Running programs at start up

One of the programs that usually runs when windows starts doesn't start anymore. It's one of the programs that has an icon in the system tray. It doesn't run from window's start up folder.

I haven't done this before so I don't know how to do it. I checked the win.ini. I don't know what else to do.

Can someone tell me how these programs usually start up so that I can go check and fix what's been changed or broken?

 

what is the program? it might just be a matter of checking a box in the options of the program

 

Or go to Start, Run and type 'msconfig'. See if its listed unchecked under the 'Startup' tab.

 

Just stuff it in the registry....

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \RunOnce
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Runonce

This is Windows2000....probably the same for XP

 

any idea what the program was?

 

only works for 98 and XP

 

That's what I was looking for....forgot about msconfig

It's there in the startup tab and it's checked (running win98)

It's not starting when windows starts. can it be screwed ?
if so how can i fix it? I have to run it maually with the run dialog box. The path is the right one. i don't know why it's not running. Gonna check the registry. I reinstalled the program but it didn't change anything.
.

 

I guess at this point you need to know the program to help me more:
d:\program files\Logitech\WingMan Profiler\Lwtest.exe /detect /quiet /launch "d:\program files\Logitech\WingMan Profiler\Lwpevntm.exe"


Its the program to launch my wingman joystick. Nothing critical but I would like it to work. Getting tired of launching it manually all the time.

 

Got it to work.....got confused between 2 executables. A game was not installed properly.

Fixed. Your info helped.

thanks