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you can use the Enviroment.SpecialFolder enum, although depending on your requirements you might looks at creating a windows service instead an app that has to start on startup.

File.Copy("shortcut path...", Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Startup) + shorcutname);

edit:

File.Copy just takes a file from and file to path to copy a file. The key in that snippet is Enviroment.GetFolderPath(Enviroment.SpecialFolder.Startup) getting the startup folder path to copy to.

you could use the above code several ways. If you had an installer project for your app, you could run something like this on install. Another way could be when the app launches it checks if the shorcut exists there and puts one there if not (File.Exists()).

Here is a question about creating shortcuts in code also.

you can use the Enviroment.SpecialFolder enum, although depending on your requirements you might look at creating a windows service instead of an app that has to start on startup.

File.Copy("shortcut path...", Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Startup) + shorcutname);

edit:

File.Copy needs an origin file directory-path and the target directory-path to copy a file. The key in that snippet is Enviroment.GetFolderPath(Enviroment.SpecialFolder.Startup) which is getting the startup folder path where you want to copy your file to.

you could use the above code several ways. In case you've got an installer project for your app, you could run something like this on install. Another way could be when the app launches it checks if the shorcut exists there and puts one there if not (File.Exists()).

Here is a question about creating shortcuts in code also.

you can use the Enviroment.SpecialFolder enum, although depending on your requirements you might looks at creating a windows service instead an app that has to start on startup.

File.Copy("shortcut path...", Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Startup) + shorcutname);

edit:

File.Copy just takes a file from and file to path to copy a file. The key in that snippet is Enviroment.GetFolderPath(Enviroment.SpecialFolder.Startup) getting the startup folder path to copy to.

you could use the above code several ways. If you had an installer project for your app, you could run something like this on install. Another way could be when the app launches it checks if the shorcut exists there and puts one there if not (File.Exists()).

Here is a question about creating shortcuts in code also.

you can use the Enviroment.SpecialFolder enum, although depending on your requirements you might looks at creating a windows service instead an app that has to start on startup.

File.Copy("shortcut path...", Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Startup) + shorcutname);

edit:

File.Copy just takes a file from and file to path to copy a file. The key in that snippet is Enviroment.GetFolderPath(Enviroment.SpecialFolder.Startup) getting the startup folder path to copy to.

you could use the above code several ways. If you had an installer project for your app, you could run something like this on install. Another way could be when the app launches it checks if the shorcut exists there and puts one there if not (File.Exists()).

Here is a question about creating shortcuts in code also.

you can use the Enviroment.SpecialFolder enum, although depending on your requirements you might looks at creating a windows service instead an app that has to start on startup.

File.Copy("shortcut path...", Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.System) + shorcutname);

you can use the Enviroment.SpecialFolder enum, although depending on your requirements you might looks at creating a windows service instead an app that has to start on startup.

File.Copy("shortcut path...", Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Startup) + shorcutname);

edit:

File.Copy just takes a file from and file to path to copy a file. The key in that snippet is Enviroment.GetFolderPath(Enviroment.SpecialFolder.Startup) getting the startup folder path to copy to.

you could use the above code several ways. If you had an installer project for your app, you could run something like this on install. Another way could be when the app launches it checks if the shorcut exists there and puts one there if not (File.Exists()).

Here is a question about creating shortcuts in code also.