How do you attach programs to start up?

Larry · TweakNOOB Joined: 23 Aug 2004 Posts: 117 Location: UK

Well i guess the title explains itself?

I wanted to attach my anti-spyware programs to boot, ne 1 lend a hand?
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Fitz Goran · TweakNOOB Joined: 07 Sep 2004 Posts: 53

You can copy a shortcut for your anti-spyware program into the Startup group in the Start menu.

fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

Most of them give you the option to have them start up at startup..........look under File > Options or File > Preferences, or some such, wherever the program option settings are.

If it doesn't give you one, then you can simply drag and drop the program shortcut or exe file into your Startup folder on your Start Menu........it'll start up then.

Personally, I don't see the need, I'd just scan before bed, or midday while you're doing something else. No need to slow your startup down to 10 minutes just to scan for spyware, if you do it regularly at other times.
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thyhammerr · TweakNOOB Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 192

I usually don't attach or run any program at startup .. except too ..

one is Speed Fan to monitor my temps.. and other is Vypress Chat..

its pretty useless to start an antivirus.. in start up .. (one of the reason I hate Norton 2004 and 2005) ..

I wouldn't want any software to hog my memory space.. :)

-Thanks
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Ham_fisT · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 7:57 am Post subject:

Adding a shortcut to something like Ad-aware, to the startup folder will only open the application, you still have to manually click start

Fuss' is correct, Ad-aware has the option of running a scan on startup

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2old2care · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 1:35 pm Post subject:

thyhammerr · TweakNOOB Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 192

well since i am behind a hardware firewall ..

so I, for once, Doesn't need that .. my system is uptodate.. so i really don't think that i need it .. : )

Norton .. I hate norton coz i had it and it did something bad.. and my PC wasn't restarting (when i tried to uninstall it)

I had format and reinstall my windows..

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frustratedtech · TweakNOOB Joined: 31 Mar 2005 Posts: 10

Ham_fisT · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 11:23 pm Post subject:

IMO...they are BOTH junK,
AVG is Free, updates automatically, doesen't leave a bunch of processes running, and you can still work while it's scanning
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

you could wrote directly to the registry too
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