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by jcmiller 1 view

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Trying to find a way to have an application start and remain hidden (IE not show up on start bar, to the right of the start icon)
heres the situation:
we were using an remote control software called Proxy by Funk software it will launch prior to user loging on to network and remain hidden.
we are now using Desktop Delivery (DD manager) by AD-Spec and has to be manualy started by user i have put it in start up folder w/minimized.
is there any way (in the reg) to get it to start and is there any way to have it not show up on the start bar.

thanks Jim

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by jpomposelli

I am sorry I fogot the category this question was in. The best bet would be is to use the load or run line in Win.ini in the Windows directory on your machine. These lines appear in the top of the file. It can be edited with text editor. Or you can run MSCONFIG I believe it can be found in c:\windows\stystem\ providing you have default naming scheme. Hope this helps. Sorry for the confusion.

by dmiles

You can find out whether WIN.INI is causing anything to be run at startup
1)Click the Start button
2)Choose Run
3)Type msconfig and click OK
In the System Configuration Utility program that appears click the WIN.ini tab
Click the plus sign nextto [windows]entry,and then look for the lines that begin with load= or run=
Any program or documentnames that appear on the run=line are started as open windows
Any that appears on the load= line are started as minimized windows
To hide the icon in the system tray you will need a third party software like tray saver that can be downloaded from www.pcworld.com
The safest way to remove a program's icon from the system tray is to use the application's own remove -icon option,this can sometimesbe found by right clicking the icon.

by mzy

I believe you can try hlm|Software|Microsoft|Windows|CurrentVersion|Run and add the run line in this directory. If you want and easier way of adding it, you can also try start|run|msconfig, and add the command line in the startup menu.

Hope that this will help, or if this does not work, I believe that there will be no other way.

by emcs

If you would like to hide certain minimized apps, so they don't appear on the taskbar, download hideit. I found this freeware app while browsing the net.

dennie

by adrian long

You can get applications to run in the System tray by editing the registry the key is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run or you can also try to run it as a service on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

by compute2u

The Win.ini solution will work as well as back clicking on the Start Bar, click on Toolbars and Disable Quick Launch.

by gjconely

If you are running windows 9x then you will want to create a shortcut for the program and then go into the shortcuts properties. You will see the "Run" drop-down list. Simply select hidden from it. If you are using Win2K then you will want to create a user in your user manager, and change the user to not be able to interact with the desktop, and then have to program run as a different user.

by hiltont

Hi Jim,

If you are looking for a remote management tool, why not have a look at www.radmin.com - "Remote Administrator". I have been using this software since version 1.0 and find it quite good. It allows a "view only", "remote control" and "telnet" mode of operation, and also allows file copies to/from the remote machines.

This software is shareware, unlike Desktop Delivery which is freeware. You have to remember also that Desktop Delivery was last updated on October 15, 1998 - it is REALLY OLD. The pricing for RAdmin is quite reasonable, and is a current application.

There is an option in RAdmin that allows you to hide the tray icon so the user cannot see it, and it doesn't appear in the Alt-Tab window at all.

Regards,
Hilton

by pystha

to run automatically a program at startup without puting it in the startup folder. You can put it in the registry at the folowing location :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
run regedit
select new -> stringvalue
type a name and type the program location
The program will run at system startup.

by pystha

to run automatically a program at startup without puting it in the startup folder. You can put it in the registry at the folowing location :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
run regedit
select new -> stringvalue
type a name and type the program location
The program will run at system startup.

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