Auto Launch

Auto launch any application or executable at startup. Supports Windows, Mac (via AppleScript or Launch Agent), and Linux.

How does it work? See Teamwork/node-auto-launch for details.

If you find any bugs, welcome to PR or issue.

Usage

The parameters of AutoLaunch::new are different on each platform. See the function definition or the demo below for details.

AutoLaunchBuilder helps to eliminate the constructor difference on various platforms.

use auto_launch::*;

fn main() {
    let auto = AutoLaunchBuilder::new()
        .set_app_name("the-app")
        .set_app_path("/path/to/the-app")
        .set_use_launch_agent(true)
        .build()
        .unwrap();

    auto.enable().unwrap();
    auto.is_enabled().unwrap();

    auto.disable().unwrap();
    auto.is_enabled().unwrap();
}

Linux

use auto_launch::AutoLaunch;

fn main() {
    let app_name = "the-app";
    let app_path = "/path/to/the-app";
    let auto = AutoLaunch::new(app_name, app_path, &[] as &[&str]);

    // enable the auto launch
    auto.enable().is_ok();
    auto.is_enabled().unwrap();

    // disable the auto launch
    auto.disable().is_ok();
    auto.is_enabled().unwrap();
}

macOS

macOS supports two ways to achieve auto launch (via AppleScript or Launch Agent). When the use_launch_agent is true, it will achieve by Launch Agent, otherwise by AppleScript.

Note:

• The app_path should be a absolute path and exists. Otherwise, it will cause an error when enable.
• In case using AppleScript, the app_name should be same as the basename of app_path, or it will be corrected automatically.
• In case using AppleScript, only --hidden and --minimized in args are valid, which means that hide the app on launch.

use auto_launch::AutoLaunch;

fn main() {
    let app_name = "the-app";
    let app_path = "/path/to/the-app.app";
    let auto = AutoLaunch::new(app_name, app_path, false, &[] as &[&str]);

    // enable the auto launch
    auto.enable().is_ok();
    auto.is_enabled().unwrap();

    // disable the auto launch
    auto.disable().is_ok();
    auto.is_enabled().unwrap();
}

Windows

On Windows, it will add registry entries under \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartupApproved\Run.

It will also detect if startup is disabled inside Task Manager or the Windows settings UI, and can re-enable after being disabled in one of those.

use auto_launch::AutoLaunch;

fn main() {
    let app_name = "the-app";
    let app_path = "C:\\path\\to\\the-app.exe";
    let auto = AutoLaunch::new(app_name, app_path, &[] as &[&str]);

    // enable the auto launch
    auto.enable().is_ok();
    auto.is_enabled().unwrap();

    // disable the auto launch
    auto.disable().is_ok();
    auto.is_enabled().unwrap();
}

License

MIT License. See the License file for details.

Acknowledgement

The project is based on node-auto-launch.