How can I make an application automatically start when I have logged in?
How can I make an application automatically start when I have logged in?
If not yet done by default install gnome-startup-applications
Search and open "Startup Applications"
click add to enter the command including options of your application as you would run it from terminal (you may have to give in the full path if it runs from a non-standard location)
Open the Dash and search for "Startup Applications"
Now click on Add and give in the command to run the application. This can be found in Main Menu if installed (see below)
Firstly open the program 'Main Menu' (type Menu
in the Dash)
Now select the program which you want to add to startup and click on properties .
Now note the command for that program .
Advanced users may want to manually put a .desktop
file in ~/.config/autostart
to run applications after a user login. This may have following content:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=<Name of application as displayed>
Exec=<command to execute>
Icon=<full path to icon>
Comment=<optinal comments>
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
You may have to give this file execute permission.