### Author:  [@alan856](https://discourse.processing.org/u/alan856)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-compiled-exe-will-not-start-in-win7-startup-folder/6450/1 "2018-12-09T20:31:24Z")
Greets to all! I have a Processing project completed and exported as a Win32 .dot-exe file. It is being run on a Lenovo Atom processor. Newly installed Win7. Absolutely nothing I’ve tried will allow this program to run on boot. After scouring the web - I have tried all the ‘usual suspects’ and the program will just not run on boot. I can double-click the .exe file and it pops right up.
Sad thing is - this WAS working under XP - but I went and ‘upgraded’ the Lenovo to Win7 and now it seems nothing can make it run. I’ve even created Tasks for it and STILL it is ignored!
I have installed ProcMon to see if I can learn anything - and so far it is all pretty opaque!
Hoping somebody might know of some obscure setting that would prevent a simple .exe from executing at startup.
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### Author:  [@kll](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kll)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2018, 5:27am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-compiled-exe-will-not-start-in-win7-startup-folder/6450/2 "2018-12-10T05:27:19Z")
pls. give the details:
- -a- how you make the exe
- -b- where to you copy what files
- -c- how you enable the autostart for it.
-a-
in Processing IDE 3.4 open sketch and use
[File][Export Application]
select (\*) windows
-b-
goto startup folder
c:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
and create a shortcut from your win32?64? application
-c- check the msconfig startup
and select tab [Startup]
should be activated
-d- reboot
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### Author:  [@alan856](https://discourse.processing.org/u/alan856)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-compiled-exe-will-not-start-in-win7-startup-folder/6450/3 "2018-12-10T10:54:34Z")
The .exe files are made with the Export feature of Processing. A series of folders gets made in the project folder, and contain the .exe file as well as related data. You can export for Windows 32 & 64 as well as Linux.
From there you just put a shortcut to the .exe you want to run at startup in the startup folder - which is now strangely not working in my install of Win7. May go back to XP or maybe Linux.
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### Author:  [@kll](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kll)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2018, 10:58am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-compiled-exe-will-not-start-in-win7-startup-folder/6450/4 "2018-12-10T10:58:28Z")
> The .exe files are made with the Export feature of Processing. A series of folders gets made in the project folder, and contain the .exe file as well as related data. You can export for Windows 32 & 64 as well as Linux.
> From there you just put a shortcut to the .exe you want to run at startup in the startup folder - which is now strangely not working in my install of Win7. May go back to XP or maybe Linux.
that’s bad, as i show above it works on my PC
win7 32bit / SP0 / processing 3.4 /
again, did you see it in the
msconfig/startup tab?
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### Author:  [@alan856](https://discourse.processing.org/u/alan856)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2018, 11:16am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-compiled-exe-will-not-start-in-win7-startup-folder/6450/5 "2018-12-10T11:16:35Z")
Sadly, Processing 3.4 does not run on the Lenovo Atom processor used for this app. It is a stand-alone that runs a display in s museum and none of the operators are technically inclined. Plus the Lenovo processor is free - Processing 3.02 WAS working with WinXP. I Changed to 7 in hopes of getting 3.4 to run, but still no go. So I’ve wasted 2 days “fixing” a problem that wasn’t there. 🤦♀️
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### Author:  [@kll](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kll)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2018, 11:29am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-compiled-exe-will-not-start-in-win7-startup-folder/6450/6 "2018-12-10T11:29:52Z")
> [@alan856](#):
>
> Sadly, Processing 3.4 does not run on the Lenovo Atom processor used for this app. …
> Plus the Lenovo processor is free - Processing 3.02 WAS working with WinXP. I Changed to 7 in hopes of getting 3.4 to run, but still no go.
> …
in your first post you say
> [@alan856](#):
>
> I can double-click the .exe file and it pops right up.
so actually it does not matter what PC, CPU, Processing version you have.
what matters is only how to do the autostart
i asked about the
- folder you use ( for the shortcut ) and esp. the
- msconfig/startup tab?
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### Author:  [@alan856](https://discourse.processing.org/u/alan856)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-compiled-exe-will-not-start-in-win7-startup-folder/6450/7 "2018-12-10T14:33:33Z")
For 2 daysI have scoured the 'net looking for how to set up the auto start and have seen MANY solutions - and tried them all I have tried many many combinations - creating a Windows Task, putting both the .exe OR a shortcut in all the various standard Win7 startup folders and noting will start. And yes - in MSConfig/Startup I see my Task and also the correct path to the Processing script and another to the actual .exe. I’ve also edited various Register paths for xxx/Run and still nothing will boot. Win7 simply boots and nothing happens. If I click on a shortcut to the app - it runs as it should. I’m not a noob at this sort of stuff so it IS rather perplexing that i cannot get it to start. It DID under XP… - I may have to reload that.
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### Author:  [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-compiled-exe-will-not-start-in-win7-startup-folder/6450/8 "2018-12-10T15:33:56Z")
- You might consider getting some Linux distro in your laptop too. 🐧
- You can install it alongside Windows in another HD partition. 💽
- You can config any app to run in startup on Linux. 😉
- Some nice Linux distros to consider: 😸
1. Peppermint: [PepperMintOS.com](http://PepperMintOS.com)
2. LXLE: [LXLE.net](http://LXLE.net)
3. Linux Mint: [LinuxMint.com](http://LinuxMint.com)
4. Zorin OS: [ZorinOS.com](http://ZorinOS.com)
5. Manjaro: [Manjaro.org/download/](http://Manjaro.org/download/)
6. PCLinuxOS: [PCLinuxOS.com/get-pclinuxos/mate/](http://PCLinuxOS.com/get-pclinuxos/mate/)
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### Author:  [@alan856](https://discourse.processing.org/u/alan856)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-compiled-exe-will-not-start-in-win7-startup-folder/6450/9 "2018-12-10T15:48:40Z")
Thanks GoTo! There is plenty of room on the disk, so that would be a great combo.
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### Author:  [@alan856](https://discourse.processing.org/u/alan856)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-compiled-exe-will-not-start-in-win7-startup-folder/6450/10 "2018-12-11T03:09:01Z")
Well - it sounded like a great idea. I managed to get Peppermint installed in a partition alongside Win7 - and it booted nicely. Prob is, it sees my wireless network, but gets rejected! Want to get Processing under linux but so far a no go. My wireless is fine - iPad and other devices hooking up fine. WTF??? 🙂
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### Author:  [@kll](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kll)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-compiled-exe-will-not-start-in-win7-startup-folder/6450/11 "2018-12-11T03:20:27Z")
( in case you need WIFI only for this ?)
can you download via a other PC the Processing 3.4 LInux 32bit
[http://download.processing.org/processing-3.4-linux32.tgz](http://download.processing.org/processing-3.4-linux32.tgz)
to a USB stick
and copy from there to the new OS partition?
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### Author:  [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2018, 5:27am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-compiled-exe-will-not-start-in-win7-startup-folder/6450/12 "2018-12-11T05:27:13Z")
> [@alan856](#):
>
> Prob is, it sees my wireless network, but gets rejected!
[Forum.PeppermintOS.com/index.php?board=6.0](http://Forum.PeppermintOS.com/index.php?board=6.0)
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### Author:  [@alan856](https://discourse.processing.org/u/alan856)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2018, 10:33am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-compiled-exe-will-not-start-in-win7-startup-folder/6450/13 "2018-12-11T10:33:29Z")
Yes - had the right stuff - just a bit rusty with Linux and didn’t unpack it correctly. Will try one more time.