Windows cannot auto launch after application's install path changed.

[lanistor]

• The target platform(s) the problem occurs on (Linux, Mac, Mac App Store, and or Windows): Windows10
• Node version (run node -v): 12.2
• auto-launch version: 5.0.5
• The options you're passing to auto-launch:

  new AutoLaunch({
  name: SystemConfig.EN_NAME,
  mac: {
    useLaunchAgent: true,
  }
  });

• Are you using NW.js or Electron?
  • If so, which version?
  • Yes, Electron 6.0.2
  • If you're using Electron, are you using auto-launch from the main process or a renderer process?
  • main process
• Can you reproduce this with a simple Hello World example app?
  • sorry, i cannot.
• If needs be, would you be able to provide us with a simple app (as simple as possible) which reproduces the problem?

  • maybe

I use electron, at first, i use node x64 to build our app, and it installed in default directory c:/program file in all uses' system, and it can auto launch. However, when i change node to x32, it installed in default directory c:/program file(x86), and it cannot auto launch anymore, even i use disable() then enable.

[Oxalin]

It is not a bug. The app is registered with a given path when being registered. If this path is changed, Windows, or any other OS, will not be able to find the app where it was registered.

What you would have to do is to support this at the app level if you intend to change from one to the other.

Or am I missing something?

[Oxalin]

Oh, I think I see what you mean. The registry key should be recreated when disabling and re-enabling auto-launch.

Could you have a look where the registry key is written (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run) and look at the entries? When enabling, an entry should be added; when disabling, the entry should be removed. Since it's the same app, the previous key should be deleted when disabling and recreated with the new path when re-enabling (if the appName is the same, which is used as the description of the entry).

[Oxalin]

I'll close this issue. Please, reopen it if you can reproduce it or add more info.