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I need some way of starting my Java application without forcing the user to run the application manually. I'm not entirely sure how I would do it, can anyone provide any assistance?

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    Assigning it to what? Commented Sep 18, 2013 at 14:06
  • Believe he wants to programmatically assign a program to run on start-up. Commented Sep 18, 2013 at 14:09
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    @SotiriosDelimanolis I think he means manually assigning it to run at startup. Ending sentences with prepositions. Commented Sep 18, 2013 at 14:09
  • Assigning in the other sense. Should be read "running a java application at startup without manually clicking it to run it or scheduling a task for startup." He wants code to automatically run his program Commented Sep 18, 2013 at 14:09
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    I don't think there's a platform-independent way to do this, what operating system or systems do you need this for? Commented Sep 18, 2013 at 14:26

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Run it as a Windows Service. It's the way to go.

For various ways to run it as a service, check out the answers to the following questions:

You can also read this article.

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use registry editor to add path of .exe file to startup goto Run from start menu, type regedit.exe

then navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER / SOFTWARE / MICROSOFT / WINDOWS / CURRENT_VERSION / RUN

on the right side, create a new string value with

name = "anything" and value = java.exe -jar "complete path of the file"

press ok to save the registry entry, restart your pc to see effect

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