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Asked: 2026-06-02T22:43:58+00:00

Is there a Windows installer that will add to startup for each user like

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Is there a Windows installer that will add to startup for each user like
<user>\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
for each user on the system? I can’t write to HKLM because the program being installed is hardcoded to work with HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run when toggling the start-on-login preference.

I’m also wondering how to deal with the situation where a user is created after the application is installed. Is there a place where I can put a key in a default registry profile?

Also what installer do you guys use? NSIS? Inno Setup? Advanced Installer?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Windows has a thing called Active Setup, it allows you to “runonce” something for each user on the machine.

    NSIS has a helper script called EnumUsersReg, it does its best to give you access to all HKCUs on the local machine as long as you have administrator rights.

    To set defaults for a new user, load and edit the correct ntuser.dat.

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