Language-Independent Way to Update the Startup Group

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The program manager checks for the startup group name by first checking the PROGMAN.INI file for the entry "Startup=" entry. (The user can specify their own startup group using this entry.) If it doesn't find this entry, it searches the title bars of all child windows for text matching the name of the startup group as defined in the Program Manager resource script file. In other words, there is no tag on a program group that marks it as the startup group. It is decided solely on the name of the group, and the name changes for each language version of Windows.

You can use the same approach in your application. All you need to know are the translations for "Start Up" for the languages you are interested in. Then use code similar to this:

    #if language == GERMAN
      startup="Autostart"
   #elif language ==  ENGLISH
      startup="Start Up"
   #elif .........