Take the 2-minute tour ×   How can I make my GUI application run
on windows startup on a modified Windows box that will not start
explorer.exe.    • Placing a link in Programs -> Startup folder
doesn't get executed.   • My Application is graphical so I
cannot just modify application to run as a service.   I have an
application that needs to run on a dedicated PC which is used to
generate content for Digital Signage. It's the type of software
that generates the announcements and various slideshow content
which you see displayed on Plasma / LCD Screens in large
organizations.  I've had experience with several different
vendors of such content management software and they all
basically build a windows application and then strip out things
from windows to prevent any kind of popup from showing up etc.
One one of the vendors I'm dealing with right now, windows has
been modified such that explorer.exe doesn't start.  The run on
startup functionality of our program makes use of a link in the
Startup Folder. What i'v