Uzi,

While Windows is booting up, after logging in, if you
hold down the SHIFT key, program listed in the STARTUP
folder will be bypass. The entries in the registry key
will still run, though. That is the only difference
that I know of.

--- Uzi Paz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> We know that if I wish to run something on startup
> of Windows (as a single user
> of my PC running win98 in my case), the two most
> common ways are
> 1) to put a reference to the program in the registry
> key:
>
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
> 2) to put a link to the program in the startup
> folder.
>
> I wish to understand what are the relevant
> differences that may be relelvant for a
> decission which method to use.


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