How to run an Application on windows start up in win32 API using visual c++

Question

I have a Window (win32 API) Application in visual c++. I am not using MFC. I have to run my application on windows start up. I am using windows 7 and visual studio 2008. Can any one help me out in achieving the above task? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Here's some example code:

HKEY hkey = NULL;
RegCreateKey(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, L"Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run", &hkey);
RegSetValueEx(hkey, L"myapp", 0, REG_SZ , (BYTE*)path, (wcslen(path)+1)*2);