The STARTUP folder in the user's or all users START MENU will not run via a published app unless it’s a published desktop. Neither will items in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ...or... HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run One way to get items to run upon every login is to edit the USRLOGON.CMD file in the %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32 folder hth *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Jason Benway *Sent:* 12 October 2011 20:24 *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Subject:* [THIN] startup scripts and published apps If I put a batch file in the all users profile startup folder, should the batch file be visible to the user when they run a published app? Right now it doesn’t look like the batch file is running at all. This is on window 2003 XA5