Automatically start HWiNFO when windows starts

[John_82]

Hello,

I attach the selected settings.
However, when windows starts, HWiNFO does not automatically start.
I need to start it manually.

How can I correct it ?

Thank you for your time

 

[Martin]

Check in Windows Task Scheduler if there's a HWiNFO task.

 

[John_82]

Check in Windows Task Scheduler if there's a HWiNFO task.

Thank you for the reply.

I do not see anything.

Do you have any idea, how can I add it ?

Thank you for your time

 

[Martin]

Try to disable the Auto Start option, click OK, then again enable and OK.

 

[John_82]

Thank you for the reply.

I checked the above settings,
tried the "disable the Auto Start option, click OK, then again enable and OK.", and
then "run".

I restarted the laptop, but the issue remains.

So, while the program is running, I tried once more your suggestions, and I did one last restart, but the issue remains.

If you have any further thoughts, I would be glad to hear them.
This program is better that the other 2 that I have tried, but I can not install it every time I restart my laptop

 

[Martin]

Is the HWiNFO task still not present in Task Scheduler?
Are you running with sufficient (Administrative) rights?

 

[John_82]

I see that the HWiNFO task is present in Task Scheduler.

Yes, I run with administrative rights

 

[Martin]

Check if it's Last Run Result is reporting OK or some error. You might also try to manually run the task if it will work.

 

[John_82]

Thank you for the ideas.

Where can I find "Last Run Result " ?

I checked the "main" and the "sensors", and I couldn't find this option.

Thank you for your time

 

[Martin]

In Task Scheduler. Auto Start of HWiNFO is completely managed by Windows Task Scheduler, so if there's an issue, you should check the HWiNFO entry there.

 

[John_82]

I do not see any issue.

Obviously, it is not going to happen.

Anyway, thank you for your time and your support

Best regards

 

[Bekarfel]

I'm having this issue as well, but I don't see an HWiNFO entry in Task Scheduler.
I have disabled the auto-start option and clicked OK, and I enabled the auto-start option and clicked OK, and still no entry in the windows task scheduler.

 

[Martin]

Are you using the portable or installer HWiNFO version?
Can you look in your TEMP folder if there's a file called HWiNFO-Sch.xml ?

 

[Bekarfel]

Hello Martin, Apologies for the late response but I had an unrelated hardware failure and just got around to reinstalling HWiNFO.

The new installation also does not start up automatically, and does not have a HWiNFO entry in the Task Scheduler.

I'm using the installer version of HWiNFO ( downloaded this: https://www.fosshub.com/HWiNFO.html?dwl=hwi_706.exe ), and I don't see a file called HWiNFO-Sch.xml in my %temp% folder.

 

[Martin]

Are you perhaps running some antivirus or antimalware software that could be preventing HWiNFO from creating the task in Task Scheduler?

 

[Bekarfel]

The only antivirus/antimalware software I have running is Windows Defender.

Would installing HWiNFO to a 'non-standard' location (for example if Windows says my programs folder is on C:\Program Files, but I have installed HWiNFO to D:\Program Files) cause it to install as a portable edition?

 

[Martin]

That should not be an issue.
If you don't see the "HWiNFO-Sch.xml" file in your %temp% folder even after disabling/enabling Auto Start, it could mean something is preventing HWiNFO64 from accessing the %temp% folder.

 

[Bekarfel]

This might be a heisenbug? Last night it did not create a HWiNFO-Sch.xml file in %temp%, but today, when you mentioned that something could be preventing HWiNFO from accessing the %temp% folder I couldn't think of a thing that would cause that. So I went to make a Procmon log of the operation to see if there was something in that, and it worked during the logging. I haven't restarted yet, but there is a HWiNFO-Sch.xml file in %temp% and there is an entry for HWiNFO in Task Scheduler.

 

[Almighty1]

Thanks to this thread, I got the AutoStart working with the new beta as it was basically what post #4 said and then checking task scheduler to confirm the HWinfo entry and then rebooting to make sure it works after manually running the task before rebooting.