Teamwork/node-auto-launch

Unable to make the application run on startup for all users

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#62 opened on Oct 3, 2017

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Description

Platform: Windows 10 x64 Node v6.11.2 auto-launch v5.0.1

Using electron, and after installation i run a form which user has to enter configuration for the application, there the auto-launch should work, the problem is that the installation wizard (thus the configuration form) runs under a specific user, and the main application (which i need to set the auto launch for) runs under different user.

And because of this the auto launch functionality wont work because the registry change is under HKCU, to resolve this there must be a parameter in the construct whether the auto launch should be for all users or not, and this boolean value will decide whether to make the change in HKCU or HKLM.

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nodejs
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desktop
Issue type
feature
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3
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half day
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clear
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Node.jsWindowsregistry concepts
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60
Research direction
Add an optional boolean parameter to the auto launch constructor to allow startup for all users. When set to true, write to HKLM registry key instead of HKCU on Windows. Check permissions and handle error cases. See issue #62 for background.