Bug? V2.5.1 won't start automatically at Windows logon

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Posts: 27
Joined: December 4, 2016 - 18:13
Bug? V2.5.1 won't start automatically at Windows logon

I can't get VirtualMidiSynth 2.5.1 to automatically start up at Windows logon on my WIndows 7 64 bit PC.

I keep ticking the box "Start automatically at logon" under appearance under options but after VirtualMidiSynth is shut down (manually or by shutting dowen Windows) the option is cleared and VirtualMidiSynth does not start up next time I log in to Windows.

Later:

I can fix it so it starts automatically by putting quotes around the registry entry like this:

Changing this:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"VirtualMIDISynth"="C:\\Program Files\\VirtualMIDISynth\\VirtualMIDISynth.exe"

To this:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"VirtualMIDISynth"="\"C:\\Program Files\\VirtualMIDISynth\\VirtualMIDISynth.exe\""

Very weird.

Posts: 1972
Joined: March 25, 2012 - 01:19
Re: Bug? V2.5.1 won't start automatically at Windows logon

Well, on my Win10-x64-1708 I have both quoted and unquoted items, aned they all work well.
It seems that the quoted format is most "compatible" with all Windows version, so I've switched to that.

Just released version 2.5.2 with the fix.
Thanks for your bug report and testing ;)

Posts: 27
Joined: December 4, 2016 - 18:13
Re: Bug? V2.5.1 won't start automatically at Windows logon

Wow - amazingly quick response.

Thank you so much.

I also seem to have a couple of entries under Run without quotes that, as far as I can see, must be be working okay.

So something odd is going on which could just be my PC.

Anyway hopefully your fix will fix it for me without causing anyone else problems.

Thank you very much.

Posts: 1972
Joined: March 25, 2012 - 01:19
Re: Bug? V2.5.1 won't start automatically at Windows logon

Your bug report came just before the scheduled 2.5.2 release date and you also provided a ready-to-use fix ;)