autoexecution in Windows

Earl Eiland eee at nmt.edu
Mon Mar 7 16:11:24 EST 2005


O.K.  I stand corrected.  "auto-execute is the wrong term.
Earl

On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 14:03, rbt wrote:
> Earl Eiland wrote:
> > How does one make a Python program auto-execute in Windows?
> > 
> > Earl
> > 
> 
> No program (python or other) can just arbitrarily execute. A user has to 
> click it or a cron-like utility (Task Scheduler) has to execute it at a 
> set time. registry entries (such as run) can execute programs too. Also, 
> proper Windows services can be configured to start at boot.
> 
> Again, nothing can just arbitrarily execute. If it could, viruses would 
> be a *nightmare*




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