So far as we know that Windows has startup folder, where there’re the most common startup items, but rare people notice and check it up carefully. If you put application to this folder, then when system starts, it would auto load relevant applications. As it’s exposed outside, so it’s changed easily because of external factors.
1. The concrete position is “Start”—“Startup” option.
The position on hard disk is: C:\Documents andSettings\Administrator\ “Start”menu—“Programs”—“Startup”;
And position in registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
2. Msconfig
Msconfig is a “System configuration utility” in Windows system, which takes care of many aspects, including system.ini, win.ini, startup items etc. Similarly, it is the place which auto startup applications like most.
1) System.ini
First, type “msconfig” to “Run” dialog to start system configuration utility (same as below), find the label system.ini, “shell=……” inside could be used to load special applications. If the thing behind shell= is not default explorer.exe, or there’s an application name behind, then you should be careful, please check up relevant application to see whether it’s safe.
2) Win.ini
If we want to load an application: hack.exe, then we can use the next sentence in win.ini to reali