[Windows] auto start problem (and fix)

masterfelu

When I installed Discord on my laptop (Windows 10 v1909) and enabled auto start, it did not startup with Windows. So I looked into my startup apps and found no entry but a spooky startup app with the first of my Windows username(it consists of my first name and last name separated by a space). I looked for it and I found there WAS an entry in the startup autoruns but the directory path was not in quotes. So Windows seemed to navigate to a made-up file having the first word of my name(C:\Users\<FirstName>), containing some random data instead of the actual path(C:\Users\<FirstName> <LastName>\AppData\Local\Discord\app-0.0.306\Discord.exe). The fix of this is to add quotes around the directory path("C:\Users\<FirstName> <LastName>\AppData\Local\Discord\app-0.0.306\Discord.exe").


Welcome and thanks for fixing it in upcoming updates!

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  • Nathan Cruzel

    thanks man your little help from 3 months ago is really nice. you removed me such a pain in ass ! love you bro 

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  • ALiZi
    • Editado

    I had this problem right now. i was redownloading discord and i also deleted the two discord folders in Local & Roaming in AppData. After that i restarted my pc and downloaded Discord Again. And when i went to disable Discord from Startup i saw 2 Discord Startup Icons. One Named "Discord https://discord.com and "Update by Github" and when i turn off Open Discord. Update By Github disappears and the only one left is "Discord https://discord.com. but i disabled Discord https://discord.com both of them and when i went to regedit "Discord https://discord.com" it doesnt show up only when i turn on Open Discord when it shows up. should i enable these two or only Update by Github? This all happened when im reinstalling Discord.

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  • Kurama

    @masterfelu My Man! I didn't have to download the program just followed the address is regedit. Thanks!

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  • Yayeyo_68

    What HxteM3 said worked for me, Github is the update thing for discord (im pretty sure) so if its disabled discord wont start on startup. Saw Github mentioned in the autorun mentioned by masterfelu and enabled in it startup and discord is back to starting up on startup. 

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  • Comrade Joecool

    I also have trouble having Discord start automatically when I sign into Windows.
    It used to work, then some update it seems broke it, and it no longer appears on the startup list of programs in task manager or settings.

    I have solved the problem by adding a copy of the shortcut to the Discord executable to this directory

    C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp\


    I copied the shortcut into there from 

    %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Hammer & Chisel, Inc\


    An easy way to find that if you ever forget is to use the start menu and right click on the application you want to find and hit "open file location"



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  • Narotoe

    You can go to user settings > windows settings > then disable "Open Discord".

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  • CrazyGiank
    • Editado

    Comrade Joecool's solution above is the safest and "the way to go" for normal users who want for any program to start at login:

    1. Go to the startup folder indicated in Comrade Joecool's post

    2. Paste inside the folder a copy of the shortcut of whatever program you want to start at login

    3. Done.

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  • Ell

    Kiwi's solution works perfectly!

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  • Dukenukem

    Funny to know that actual copyright in the Update exe is for GitHub, this is also the field from which the Tash manager gets the Publisher Info from.

    Somebody should fix this as this is not an error, this is just "cba to do this properly"

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  • Uncertainty Darkness

    Zhu it's work i thought it's was a my git so i disable it so Discord need to fix publisher name huh...

     

    Yep... 2 year later and still has this problem

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  • not me

    i dont have a space in my username and i dont have a startup entry. paid nitro. 

    parasitic discord W

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  • Craig Landis

    I've had this issue for a long time with Discord. I want to assume the best of people, but it really seems like Discord purposely doesn't want to fix this because they want people always running Discord.

    The Autoruns tool shows where things autostart from in Windows -

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns

    I checked it on my PC (Win11 23H2 10.0.22631 / Discord stable 308210 (396byac) Host 1.0.9152 x64 (49057)) and deleted the registry value causing it to run at Windows startup (run from elevated CMD or PowerShell) -

    reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v Discord /f

    *** PLEASE DISCORD CAN YOU FIX THIS LONG-STANDING ISSUE? THANKS! ***

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  • Shayan

    So Guys There IS Discord.exe File In Startup But The Name Is Not Discord. The Name Is "UPDATE" Right Click It And Click On Open File Location

     

    First Discord Starts The Update App Then After Checking For Updates It Runs The App. So Make Sure To Enable It In Start-Menu Of Task Manager.

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