It is fairly simple to get a program to open when Windows boots up. All you need to do is add a shortcut to that program in the C:\windows\start menu\programs\startup folder. Likewise, if a program runs when you boot up your computer that you don't want to, it will more than likely be in this folder.

Your problem will come when trying to make the program exist in the system tray. Generally, the logo in the systray is not the actual program, but a different, much smaller one which allows you to access features of the "parent program" without utalizing the resources required to run the "parent program." There may be third party software which would allow you to run a program's icon in the systray, but I have not heard of one. Good Luck!

~Andrew
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Probably 90% or more of the programs you install do not have to "show up" in the system tray. If they do so when you first boot, this usually means that they're starting up with Windows, and using resources up, whether you plan on using them or not. This is why you don't necessarily want to be letting anything and everything load automatically. Many programs have an Options or Preferences utility that will allow you to tell them whether to run at startup, or only when you want them to. Some do not, and most of that group is probably nothing you want to be installing in the first place. For information about what should and should not be allowed to run at startup, see the links below. Start weeding some of the extraneous junk out of there, and you'll probably notice a significant increase in system performance.

http://www2.whidbey.net/djdenham/

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.htm







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Message Edited on 06/27/02 05:20PM by Goonboy