How to add application to startup

Most of the autorun application (gtalk,Yahoo messanger,Email application, antivirus etc) add itself to startup during installation, some time we may need our own application to be added to starup, so that it starts automatically when we logon to the system.
A applicaiton can be added to starup in following ways...

Method 1:

Simply add a shortcut of the program to starup folder. follow the steps below.
Click the Start button , click All Programs, right-click the Startup folder, and then click Open.

1. Open the location that contains the item to which you want to create a shortcut.
2. Right-click the item, and then click Create Shortcut. The new shortcut appears in the same       location as the original item.
3. Drag the shortcut into the Startup folder.

Method 2:

To add the desired application into the registry telling it to start when Windows loads. To do that you need to create a registry entry, which is very simple. Open the notepad and create a new text document adding this into it

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun] "Name of the application"="/"C:\Programname.exe""

Then save the document as .reg extension and Run (Double click) the file.