'Failed to set data for myprog.exe' message. ...

Registry.RootKey := HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE;

Easy. Don't write in HKLM, it's not yours. Use HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

Groetjes,
Maarten Wiltink


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