Take the 2-minute tour ×  I have a python script that maps a
network drive. The problem? It will not start on boot on the
Windows XP machines. It's a shortcut placed in the All Users>
Startup folder. The shortcut just points to a native .pyw
script. Is there something special with Python and Windows as
far as the startup folder is concerned? Here is what I have
tried.    1. Startup Folder "All Users"   2. Starup Folder
"Individual User"   3. Registry settings   4. Scheduled Tasks
Nothing has worked, all I can think of is converting it to an
.exe, but that's not an option considering the script changes
constantly and I would have to compile it way to many times. Any
advice would be appreciated.  share|improve this question add
comment  2 Answers  up vote 1 down vote accepted  That won't
work because the All Users startup folder is a part of the user
profile, and so nothing in it gets executed until someone
actually logs on. If you want it to run at boot consider a
computer startup script in the local group po