C# Win8 Store App startup with Windows

[James Rose]

I am rewring an app that currently has an option to start when Windows starts (via RUN in the registry)  I have been looking to see what the standards are for Windows 8 Store apps, and if I should still set this in the registry and/or if this is no longer considered best practice and if so... what is?

 

Thanks.

[Kami-]

You could put it in c:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup I guess, not sure if there is a better way other than registry.

[Eric Veteran]

If it's something you want to run in the background it has to be configured as a lock screen application as far as I know.

[AsherGZ]

If it's a Windows 8 Store app, you can't run it at startup. Actually you can't run it at all unless the user executes it himself. The most you can do is run a background process and use push notifications.

[James Rose]

Thanks for the feedback.   This is my media player that is designed for use on a tv.  Current version: http://www.blissgig.com/display.aspx?id=13  Upcoming version: http://www.blissgig.com/display.aspx?id=21

 

If anyone has a link to the proper process on startup apps I would really appreciate it.

[Eric Veteran]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh770837.aspx

This is the documentation for launch/resume/suspend. There is no way to programmatically bring an app to the foreground. It has to be launched by the user. You can have a separate background task that's tied to the lock screen to handle tasks that might take the app longer to start but that's about it.

[LambdaLambdaLambdaFn]

You can't run a Windows Store app on startup like you can a Desktop app.

 

Depending what your app does, you could use WNS to update a live tile or show a toast notification.  When the user clicks the toast, your app will run.

[rfirth]

To do what you're asking, you'd have to put Windows 8.1 into kiosk mode...

Your app would be automatically started when the computer is turned on... exactly what you would want for a tv media player app. But you can't do it programmatically. The user has to do it.