I would like an Access program to open automatically as soon as windows opens at start up. How do I do that?

Question

I am trying to keep track of my diet and weight. I have a nice Access program that I created to help me monitor my progress. I like to enter this information in the morning when I start work, but I always forget. I would like the Access program to open automatically when I start windows. That way I will never forget and I could enter in my information as soon as I sit down and start my computer.

My main focus is Access, but if you could tell me if this process is applicable to other Office programs such as Excel and Word.

Thank you very much.

Kind Regards,

Michael

Answer 1

Start > All Programs, find the entry for "Startup", create a shortcut to the file you want to open in the Startup folder.

Answer 2

O.k. one question is what version of windows are you useing...sometimes xp may give you a hard time...there are two ways to open the access database upon startup...first is to create a short cut to the data base and drag and drop it into your start up folder...depending on how your set up, grougs and such, else, if you do this under admin it should work for all...what i usually do is open your data base under exclusive...you can drag and drop the icon right out of access and create a shortcut directly to whatever form you wish...as such...if different users log in...you can create or cause a different form to open for each user as they log in....I write programs in access so if you need further help contact me at ca_ruff at yahoo dot com.