I am able to run notepad minimized:



However, Firefox always starts maximized!?

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<AMRUN FILE="%windir%\system32\notepad.exe" WINDOWSTARTUP="minimized" />

Hi Erik,

What version of Windows are you running? Is Windows 7 x86 or x64? Is Firefox x86 or x64? Running Firefox 54.0.1 x64 on Windows 8.1 x64 and Automate 9.0.5 always starts Firefox minimized.

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<AMRUN FILE="&amp;quot;C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe&amp;quot;" WINDOWSTARTUP="minimized" DEFAULTFOLDER="C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox" />

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Hi Leonard,
I am running Windows 7 - 64 bit and Firefox (v54.0.1) - 32 bit.

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Edited: 08/04/2017 at 01:44 PM by ErikLundstrom

Hi ErikLundstrom,

The current builds of Firefox ignore the Windows start settings. To have Firefox opened minimized, you would need install a Firefox addon, such as "Minimize On Start And Close" to have that ability with Firefox. Please be advised, that these are global settings for Firefox and will impact any newly opened Firefox window.

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Justin Aucoin | Support Analyst
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What I really wanted to do was to run it Hidden, but that also doesn’t work (and cannot be accomplished by "Minimize On Start and Close").

I only need this for a particular task, and I could install an old FF version for this purpose. Which is the latest FF version that Automate could still Hide?

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Hi ErikLundstrom,

Unfortunately I was not able to discover a specific version of Firefox that supports the Windows launch minimized system command. However in my research, this does appear to have been the case for a number of years.

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Justin Aucoin | Support Analyst
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FYI:
It works on FF v23 but not on v35, so it stopped somewhere in-between those version.

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Hi Erik,

Thank you for the information.

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Justin Aucoin | Support Analyst
AutoMate | Division of HelpSystems
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