[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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  • masterfelu

    @zusk did you read the post or just made a comment by reading the title?

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  • Kiwi~

    I found the easier way and tested it from Microsoft...

    Add an app to run automatically at startup in Windows 10

    Windows 10

    1. Select the Start  button and scroll to find the app you want to run at startup.

    2. Right-click the app, select More, and then select Open file location. This opens the location where the shortcut to the app is saved. If there isn't an option for Open file location, it means the app can't run at startup.

    3. With the file location open, press the Windows logo key  + R, type shell:startup, then select OK. This opens the Startup folder.

    4. Copy and paste the shortcut to the app from the file location to the Startup folder.

     

    I did this with my discord.exe and it works. Just find the program and you good to go.

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  • masterfelu
    • Editado

    op here. this is how i fixed my problem:

    1. download autoruns from here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns 
    2. extract > open folder > right-click Autoruns/Autoruns64(depends on ur os) > run as administrator
    3. find discord > right-click > jump to entry
    4. double-click Discord
    5. Put the file-path in value data in quotes.
    6. press ok > restart pc
    7. also u can check from startup section in task manager. there will an entry for discord:
    8. alternatively, u may wait for the devs to fix it.
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  • Dannyton29

    I found the solution, while reading through this thread I saw that Hipster1298 said something about discord being called by update by github. Once I enabled it and restarted my pc it started working again. Please make sure you have "Update" by github enabled

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  • Zhu
    • Editado

    Hey peeps, PLEASE UPVOTE Dannyton29's solution. For clarification, one can do this by going back to the Startup tab in Windows Task Manager, find the "Update" entry by GitHub, and then select Enable. Restart Windows and you should be good to go!


     

    Oh yeah, Discord, y'all really DO need to get up to speed here on proper Windows packaging. Been out there way too long for this to remain excusable. PLEASE PRIORITIZE. Thank you.

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  • Zapa
    • Editado

    Hey all!

    I had the same problem than Hipster1298 and It is due to a missing key in the registry that prevents Discord to load on Windows startup. That update.exe is not even the program executable. That is a secondary program to (obviously 😉) check for Discord new versions on startup and update it.

    So, the thing is that the actual key to load Discord on Windows startup is just missing and in order to fix it we will have to add it manually to the registry.

    Careful! If you are not used to touch the Windows registry you better wait for a fix in next updates!! Do it at your own risk! If you touch something wrong you can break your system which I will not be held responsible of.

    First of all we have to copy the route to the discord executable. The best way to do this is open a File explorer windows and navigate to C:\Users\<YOURUSERNAMEHERE>\AppData\Local\Discord\

    There you will see several folders with different versions of Discord. Double click on the last one

    Then click on the upper bar and it will show your current route. Just Ctrl+C to copy it to the clipboard

    Time to go to the registry editor. Click the magnifying glass and type "regedit" to easily find it and click on it.

    So, once we load the registry editor we have to search for the branch where all programs load at Windows startup which is 

    Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

    We click the "Run" folder to see the contents and then click secondary mouse button in an empty space at the right window to open contextual menu.  We click on "New" and then "String"

    That will create a new key. We put the name we want (except discord). I put Discordprog to identify it easily

    Now double click on the new key to open it and we paste the route at the text box and add Discord.exe at the end. If your username has blank spaces you will have to add quotation marks at the beginning and the end of the route which was not my case.

    Click OK and that is all. That key won't be altered because we have added it manually.

    Very important! When Discord fixes this WE WILL HAVE TO REMOVE THIS KEY MANUALLY.  We just open regedit, find the Run folder, find our key and press Supr key to delete it after confirmation.

    Hope it helps!

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  • Chameleon

    pxpcandy

    u better stfu, i have problem of this - task manager shows me discord as running but dont show me it in on startup applications so I aint able to turn it on, even I reinstalled it all and all settings in discord is on

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  • HxteM3

    Really have no idea if this will help anyone... but I looked in startup services and couldn't find Discord. I did however see "Update" by GitHub and it was disabled.. realized this was actually for Discord after opening file location.

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  • Hipster1298

    masterfelu actually it fixed the problem temporarily. Everytime I restart my pc the file path will just change back to what it was before so it'll change back to "Update" by Github in Task Manager but at least now I know that "Update" is actually Discord

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  • Totowow

    I did the fix above editing registry manually with no utility programs. I didn't restart my computer yet but I can see a slight difference in task manager: it shows "Update.exe --processStart Discord" with no publisher. I dunno if this fix works for me

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  • rubenayla

    I can confirm having the same problem on a fresh Windows 10 installation. We know that windows is a mess, but please discord, don't contribute to the messiness! A simple on-off switch in the settings to configure the auto start-up would be enough.

