glnz Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Love speccy, including the 64-bit version for Win 7. But how do I make it an automatic startup program in my Win 7? So far, using task scheduler, I can get it running in the background when the PC starts - it shows in task manager as a running process - but there's nothing showing on my display. Is there an argument that will make it show normally? And should I have it run at startup or when any user logs on? Please let me have all the tricks, as I'm new to Win 7. Thanks. glnz Dell Optiplex 755 - 4GB RAM - WinXPPro SP3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hav0c Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Have you tried making a shortcut under Startup ? Start --> All Programes --> Startup Have you tried adding a String value under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and point it to Speccy ? Every line of code written by man can be undone by man . "A loser in the real world is still a loser in the net!" - .hack//SIGN . Getting old is inevitable, growing up is optional !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glnz Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 Hav0c - thanks for fast reply. Yes, I tried a startup entry with a shortcut link in the startup folder. No help. I have not yet tried a registry hack (or some kind of manual entry in Autoruns if that's even possible - is it?). But I'd prefer first to do it the "simpler," safer way and find out how to get Speccy started either through Task Scheduler or (as you mention) the Startup folder. Is there a missing "argument"? If you have the time, can you try to figure out the steps and microscopic settings to make this work in Task Scheduler? Task Scheduler has too many choices for "normal people". No matter how much I am forced to learn about Windows to prevent catastrophes, every iteration of Windows just gets harder and harder, and not at all better. I could make Task Scheduler work nicely in XP (after hours of fussing) but am stymied by the added complexity in Win 7. Why has MS made everything harder? You see my avatar icon here - it used to do situps, but now it's dead. If you ever see a pic of Bill Gates with a couple of black eyes, you'll know I finally had a chance to thank him properly for Win 7 and Word 2010. Thanks. glnz Dell Optiplex 755 - 4GB RAM - WinXPPro SP3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hav0c Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 It's easy to config the registry just follow the path as in my first post and point it to your Speccy. Nothing can go wrong as long as you do not delete anything else but create the entry at the path provided. If that does not work then you can delete the create path. I do not work with the Task Scheduler so will not be able to help you with that one. but this may help http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/12444-task-scheduler-create-new-task.html Every line of code written by man can be undone by man . "A loser in the real world is still a loser in the net!" - .hack//SIGN . Getting old is inevitable, growing up is optional !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted September 22, 2014 Moderators Share Posted September 22, 2014 Ummm, what about in Speccy:- View, Options, System Tray tab, tick box for Run Speccy in tray when the computer starts Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hav0c Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Ummm, what about in Speccy:- View, Options, System Tray tab, tick box for Run Speccy in tray when the computer starts Ummmm, that could work . Just shows you I have not played with Speccy a lot. Manly used the portable version a couple of times. Every line of code written by man can be undone by man . "A loser in the real world is still a loser in the net!" - .hack//SIGN . Getting old is inevitable, growing up is optional !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAslan Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Or you could try Task Scheduler which is built in Windows feature: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/12444-task-scheduler-create-new-task.html Edit: Already mentioned in post #4 by Hav0c. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted October 2, 2014 Moderators Share Posted October 2, 2014 @Aslan, how does your post differ from Hav0c's in post #4 ? Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAslan Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 @Aslan, how does your post differ from Hav0c's in post #4 ? How on earth did I miss that post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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