Run vb.net app at startup

Question

I'm a beginner in vb.net, and I stuck at setting my app to the startup register, I googled en found a lot of different code's but NO one would work for me so far!

This one (I found him during searching on stackoverflow) isn't compatible with vb.net, you need permissions (license) to do this:

   Imports Microsoft.Win32
   Public Class Form1

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

    Dim regStartUp As RegistryKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run", True)

    Dim value As String

    value = regStartUp.GetValue("Myapp")

    If value <> Application.ExecutablePath.ToString() Then

        regStartUp.CreateSubKey("Myapp")
        regStartUp.SetValue("Myapp", Application.ExecutablePath.ToString())

    End If

End Sub
End Class

So I tried this:

   Dim CU As Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey = _
Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey _
("SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run")
    With CU
.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ _CurrentVersion\Run", True)
        .SetValue("login.exe", "C:\Users\evert\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\login\login\bin\Debug\")
    End With

Won't work neither because when I look into my regedit it does not show up?

I need a answer on this, my friends couldn't help me :( I hope you guys can help me! Best regards me!

Answer 1

1. I think the app need to run as administrator (or UAC is causing the problem) to edit the registry and

2. I use

   Dim regKey As Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey
   regKey = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run", True)
   regKey.SetValue(Application.ProductName, """" & Application.ExecutablePath & """")
   regKey.Close()
   

I think it's almost the same?