Universal Windows App - Auto Startup

Question

We have developed a Universal Windows App mainly focusing for Desktops. We are able to install and run the app without any issue.

Now our client is asking for Auto Startup facility, whenever the machine is started or restarted, the app should run automatically.

We could not find an option for enabling the same while creating package.

Can you please suggest a solution for achieving the auto start up?

Answer 1

There is a workaround which allows you start the app during startup.

First you need to get a *.lnk shortcut to the app. This can be done by pinning the app to the Start Menu as a tile and then dragging and dropping the tile to a folder or to the Desktop. This will create a shortcut that can launch the app.

To run the app automatically after boot, you can just put it into the Startup folder: press Win+R and type shell:startup. Everything in this folder is automatically opened after boot. You can just drag and drop your *.lnk file in this folder and reboot to see how it works.