BAT does no start AHK when put in Startup folder of Windows 10 [SOLVED]

[DOSadnie]

An AHK file with such content

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start "" "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe" "C:\SCRIPTStest.ahk"

works A-OK when I execute it by hand. But when I put in

C:\Users\YOUR-USER-NAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

folder an LNK leading to such BAT then it will not start itself automatically after resetting the system, even if I select for it

Properties > Advanced > Run as Administrator

from its shell menu


Why is that and how to avert this inability? This isn't the first time I have a problem with a link put in the Startup folder leading to some executable file - in a matter of fact this is exactly why I have inserted there a shortcut leading to this intermediary batch file instead of an LNK leading directly to AutoHotkey script file

[DOSadnie]

[...]
Why is that and how to avert this inability?
[...]

Well, does anyone happen to know?

[miskox]

Why don't you just execute:

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"C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe" "C:\SCRIPTStest.ahk"

Saso

[DOSadnie]

Because it works even worse: it leaves CMD window opened despite adding the script

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exit /B

at its end - present until I close this window manually or in whatever way that AHK script. And it also does not auto-start the AHK in question after reset of the system


But what does work is this variant

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Start "" "C:\SCRIPTStest.ahk"

but only if the LNK leading to put in the Startup system folder it is not set to Run as Administrator


Thank you for trying to help

[GeoffVass]

In the Start command, the first parameter is the title of the window being spawned, but actually it hardly ever shows up. Nevertheless I find it more reliable to have an actual title, eg

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Start "Title" [Command]

Start "" is unreliable I think.