set Alias at Startup

There is an alias in my startup.  I like running Notepad++ from the command line, and I don't like typing "Notepad++".  Solution: I put an alias in a startup.cmd file.  

C:\APPS\startup>type startup.cmd

@echo off

set JAVA_HOME=C:\apps\java\jdk1.7.0_05

doskey npp=c:\apps\npp\notepad++.exe $*

cd \temp

I can run it manually or via this registry key:

C:\APPS\startup>type autorun.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor]

"Autorun"="c:\\apps\\startup\\startup.cmd"