load java program on startup?

[mahmoud saleh]

greeting all
i searched google for how to register a java program to run on startup
and find that the way is through a .bat file
but i don't know which commands to use to make this issue?
could any one help me please?
thanks in advance

[arulk pillai]

set $PATH=$PATH;"c:/j2sdk1.4.2/bin"
SET CLASSPATH=.;%cd%\iText.jar;%cd%\mySQLc.jar;%cd%\pg73jdbc2.jar
cd c:/MyProgramFolder
java -cp %CLASS_PATH% MyProgram

[Gamini Sirisena]

Can you tell us how you make the batch file run at startup?

If you want to run the java application as a Windows service check this link.

[Rene Larsen]

Originally posted by Gamini Sirisena:
Can you tell us how you make the batch file run at startup?

You can put a link to the BAT/CMD file in the 'startup' folder - which is placed in your Program menu.

And you can use a windows service...

[mahmoud saleh]

i just want my application to run on startup without user interference
i will check the link
thanks guys