How to autostart after login?

[ayanamist]

I'm using portable mode, i don't find a option to enable "autostart after login", is there any command-line switch to start minimized so i can create a shortcut by myself?

[m417z]

Yes, you can run windhawk.exe with the -tray-only command line switch.

[pjmdesi]

Yeah same thing for me. I like to go portable for every app possible (I have a folder full of them). When I reinstall Windows (which I find myself needing to do frequently because it's a POS), I can just use all the apps in that folder as I left them with no extra work. No installing, no remembering settings. The most I'd have to do is add to start menu (or startup folder like Windhawk). Maybe a button that says "add shortcut to startup folder" as part of first run?

[dpcdpc11]

Yeah same thing for me. I like to go portable for every app possible (I have a folder full of them). When I reinstall Windows (which I find myself needing to do frequently because it's a POS), I can just use all the apps in that folder as I left them with no extra work. No installing, no remembering settings. The most I'd have to do is add to start menu (or startup folder like Windhawk). Maybe a button that says "add shortcut to startup folder" as part of first run?

+1 this! And plenty of portable apps give you the option to run at startup so I don't think users would mind adding an extra entry in the registry for this purpose, or you can go the shortcut route and @pjmdesi mentioned. Plus, there's no mention of the "-tray-only" parameter in the documentation, which is how I've ended in this thread.
Btw, thanks for making this app. Huge fan here. Been using your 7+ Taskbar Tweaker for years!

[Sc0tTyXL]

I use Windhawk in Portable mode on my cloud drive so that I can use the same settings on different machines. Would be great if there was an easy way to enable autostart. I think given enough information (changing something outside the folder) they can make an informed decision to enable it.

I finally updated to 24H2 and had to leave 7+TT after using that for many many years too. Migrated to Windhawk which has most of the features I need. Thanks for all the hard work all that time.

For any user who doesn't know how to manually do it:

1. Go to the Windhawk folder
2. Create a shortcut of the windhawk.exe (right click menu) and give it a better name if you want
3. Open the properties of the shortcut (right click menu)
4. Change windhawk.exe to windhawk.exe -tray-only in the Target field.
5. Save changes
6. Open File Explorer
7. Go to %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
8. Open the Startup folder (you can create it if it doesn't exist)
9. Move or copy the Shortcut into the Startup folder
10. Reboot

[oedoliver]

Thanks! 💯

[on6hz]

Yes, you can run windhawk.exe with the -tray-only command line switch.

I think I somehow disabled the tray icon from somewhere, but WOW this parameter work with no tray option, that does make sense but I love it.

[on6hz]

run:
shell:startup

I sometimes backup this folder