# Launch Node-Red project On windows Start

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launch-node-red-project-on-windows-start/8045>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [16 February 2019 13:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launch-node-red-project-on-windows-start/8045 "2019-02-16T13:06:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![hathemi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/hathemi/32/3792_2.png) [@hathemi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hathemi)\
**Post date:** [16 February 2019 13:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launch-node-red-project-on-windows-start/8045/1 "2019-02-16T13:06:56Z")

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i have windows 10 on my machine. I wonder how can i launch such project when windows start??

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**Author:** ![ukmoose](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ukmoose/32/13_2.png) [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)\
**Post date:** [16 February 2019 13:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launch-node-red-project-on-windows-start/8045/2 "2019-02-16T13:11:14Z")

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Covered in the docs [https://nodered.org/docs/platforms/windows](https://nodered.org/docs/platforms/windows)

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**Author:** ![hathemi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/hathemi/32/3792_2.png) [@hathemi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hathemi)\
**Post date:** [16 February 2019 13:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launch-node-red-project-on-windows-start/8045/3 "2019-02-16T13:18:28Z")

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thnx a lot is so clear in doc. what i want is to auto-start a flow on startup not only node-red. is it posiible thing ??

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [16 February 2019 13:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launch-node-red-project-on-windows-start/8045/4 "2019-02-16T13:39:23Z")

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When node-red starts it will run all the flows in the flows file.  
If you want a particular operation to start then you can use an inject node set to trigger on startup to set it in action.

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**Author:** ![hathemi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/hathemi/32/3792_2.png) [@hathemi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hathemi)\
**Post date:** [16 February 2019 14:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launch-node-red-project-on-windows-start/8045/5 "2019-02-16T14:51:07Z")

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thnx for respond. Specificly, i need to display dashboad directly on windows starts. ?? is there a way to do that ?

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [16 February 2019 15:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launch-node-red-project-on-windows-start/8045/6 "2019-02-16T15:03:29Z")

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Displaying the dashboard is nothing to do with node-red. Do you mean you want to start the browser with the dashboard on display? I presume that on windows there is a way of automatically starting applications on startup, so if you configure it to start your browser, pointing at the dashboard url then that should work.

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**Author:** ![hathemi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/hathemi/32/3792_2.png) [@hathemi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hathemi)\
**Post date:** [16 February 2019 15:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launch-node-red-project-on-windows-start/8045/7 "2019-02-16T15:31:03Z")

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> [@Colin](#):
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> start the browser with the dashboard on display

yes Sir, that's what i want. i will see how to do configuration. thnx anyway.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [16 February 2019 16:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launch-node-red-project-on-windows-start/8045/8 "2019-02-16T16:35:09Z")

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> [@hathemi](#):
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> yes Sir, that's what i want. i will see how to do configuration. thnx anyway.

There are a number of ways to do this.

The most robust is to configure Windows in Kiosk mode. In that mode, a user cannot do anything other than see the browser window.

Next most robust is to go into the Windows Scheduler and create a new entry that is triggered at the right time - either on login or, if not using a login, at Windows startup. The entry can simply use a command like `start http://localhost:1880/ui`.

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**Author:** ![hathemi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/hathemi/32/3792_2.png) [@hathemi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hathemi)\
**Post date:** [18 February 2019 11:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launch-node-red-project-on-windows-start/8045/9 "2019-02-18T11:37:57Z")

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using task scheduler doesn't launch node-red on windows startup. using pm2 does launch node-red but creats a problem with phantomjs. is there anyway else to lauch node-red ?

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [18 February 2019 13:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launch-node-red-project-on-windows-start/8045/11 "2019-02-18T13:35:46Z")

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> [@hathemi](#):
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> using task scheduler doesn't launch node-red on windows startup

It absolutely does. I've done it. Task scheduler is very powerful and can be used to start just about anything at boot/Windows start/login/logout/shutdown and any number of other events.