Launch on Startup

[hide1080]

Hi,

I have been using Windows Vista Home Premium.
In this environment, the startup program for user profile needs to put
the short cut icon in the following folder.

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
\Programs\Startup

But if I configured launch on startup in context menu, the short cut
icon is made in the following folder.

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

So widgets didn't launch on start up; therefore I put manually short
cut icon into the above folder.
Is this right?

--
Hideki

[Keith Combs]

The short answer is yes, that is the correct folder

Microsoft has a doc that describes the difference between the 3
subdirectories of AppData in Vista (Local, LocalLow, and Roaming), but
basically this sentence provides the answer to your question:

"The AppData\Roaming folder in Windows Vista is the same as the
Documents and Settings\username\Application Data folder in Windows XP."

And there is a table showing various Vista directories and the XP equivalent
that specifically shows Start Menu under \Roaming.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766489(WS.10).aspx


We definitely have some issues around the startup shortcut. The one
currently generated works for Windows XP, but not much else. It doesn't
work at all in Win 7 and Vista 64bit as covered in another thread here.
The workaround pops a browser window, which is not ideal. We (actually just
Steve) also want to get an OS X solution working.

We'll try to get this working one way or another for Windows XP, Vista, Win
7 (32 & 64) & OS X in the next release.

[Ludovic HOCHET]

Hello Keith,
for what it is worth, even on XP the current solution does not work
for (at least some) non English versions of XP.

my 2c,
Ludovic

[hide1080]

I see. Thanks.
A document provided by Microsoft seemed for business user.
I decided currently that I put manually shortcut icon.

By the way, is this the well known issue?
I think to be glad if there is a article like FAQ...
I intend to write my blog the workaround of the issue for other user
in Japan (mostly beginner).

--
Hideki

2009/7/28 Ludovic HOCHET <lho...@gmail.com>:

[Keith Combs]

I had not heard that. What is the issue, are the directory names different?
I guess it would make sense that the directory names are localized too.

I suspect there are API calls to get the correct path to the Startup folder,
so we'll hopefully be able to get way from hard coding it.

[Ludovic HOCHET]

Indeed directory names are translated into the local language
(for instance: C:\Documents and Settings\Ludovic\Menu Démarrer
\Programmes\Démarrage )