# Autostart as Admin

**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/autostart-as-admin/10626
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 28, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/autostart-as-admin/10626 "2020-08-28T21:54:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Alfred\_Muhlleitner](https://forum.duplicati.com/user_avatar/forum.duplicati.com/alfred_muhlleitner/32/3061_2.png) [@Alfred\_Muhlleitner](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/Alfred_Muhlleitner)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/autostart-as-admin/10626/1 "2020-08-28T21:54:35Z")

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I found this in the forum:  
Update the Duplicati.GUI.TrayIcon.exe shortcut in your Startup folder to “Run this program as an administrator” (under the Compatibility tab of Properties)

But this does not work. TrayIcon does NOT appear.

I have to start it manually as admin

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### Author: ![drwtsn32](https://forum.duplicati.com/user_avatar/forum.duplicati.com/drwtsn32/32/2591_2.png) [@drwtsn32](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/drwtsn32)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/autostart-as-admin/10626/2 "2020-08-29T02:10:32Z")

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Interesting… I had heard that method worked although I never used it myself.

Personally I use the Task Scheduler approach: set up a task to run the tray icon process elevated and set the trigger to be when you log in. Don’t forget to remove the icon from your startup group.

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### Author: ![ts678](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@ts678](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/ts678)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/autostart-as-admin/10626/3 "2020-08-30T23:27:44Z")

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> [@Alfred\_Muhlleitner](#):
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> I found this in the forum:

I wonder if that was tested? The intro that I see above it sounds like it was a bit of a guess.  
[Running as Administrator from Startup shortcut?](https://www.tenforums.com/general-support/89936-running-administrator-startup-shortcut.html) from Windows 10 Forums says it will fail.  
I didn’t have any luck with it, on either an Administrator or a Standard User account at login.

[How to Create Elevated App Shortcut without UAC Prompt in Windows 10](https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/57690-create-elevated-shortcut-without-uac-prompt-windows-10-a.html) has two options.  
There’s a restriction given there which I haven’t confirmed, but maybe @drwtsn32 knows:

> You must be signed in as an [**administrator**](https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/21680-determine-account-type-windows-10-a.html) to create and use this elevated shortcut.

[Manually Create Elevated App Shortcut without UAC Prompt in Task Scheduler](https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/57690-create-elevated-shortcut-without-uac-prompt-windows-10-a.html#option2) may be like:

> [@drwtsn32](#):
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> Personally I use the Task Scheduler approach

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### Author: ![JimboJones](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JimboJones](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/JimboJones)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/autostart-as-admin/10626/4 "2021-12-17T18:49:42Z")

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@drwtsn32@ts678 Check out [my last post in this thread](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/how-to-improve-my-backup-strategy-macrium-duplicati-ram-disk/13603/3).  
tl;dr Renaming “Duplicati.GUI.TrayIcon.exe” to “DuplicatiTrayIcon.exe” made it launch as it should.