oomek Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) After the last update from August there is no way to autorun an app through the registry in Windows 8.1. Do you have any idea how to overcome that limitation? Edited August 28, 2014 by oomek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 what do you mean with registry? Use the old Task Scheduler Trick which still works fine: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=135472 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oomek Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 (edited) By saying to autorun through the registry I meantHKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run or HKLM\..\RunI thought such an obvious thing doesn't need explaining.Also I'm aware of the old TaskScheduler trick, but the side effect of that is a flash of a command prompt window which for a person with an OCD is not fully acceptable Edited August 28, 2014 by oomek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I don't see a cmd. The normal Run entries still work for me and tool which require admin rights are always blocked since Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Also I'm aware of the old TaskScheduler trick, but the side effect of that is a flash of a command prompt window which for a person with an OCD is not fully acceptable Wouldn't be more important to get cured for the OCD? Can you post the specific command line that produces the "command prompt windows flashing" when added to SCHTASKS? If this is confirmed, you can use any among the various different tools that "hide" that "command prompt window flashing", though I haven't tested any of them on 8/8.1 there are at first sight no reasons for them to not work. jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 This just makes me all the more glad I've disabled UAC. And jaclaz, there's nothing wrong with a bit of healthy OCD. It's not a disease, it's what should be considered normal. It's all the sloppy folks who need to be cured. -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 It's not a disease, it's what should be considered normal. Sure , but if the OCD actually causes "fits" when (if) a black window flashes briefly, it sounds as being at a rather preoccupying level. jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Anyone with computer experience knows that the flashing CMD window is just the tip of the iceberg. A Windows system is barely functional when it looks perfect. If it looks a bit off, it is close to catastrophic failure. "Oi! Command Window Right Ahead, Captain!" -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oomek Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 I don't see a cmd. The normal Run entries still work for me and tool which require admin rights are always blocked since Vista. Since schtasks.exe is a console application I don't see a reason why you shouldn't see a CMD box. If you don't see that though it means you are doing it wrong And btw, I like my OCD, or as I call it, a chronic attention to detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpclient Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 There is also a GUI tool called Task Scheduler which doesn't show console windows. If the Task Scheduler's crappy and slow UI is annoying you, use a tool like Startup Unblocker: http://www.jimmah.com/vista/content.aspx?id=2 which uses the Task Scheduler API to create the Task. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Since schtasks.exe is a console application I don't see a reason why you shouldn't see a CMD box. If you don't see that though it means you are doing it wrong And btw, I like my OCD, or as I call it, a chronic attention to detail.Yep , but usually people that are allergic to command prompt window know how to hide it, as said there are tens of utilities that can have it hidden, but also making a batch and "wrapping it" in a .vbs should do, like: http://serverfault.com/questions/522255/how-to-prevent-schtasks-on-windows-7-from-showing-the-command-prompt-after-execu http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/78097-release-cmdhideexe/ etc. What I personally have on all my systems is nircmd (that can do that and much more): http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html but as said you will have to check if these programs work on your version of windows. jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oomek Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 I know how to hide it, but wrapping it into an installer is firstly to intrusive to the end user, secondly not always foolproof. Since the last Windows update my app needs an admin rights, can't do much about it as the on screen keyboard won't receive clicks when I call mouse_event or SendInput in C# with standard privileges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Do you know what update, specifically, changed Windows' behavior and make life difficult for your application? -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oomek Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 (edited) Most likely that recent cummulative August update blocked the autostart of the apps with admin privileges, so I will have to go through that list one by one. I've only identified the one which adds restrictions to the on screen keyboard. It's KB2973201 but those files have been updated again in another update so I had to uninstall all the updates which came out after that one. Edited August 30, 2014 by oomek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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