I made a Windows installer for the latest version of Bitcoin, which
includes the autostart and minimize to tray features. The installer
makes a start menu shortcut and a startup registry entry. I first
implemented the autostart with a shortcut to the startup folder, but I
found out that it doesn’t always work by default and ended up doing it
with a registry entry. The registry entry is removed by the
uninstaller and can be also disabled from the options menu, so I don’t
think it’s such a big menace to the user after all.
I made the installer with NSIS, and the nsi script can be found in the SVN.
Could you add the installer to the SF download page? Here’s the file:
http://bitcoin.sourceforge.net/uploads/Bitcoin_setup.exe
There are some new users registered to the bitcoin.sf.net site. One of
them just announced that he’s trading Bitcoins for dollars. Here’s his
site: http://newlibertystandard.wetpaint.com/. Making an exchange
service first seemed a bit premature for the time being, but on the
other hand it’s good that people show interest towards the project,
and this might attract even more interested people (and hopefully more
developers). I just sent the guy an email.
Source: Published by Martti Malmi on GitHub in February 2024 as part of his testimony in the COPA v. Wright trial. The full correspondence archive is available at mmalmi.github.io/satoshi/.