Re: [Tutor] How to make a python script run on startup

2013-04-09 Thread Alan Gauld
On 09/04/13 09:20, daedae11 wrote: On Windows, how to make a python script run on startup? The same way you make anything run on startup there is nothing magical about Python code. You can schedule it, add it to the registry or put it in the users startup folder if you want it at login rath

Re: [Tutor] How to make a python script run on startup

2013-04-09 Thread eryksun
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Dave Angel wrote: > But does anything in the startup folder run BEFORE any user logs in? It's > been a long time since I had to run Windows, but I didn't think so. The contents of the startup folders are executed in the current session after logon. The same applie

Re: [Tutor] How to make a python script run on startup

2013-04-09 Thread Dave Angel
On 04/09/2013 06:58 AM, daedae11 wrote: (Please don't top-post. And don't forget to include the list in your cc. I'm forwarding it for you) Which module to should I use to add entries to that system scheduler? The system scheduler is an interactive (gui) program that comes with the OS.

Re: [Tutor] How to make a python script run on startup

2013-04-09 Thread Dave Angel
On 04/09/2013 05:54 AM, Alexander Mark wrote: On Apr 9, 2013, at 4:20, daedae11 wrote: On Windows, how to make a python script run on startup? _ (Top-posted comment moved AFTER the question) > There is a startup folder, usually on the start menu, you can add the script to. > But does an

Re: [Tutor] How to make a python script run on startup

2013-04-09 Thread eryksun
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Kevin Ndung'u wrote: > > anybody know how to do this on linux? For a desktop environment that implements freedesktop.org standards (X Desktop Group), such as GNOME, KDE and Xfce, you can add .desktop files per user to "$HOME/.config/autostart". System wide it's "$X

Re: [Tutor] How to make a python script run on startup

2013-04-09 Thread eryksun
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 8:35 AM, daedae11 wrote: > I refer the msdn for ShellExecute, there isn't a "runas" verb, only "edit", > "find", "open", "print", "properties". Adding a file to the all users startup folder probably doesn't even require elevation. Maybe even a regular user can do it, given

Re: [Tutor] How to make a python script run on startup

2013-04-09 Thread Sayan Chatterjee
Hope this link helps.:) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8339555/how-to-run-a-script-at-the-start-up-of-ubuntu On 9 April 2013 19:18, Kevin Ndung'u wrote: > anybody know how to do this on linux? > > On 4/9/13, eryksun wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:54 AM, Alexander Mark > > wrote: > >>

Re: [Tutor] How to make a python script run on startup

2013-04-09 Thread Kevin Ndung'u
anybody know how to do this on linux? On 4/9/13, eryksun wrote: > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:54 AM, Alexander Mark > wrote: >> There is a startup folder, usually on the start menu, you can add the >> script >> to. > > current user: > "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" > > all users: > "%A

Re: [Tutor] How to make a python script run on startup

2013-04-09 Thread eryksun
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:54 AM, Alexander Mark wrote: > There is a startup folder, usually on the start menu, you can add the script > to. current user: "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" all users: "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" Updating the latter will probably requi

Re: [Tutor] How to make a python script run on startup

2013-04-09 Thread Sayan Chatterjee
Anything executable inside the start-up folder will run on start up! On 9 April 2013 15:24, Alexander Mark wrote: > There is a startup folder, usually on the start menu, you can add the > script to. > > --ame > > On Apr 9, 2013, at 4:20, daedae11 wrote: > > On Windows, how to make a python scr

Re: [Tutor] How to make a python script run on startup

2013-04-09 Thread Alexander Mark
There is a startup folder, usually on the start menu, you can add the script to. --ame On Apr 9, 2013, at 4:20, daedae11 wrote: > On Windows, how to make a python script run on startup? > > > ___ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscr

Re: [Tutor] How to make a python script run on startup

2013-04-09 Thread Dave Angel
On 04/09/2013 04:20 AM, daedae11 wrote: On Windows, how to make a python script run on startup? Windows has a system scheduler, which you can add entries to, specifying what time(s) a particular entry is to run. One of the choices is system startup. -- DaveA

[Tutor] How to make a python script run on startup

2013-04-09 Thread daedae11
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