How to: set apps/commands to run on startup

I was looking through some commands on my aspire one, and I noticed in a list of the xfce4-related ones this: xfce4-autostart-editor.
It seems to be exactly what the filename suggests - a GUI tool for editing what commands are run on startup. If you want to stop some stuff from running it's probably not your best bet, since there are a number of places that control startup apps, but if you just want to have a program run on system start, it provides a pretty easy way to do it. I also seem to recall some people looking for a way to edit startup apps via a gui tool. Here's how:

Press alt-F2 to get the run prompt and use it to run xfce4-autostart-editor . You'll get a short list of commands already being run on startup, and buttons to add and remove entries. Click the add button to, well, add a new item, give it a descriptive name and under "command" enter the command you wish to run. In my case, I made an entry for Katapult to have it run on startup.

 

sounds good. So could a have a terminal command run to enable the compiz manager on startup so i don't have to do it manually?

 

For windows XP: paste a shortcut to your program into C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.