Program startup order in Windows 9x
The order of which applications are loaded and where they are loaded from:
- config.sys
- autoexec.bat
- wininit.ini
- winstart.bat
- system.ini
- win.ini
[Windows]
Load=
Run= - All Users-RunServicesOnce
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \RunServicesOnce] - All Users-RunServices
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \RunServices] - All Users-RunOnce
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \RunOnce] - All Users-Run
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Run] - All Users-RunOnceEx
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \RunOnceEx] - All Users-RunEx
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \RunEx] - Current User-RunOnce
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \RunOnce] - Current User-Run
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Run] - Current User-RunOnceEx
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \RunOnceEx] - Current User-RunEx
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \RunEx] - Common Startup Folder in the Start-Menu for All Users
- Startup Folder in the Start-Menu for Current User
More Info MS KB137367
More Info MS KB174018
More Info MS KB179365
More Info MS KB232487
More Info MS KB243039
Note if one of the Run-sections includes an invalid entry (Uses a path that doesn’t exist), then Windows might open at folder at startup. Use Startup.CPL or Msconfig to check the entries.
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