Run At Startup

Epiales666

Hey all,

I'm wondering if there's a way to run a program WITHIN QT at startup of the qt program? I've searched the internet for awhile now and can't find anything about it.

What I'm doing. I have a QT program that I've created, but at the top of the program, I want to run the resource monitor inside the program. I need the resource monitor to actually start and show when I run the qt application. Is this possible? Thanks all!

Fuel

You mean the Windows Resource Monitor? I dont think so. Its Part of the OS. There are no Functions to implement it in your own Program. Maybe with C# but i dont know.

Epiales666

@Fuel said in Run At Startup:

You mean the Windows Resource Monitor? I dont think so. Its Part of the OS. There are no Functions to implement it in your own Program. Maybe with C# but i dont know.

It's not necessarily the windows resource monitor, but another 3rd party resource monitor that shows in just one line on my computer. I would like it to run in the actual program I have created. But yeah, something like that. As stated, I've hunted awhile now online and haven't found anything related to what I'm wanting to do. So I decided to give in and just ask lol.

mrjj

Hi
Maybe i don't understand clearly what you are trying
but can you just start the other external .exe program using QProcess ?
When you app starts up.

Epiales666

@mrjj said in Run At Startup:

Hi
Maybe i don't understand clearly what you are trying
but can you just start the other external .exe program using QProcess ?
When you app starts up.

Yeah, I tried something like this:

    QString program = "C:/resomonitor.exe";
    QStringList arguments;
    arguments << "-style" << "motif";

    QProcess *myProcess = new QProcess(parent);
    myProcess->start(program, arguments);

But nothing works. The program still runs with no errors, but nothing happens.

mrjj

@Epiales666

is that a Qt program? (resomonitor.exe)
the -style suggest it.
Also if u go to c:\ and click on it , it will run ?

did you try with other program for test ?
like notepad.exe

Epiales666

@mrjj said in Run At Startup:

@Epiales666

is that a Qt program? (resomonitor.exe)
the -style suggest it.
Also if u go to c:\ and click on it , it will run ?

did you try with other program for test ?
like notepad.exe

No, it's a 3rd part resource monitor. And yeah, if I go there and click, it runs. I can either put the .exe in C:/ or I can use AHK (autohotkey) to make a file to run it. But either way, I can't get the program to start using Qprocess. I"m sure there's a way to do it, but I haven't found it yet. Thank you!

mrjj

@Epiales666
It normally just works.
Also, just use notepad.exe did not work either ??

try this oneliner
bool ok = QProcess::startDetached("notepad.exe");

Epiales666

@mrjj said in Run At Startup:

bool ok = QProcess::startDetached("notepad.exe");

Yeah, I get the error

warning: C4189: 'ok' : local variable is initialized but not referenced

But it opens notepad.

mrjj

@Epiales666
it is just warning telling we did not use bool ok for anything and that
is right :)
ok so now try with

c:\\resomonitor.exe

if that cannot start, i am guessing on it needs extra dlls that the
environment inside QProcess is not setup to find.

Epiales666

@mrjj said in Run At Startup:

c:\resomonitor.exe

Nope, doesn't do anything either :(

Thank you for taking the time to help m8. I'll keep messing around with it... tytyty

mrjj

@Epiales666

im pretty sure it just needs some extra dlls.
Did you just take it from its installation folder and
put alone in c:\ ?
and u did use 2 backslashes ?

c:\\xx.exe <-- 2 in code

Is it a public free one i could also download?

Epiales666

@mrjj said in Run At Startup:

@Epiales666

im pretty sure it just needs some extra dlls.
Did you just take it from its installation folder and
put alone in c:\ ?
and u did use 2 backslashes ?
c:\\xx.exe <-- 2 in code
Is it a public free one i could also download?

Okay, here is the actual link to the resource monitor

QProcess::startDetached("C:\\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare Ultimate\Monitor.exe");

And yes, I put a shortcut in C: and also in system 32, so that I could try using it both ways:

QProcess::startDetached("C:\\Monitor.exe");

QProcess::startDetached("Monitor.exe");

Trying all three above shows no errors, but won't work either :(

mrjj

Hi
I do not think you can just copy monitor alone.
that is the error. i guess it has dlls in its folder, which are NOT found when running it
with QProcess since they are in other folder.

for this line

QProcess::startDetached("C:\\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare Ultimate\Monitor.exe");
did you escape all slashes ?
also it might not like the spaces unless you put "" around

like this

QProcess::startDetached("\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Windows Photo Viewer\\ImagingDevices.exe\"");

this starts the app.

Epiales666

@mrjj

Yeah, I've tried that way as well... my newest attempts are:

QProcess *process = new QProcess(this);
QString monitor="\"C:\\Monitor.exe\"";
process->startDetached(monitor);

AND

QProcess::startDetached("\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\IObit\\Advanced SystemCare Ultimate\\Monitor.exe\"");

Neither one of them work either. Grrrrr Your example works fine. It opens correctly... what am I doing wrong?

mrjj

@Epiales666
I guess that Monitor.exe dont like to be started like that :)
Im not sure what environment QProcess starts with. if copy of default
or a reduced one. In any case, i think Monitor.exe tried to load something in dont find when started like that.

Epiales666

@mrjj said in Run At Startup:

@Epiales666
I guess that Monitor.exe dont like to be started like that :)
Im not sure what environment QProcess starts with. if copy of default
or a reduced one. In any case, i think Monitor.exe tried to load something in dont find when started like that.

Yeah, I can do variants of

QProcess *process = new QProcess(this);
QString monitor="\"C:\Monitor.exe\"";
process->startDetached(monitor);

And it will work. Like if I put in the address for internet explorer, it works fine. So does the example you gave me... But it doesn't seem to like Monitor.exe for whatever reason. Frustrating. It shouldn't matter what exe it is. It should open regardless.

Anyway, thank you for your help. I'll still mess around with other variants and see if I can't get something to work.

mrjj

@Epiales666 said in Run At Startup:

what exe it is. It should open regardless.

No, that really is not the case.
if it has some path set in ENVIRONMENT it uses for data or loads dlls directly from subfolder next to exe, it
wont work as QProcess might not have
same setup in ENVIRONMENT. ( i dont know if true or false)

Also if this one
"Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 10 is a powerful and full-scale software for PC security"
It might detect it as tampering and hence do not start.

Epiales666

@mrjj

Thank you very much for your help. I'm going to go ahead and classify this topic as solved, since there is no work around to doing what I'd like to do. You were an extremely helpful person. I'll go back and add to your reputation. Thank you much

Epiales666

@mrjj

So you know, I solved the problem by doing the below:

QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl("file:///C:/Program Files (x86)/IObit/Advanced SystemCare Ultimate/Monitor.exe", QUrl::TolerantMode));

Only issue is I don't know how to place it to a particular spot on my system. I have a blank table set inside my program so that I can move it right into that spot and it looks lke it's part of the program lol... so just have to figure out how to move it to x and y position so that it starts there along with the program at startup.

But wanted to let you know there was a work around to get it to start when system boots. Again, thanks for your help.