man, find something about HKLM\Software\Microsoft\CurrentVersion\Run registry key (you also use HKCU\Software\Microsoft\CurrentVersion\Run), but this goes just under your user name, the first one works for all users on the computer... Or you can register your chat as windows service (easy way is do it using WMI in Windows or manually also in registry keys). To do it via .NET code, learn something about System.Management.ManagementObject class.
2009/7/22 David Adamo Jr. <[email protected]> > > I developed a chat application with an attendant chat server. > Everything is working fine. The issue now is the fact that whenever > the chat server goes down (for instance, the server system shuts down > as a result of power failure or some other problem), by the time the > server system come back on, the chat server would have to be restarted > manually. > > I believe (and I know) it is more appropriate for the chat server > application to restart itself when the computer comes back on (and of > course regardless of who is logged in and of course, even before > anyone logs in). I have a batch file that executes the chat server. My > attempt was to create a windows service that start automatically and > runs this batch file using a Network Service account on the server > system. Although, I'm having a hard time with this (temporarily), I > would love to ask if there are any alternatives to using a windows > service. Suggestions are highly appreciated. >
