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Startup

When the desktop app starts for the first time, it performs the following actions:
  1. Look for the AtHoc[edition] user key under HKCU.
    1. If the key does not exist, it is created using values from the machine key which was created during installation:
      HKLM\Software\SysWow6432Node\AtHoc[edition]
      .
       
    2. If the key is present, it reads several values to prepare for communication with the server: alternateBaseUrlIndex, BASEURL or alternateBaseUrl(n), PROVIDER ID, TOKEN, and UID.
  2. Create Start menu shortcuts for the generic desktop app edition (AtHoc[edition] Desktop).
  3. Attempt to connect to the server and request baseurl.asp passing two parameters on the query string: organization ID and a random string created from a new GUID.
  4. If SO is successful, create a new Start menu folder with the name of the organization, delete the contents of the generic client Start menu, and create new shortcuts in the new folder.
    Any shortcuts that are added to the “AtHoc[edition] Desktop” shortcut folder are moved to the organization-named shortcut folder when the desktop app restarts.
  5. Create data files. Data files are updated during operation. For example, when an alert is received or when a GU occurs. Data files are replaced each time the desktop app starts. Data files are stored in the user folder:
    C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\AtHoc[edition]
    Each time the client starts it deletes the files in 
    C:\Users\[profile name]\AppData\Local\AtHoc[edition]
     and downloads new copies.