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  • Hipster1298

    masterfelu thanks ur fix worked, the only thing is I had to look in my files to change the file path because it was called "Update" before for some reason

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  • GC9.

    I can also confirm that Kiwi~'s solution works perfectly well. However I do still feel like Discord devs should try and sort this out as soon as possible.

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  • Hipster1298

    @Kiwi~'s solution is perfect, I didn't want to zapa's solution because I thought that I would forget to delete the new key later on.

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  • Hipster1298

    Zhu both Dannyton29's and Kiwi's solution work so upvote both

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  • Zhu

    Hi  Potehto! That sucks! The double Discord entry in Startup seems concerning. Have you tried uninstalling Discord and then manually nuking the discord folders under AppData\Local AND AppData\Roaming as well? Not sure if that'll take care of Update too. Then a Windows restart and reinstall for good measure.Best wishes!

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  • Zhu

    Hipster1298, I don't disagree however as easy a solution as Kiwi's is, it IS a workaround insomuch as a successful install of Discord should handle that automatically. That is does NOT indicates another issue which may crop up again later. Always best to attempt to get things to work the way they were intended if at all possible. ;)

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  • Lunaris
    • Editado

    Hi, All! I spent 72-hours trying to fix "Discord doesn't start with Windows 10," and found something in my scenario not mentioned here. I followed Discord's instructions to remove all traces of the program, going as far as to remove C:\ProgramData\SoftwareDistribution folder, as well as the recommended %locaAppData% and %AppData% Discord folders. I also found other tips to remove Registry entries for Discord at Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, and even Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run (if present). All in all, I could not reinstall Discord (multiple tries), until I restarted in Safe Mode + Networking (⊞+R > "msconfig"). After installing in Safe Mode + Networking, Discord still did not AutoStart with Windows 10. Here's how I fixed:

    1. Open TaskManager (CTRL+Shift+ESC)
    2. Left-click Tab "Startup"
    3. Right-click Entry "Update|Github"
    4. Left-click Dropdown Menu Item "Properties"
    5. Left-click Tab "Compatibility"
    6. Left-click Button "Change settings for all users"
    7. CLEAR Checkbox "Run the program as an administrator"
    8. Left-click Button "OK"
    9. Left-click Button "OK"
    10. Restart PC

    I think when trying all of Discord's recommendations I set Discord to "Run as administrator" and ran the installation file as administrator. I confirm that the "Run as Administrator" flag STAYED ON after uninstalling/deleting/reinstalling. Removing the flag and returning to default behavior (so long as you are actually logged into your admin account) worked for me. Hope this helps someone.

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  • genious 7

    Hi,

    I can confirm the issue. On username with spaces, discord fails to add the quotes to the startup registry entry, which is why it won't startup despite the setting being activated. On username without spaces, it isn't an issue, which (I guess) is how this issue got past Q/A.

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  • Hipster1298

    genious 7 i dont have spaces in my username but discord wont start on startup

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  • Cristhian Reinoso

    Zapa's solution is just perfect, if you're having troubles with Discord auto-starting with Windows, just follow the steps

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  • Potehto

    Have tried all the solutions but none of them seem to work for me :( I now have two of Discord and one of Update in my startup Window, and none of them seem to work regardless of which I enable, whether it's only one of them, or one of Discord and one of Update, or just Update without Discord, nor just Discord either.

    Have restarted my PC multiple times to try it too I think at this point I'm ready to throw in the towel and just accept that I'll just have to launch Discord manually on startup every time, no big deal, just would be nice if it would've been able to launch on startup on its own. Settings to launch on startup in Discord's own Windows Settings are all enabled either and still nothing.

    Funny how they charge $9.99 for Nitro and can't even get something like that right :/

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • masterfelu

    Hipster1298 can you share screenshot of the Autoruns application?

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  • Hipster1298

    This is what it shows for Discord on the Autoruns application. I drew over my username.

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  • masterfelu

    Well, there is no whitespace character in your username it seems, which was the reason the problem happened for me in the first place. I do not know what is the problem you are facing, but just to careful, make sure only the file path is in wuotes and not the entire command.
    Cheers!

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  • Hipster1298

    Zapa could I just change the original string to the correct value? I've been putting quotation marks around the file path and "-processStart Discord" at the end, is that not necessary?

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