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40 changes: 35 additions & 5 deletions src/library/autoLaunchAPI/autoLaunchAPIWindows.js
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Expand Up @@ -3,9 +3,14 @@ import path from 'path';
import Winreg from 'winreg';
import AutoLaunchAPI from './autoLaunchAPI.js';

const regKey = new Winreg({
const runRegKey = new Winreg({
hive: Winreg.HKCU,
key: '\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run'
key: '\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run',
});

const startupApprovedRegKey = new Winreg({
hive: Winreg.HKCU,
key: '\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\StartupApproved\\Run',
});

export default class AutoLaunchAPIWindows extends AutoLaunchAPI {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -64,10 +69,18 @@ export default class AutoLaunchAPIWindows extends AutoLaunchAPI {
}
}

regKey.set(this.appName, Winreg.REG_SZ, `"${pathToAutoLaunchedApp}"${args}`, (err) => {
runRegKey.set(this.appName, Winreg.REG_SZ, `"${pathToAutoLaunchedApp}"${args}`, (err) => {
if (err != null) {
return reject(err);
}

// Enable the startup task in StartupApproved
startupApprovedRegKey.set(this.appName, Winreg.REG_BINARY, Buffer.from('03000000', 'hex'), (err_) => {
if (err_ != null) {
return reject(err_);
}
return resolve();
});
return resolve();
});
});
Expand All @@ -76,7 +89,7 @@ export default class AutoLaunchAPIWindows extends AutoLaunchAPI {
// Returns a Promise
disable() {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
regKey.remove(this.appName, (err) => {
runRegKey.remove(this.appName, (err) => {
if (err != null) {
// The registry key should exist but, in case it fails because it doesn't exist,
// resolve false instead of rejecting with an error
Expand All @@ -85,6 +98,14 @@ export default class AutoLaunchAPIWindows extends AutoLaunchAPI {
}
return reject(err);
}

// Disable the startup task in StartupApproved
startupApprovedRegKey.set(this.appName, Winreg.REG_BINARY, Buffer.from('02000000', 'hex'), (err_) => {
if (err_ != null) {
return reject(err_);
}
return resolve();
});
return resolve();
});
});
Expand All @@ -93,10 +114,19 @@ export default class AutoLaunchAPIWindows extends AutoLaunchAPI {
// Returns a Promise which resolves to a {Boolean}
isEnabled() {
return new Promise((resolve) => {
regKey.valueExists(this.appName, (err, exists) => {
runRegKey.valueExists(this.appName, (err, exists) => {
if (err != null) {
return resolve(false);
}

// Check if the startup task is enabled
startupApprovedRegKey.get(this.appName, (err_, item) => {
if (err_ != null || !item || item.value.toString('hex') !== '03000000') {
return resolve(false);
}
return resolve(true);
});

return resolve(exists);
});
});
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