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2.16. Why doesn't the Multi-User Server start automatically when Windows starts even though the option to do so is checked in the Multi-User Server Settings?

Q:  In the settings for the Multi-User Server I have the option to start automatically when Windows starts, but it's not working.  How can I fix this?

A:  The reason the Multi-User Server is not starting is because the registry entry that tells Windows were the executable file is doesn't' have quotes around it, and so Windows stops at the first "space" it sees and opens the EstiMate folder instead.

To fix this.

• Click you Windows Start button and select "Run".

• In the "Run" window type "regedit" (without the quotes), and press Enter or the OK button.

• When the registry editor opens, on the left hand side click "My Computer" > "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" > "Software" > "Microsoft" > "Windows" > "Current Version" > "Run".

• Click directly on the "Run" folder, and then on the right hand side of the window double click on "EstiMate Server".

• In the "Edit String" window under "Value Data" put a quotation mark at the beginning and end of the path shown there so that it looks exactly like this:  "C:\Program Files\EstiMate Multi-User Server\MultiUserServer.exe"

• Close the registry editor, and the next time you start Windows the Multi-User Server should start up automatically.