ZoomText – Auto start up (Windows registry)

ZoomText – Auto start up (Windows registry)

Problem

An IT Technician needs to check what changes are made by ZoomText in the registry to automatically start during Windows start up.


 Applies to

  1. ZoomText

Resolution

Please find below information supplied by Freedom Scientific for ZoomText auto-start in the Windows registry.  Please make make the adjustments for either ZomText or Fusion product to enable the start up options.
 

ZoomText


Enable ZoomText at the Logon Screen

Key = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Accessibility\ATs\AiSquared_ZoomTextUAC_v14 (v14 to be
replaced with whatever version currently used)
StartParams    REG_SZ        logonEnabled

Enable ZoomText after logon for this user

Key = HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
ZoomText    REG_SZ        "C:\Program Files\Freedom
Scientific\ZoomText\2020\Zt.exe" /AUTOSTART (2020 to be replaced with whatever
version currently used)

Fusion


Enable Fusion at the Logon Screen

Key = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Accessibility\ATs\AiSquared_ZoomTextUAC_v14 (v14 to be
replaced with whatever version currently used)
StartParams    REG_SZ        logonFusion

Enable Fusion after logon for this user

Key = HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
ZoomTextFusion    REG_SZ        "C:\Program Files\Freedom
Scientific\ZoomText\2020\Zt.exe"/fusion /AUTOSTART (2020 to be replaced with
whatever version currently used)

Disable ZoomText/Fusion at the Logon Screen

Key = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Accessibility\ATs\AiSquared_ZoomTextUAC_v14 (v14 to be
replaced with whatever version currently used)
StartParams    REG_SZ        logonDisabled


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