Inno Setup, APP start When windows start

Question

For Inno Setup, I would like to create a checkbox Task for MyAPP Auto Start when Windows Start. My code like below :

And, How to write the codes below - DO_Set_AutoStart_WhenWindowsStart() ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Tasks]
Name: "StartMenuEntry" ; Description: "Start my app when Windows starts" ; GroupDescription: "Windows Startup"; MinVersion: 4,4;

[code]

//Do Additional Task - Auto Start when Windows Start 

function NextButtonClick(CurPageID: Integer): Boolean;
var
  Index: Integer;
begin
  Result := True;
  if CurPageID = wpSelectTasks then
  begin
    Index := WizardForm.TasksList.Items.IndexOf('Start my app when Windows starts');
    if Index <> -1 then
    begin
      if WizardForm.TasksList.Checked[Index] then
        MsgBox('First task has been checked.', mbInformation, MB_OK)
        DO_Set_AutoStart_WhenWindowsStart();
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
      else
        MsgBox('First task has NOT been checked.', mbInformation, MB_OK);
    end;
  end;
end;

Answer 1

You don't need to make use of the [code] section to add an automatic starting app.

There are different ways to accomplish this, for example

[icons]
Name: "{userstartup}\My Program"; Filename: "{app}\MyProg.exe"; Tasks:StartMenuEntry;
Name: "{commonstartup}\My Program"; Filename: "{app}\MyProg.exe"; Tasks:StartMenuEntry;

The difference between {userstartup} and {commonstartup}, if not obvious, is that {userstartup} affects the startup menu entry for the current user and {commonstartup} affects all the users of the target machine.

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Edit

You may also use the registry to start an application. I'm adding this because the OP mentioned in comments the described method doesn't work on windows 8 (because the lack of start menu, which I forgot). I have no windows 8 at hand to test, so it's up to you to test if this works on windows 8 or not.

The Run keys in the registry exists since WinXP, so you can configure windows to auto-run a program from the installer adding something like this:

[Registry]
;current user only
Root: HKCU; Subkey: "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run"; ValueType: string; ValueName: "MyProgram"; ValueData: "{app}\MyProg.exe"; Tasks:AutoRunRegistry;

;any user
Root: HKLM; Subkey: "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run"; ValueType: string; ValueName: "MyProgram"; ValueData: "{app}\MyProg.exe"; Tasks:AutoRunRegistry;

Don't miss I'm also changing the Tasks parameter in the example to AutoRunRegistry .