Start automatically on login not working

[FrogFan]

Steps To Reproduce

Running Bitwarden on following version of Windows 10: Version 10.0.19045 Build 19045

Install the following version of Bitwarden:

Version 2025.1.3
SDK 'main (28c7e29)'
Shell 33.2.1
Renderer 130.0.6723.137
Node 20.18.1
Architecture x64

Under File>Settings>Security, check "Start automatically on login". Restart computer and observe that Bitwarden does not start automatically. This functionality had been working correctly until the latest version was pushed.

Expected Result

Expect Bitwarden desktop app to startup on restart of computer.

Actual Result

Bitwarden does not startup automatically as expected.

Screenshots or Videos

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Additional Context

Functionality was working on previous versions of the app.

Operating System

Windows

Operating System Version

Version 10.0.19045 Build 19045

Installation method

Direct Download (from bitwarden.com)

Build Version

2025.1.3

Issue Tracking Info

• I understand that work is tracked outside of GitHub. A PR will be linked to this issue should one be opened to address it, but Bitwarden doesn't use fields like "assigned", "milestone", or "project" to track progress.

[bitwarden-bot]

Thank you for reporting this issue! We've added this to our internal tracking system.
ID: PM-17712

[cbbit]

Hi there,

I am unable to reproduce this issue, it has been escalated for further investigation. If you have more information that can help us, please add it below.

Thanks!

[FrogFan]

Hello, I have some additional information to share. If I add the Bitwarden desktop icon to my "Startup" folder in Windows 10, then it starts and runs minimized and places an icon in the system tray. Before the latest release, I didn't have to place the icon on the startup folder. The program simply started, and placed an icon in the system tray "automatically". It had been doing this for quite a long time. I can't be sure that something in Windows on my laptop is not causing this behavior, because this week another program I use for backing up my PC failed to run on startup, and I had to place its icon on the "Startup" folder. Incidentally, I have another Windows 10 computer running Bitwarden and the desktop app starts and runs normally (and places an icon in the system tray). So, it seems that something about my laptop's configuration is causing Bitwarden to behave differently from expected. I have not made any changes to it that I can think of off hand. If there is additional information I could provide to help you get to the bottom of this problem (perhaps others have seen it?) please advise. Thank you for your support. On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM cbbit ***@***.******@***.***>> wrote: Hi there, I am unable to reproduce this issue, it has been escalated for further investigation. If you have more information that can help us, please add it below. Thanks! — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#13129 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACTFXXFG7AK5P3TNQTKMFAD2ODCYDAVCNFSM6AAAAABWDHAS26VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDMMZUGA3TSNRUGE>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>