Is there a way to register an installed app to run on Windows startup when using Squirrel.Windows to build the installer?
Thanks!
I just found out about Custom Squirrel Events and we can handle those to create/remove the appropriate registry for our app to run at windows startup.
using Microsoft.Win32;
using Squirrel;
using System.IO;
public static class UpdateManagerExtensions
{
private static RegistryKey OpenRunAtWindowsStartupRegistryKey() =>
Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(
"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run", true);
public static void CreateRunAtWindowsStartupRegistry(this UpdateManager updateManager)
{
using (var startupRegistryKey = OpenRunAtWindowsStartupRegistryKey())
startupRegistryKey.SetValue(
updateManager.ApplicationName,
Path.Combine(updateManager.RootAppDirectory, $"{updateManager.ApplicationName}.exe"));
}
public static void RemoveRunAtWindowsStartupRegistry(this UpdateManager updateManager)
{
using (var startupRegistryKey = OpenRunAtWindowsStartupRegistryKey())
startupRegistryKey.DeleteValue(updateManager.ApplicationName);
}
}
string updateUrl = //...
using (var mgr = new UpdateManager(updateUrl)))
{
SquirrelAwareApp.HandleEvents(
onInitialInstall: v =>
{
mgr.CreateShortcutForThisExe();
mgr.CreateRunAtWindowsStartupRegistry();
},
onAppUninstall: v =>
{
mgr.RemoveShortcutForThisExe();
mgr.RemoveRunAtWindowsStartupRegistry();
});
}