Ozkan wrote:
O>> Go to
O>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
O>> Look for 'userinit'
...
Bizaro wrote:
B> Correct me if I am wrong but this will install it for all users,
B> how can I install it for one user only?

There is a problem with wanting tray support installed for only
one user. The reason for putting pprotray.exe in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
\userinit, is to make sure pprotray.exe starts before any programs
which create a tray icon.
The early start is very important, otherwise it would be OK
to just put pprotray.exe in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
or in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
or even in ...\Start Menu\...\Startup

The problem is that the places where you can autostart something
"for the current user only" are all launched *after* all the autostart
things "for all users" have been launched.

I guess the reason why a very early start is so important is this:
it is difficult (impossible?) for programs like pprotray to get
a current list from the OS of the icons in the tray.
It can see them appearing and disappearing but cannot get a list.
Instead pprotray keeps its own list by watching for tray icons
appearing and disappearing. Therefore, if pprotray starts late,
it does not see any of the tray icons of early startup apps
being created.

So you can easily install pprotray for the current user only,
if you wish, just by putting it in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
or even in ...\Username\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
but several tray icons will be missing from the list which
pprotray knows about.

Most PCs have some tray icons for all users, started by services
or by HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run,
such as a firewall or display driver software or antivirus monitor.
Userinit is the best trick for starting pprotray before all of them.



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