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Questions tagged [autostart]

A mechanism to start automatically a script or program as soon as the operating system or execution environment that executes it is ready.

In general terms, autostart is mechanism whereby a script or program is started automatically as soon as the operating system or execution environment that executes it is ready. The script or program to execute typically needs to be registered in some list of autostart programs.

A typical example of autostart feature is the , which starts a program on a medium as soon as the medium (such as CD or USB key) is inserted in the reading device.

Use this tag for questions about implementations of an autostart feature, or issues with autostarting a particular program.

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WCF - is it possible to create object remotely? how?

When the host process with some WCF service is running - all is ok. But when hosting process is not running - WCF is unable to create object and use it. In other words - I have a process called "ScrnSrvcR2.exe", it is hosting the "ScreensApi" object…
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Automatically start execution upon activity launch

I'm working on an app that synchronizes some graphic UI events with an audio track. Right now you need to press a button to set everything in motion, after onCreate exits. I'm trying to add functionality to make the audio/graphical interaction start…
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autostart audio record in Android

I'm using an intent to start sound recording activity, but when the activity opens it doesn't start record. how can i autostart record? perhaps there are some extras to do it but i don't find nothing on internet and on android developers. here is…
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Autorun of vb.net program with command line parameters does not work

I am writing an application that needs admin rights to run in VB.NET (VS2012,framework 4) It is an app to protect the Hosts file from modification. I want the app to start automatically with windows with the command line argument "autorun". So I…
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Autostart option plupload 1.5.6

This question was already answered here and here. But with version 1.5.6 placing init() before FilesAdded(...) makes it totally unresponsive. As well autostart uploading does not start at all either way. var csvUploader = new function() { var self…
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Android app autostart

I'm working on an Android application, and I want it to get started right after the phone boots up. I used BroadcastReceiver, and the intent filter boot up complete, and the permission, and I think it's working; I turn on the phone, it boots up, and…
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Updating data and issuing notifications from outside of an Activity

I'd like to solve the following problem: An application displays something via a WebView, but to alert the user when the content has been changed, a notification should be issued that leads the user to the Activity. The question is: how do I…
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Windows 2008R2 service that runs another app, after cold reboot

Im working on application for Windows Server 2008 R2 (.NET 3.5.1) that would work even after cold reboot, without requring someone to log on any account on the server. Few words about application itself, it is written in c# application for…
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Android service that starts at boot time and initiates a URI request to start another app

I need to write a service that starts when the device is booted and initiates a URI to start another app. My research says I must use a Broadcast receiver, but I am new to android. Please provide me some source code, or point me in a useful…
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Javascript autoplay soundfile, stop when one of the buttons is clicked

So I've got some buttons, which people can press to hear audio files. Of course, the audio files can't "overlap" because that would be a mess. This works, but now I want one of the files to play automatically when the website loads, still…
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jQuery, wav file, autostart false, how to trigger it again?

I have something like this: I don't want it to start immediately, I want it to start on some button click, so on button click I tried changing…
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My application not get started when device started?

I've written following class to start my application activity Home.class but on device start up it shows error forced close. public class MyBootRecvr extends BroadcastReceiver { @Override public void onReceive(Context context, Intent…
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Jquery Cycle plugin menu hover effect automatic start

I'm trying to create a menu driver slideshow with the Jquery Cycle plugin http://malsup.com/jquery/cycle/ but I can't figure out how to make it work properly. It puts numbers on the nav? I also want it to cycle automatically but stop when the menu…
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Creating a CD auto-start dialog

For me, compact discs and these customized auto-start dialogs are somewhat outdated and waste... However, I have to create such a dialog as an index for a CD consisting of a few PDF files. Making one to work on Microsoft Windows is quite easy. As…
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Can't add my application to autostart

I writing small application in pure C++. But now I encourage strange problem. I wanted to add my application to autostart but it not working. I use this code to access to Registry: BOOL SetKeyData(HKEY hRootKey, WCHAR *subKey, DWORD dwType, WCHAR…
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