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fix(autostart): remove --no-console from Windows instructions (fixes #945) #955

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Expand Up @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/win32/taskschd.
#. Click "New...".
#. Enter the path to ``syncthing.exe`` in "Program/script:" (for
example ``C:\syncthing\syncthing.exe``).
#. Enter ``--no-console --no-browser`` in "Add arguments (optional):"
#. Enter ``--no-browser`` in "Add arguments (optional):"
#. Click "OK".

|Windows Task Scheduler Actions Screenshot|
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|Windows Startup Folder New Shortcut Screenshot|

#. Enter the path to ``syncthing.exe`` in "Type the location of the item:"
followed by ``--no-console --no-browser`` (for example ``C:\syncthing\syncthing.exe
--no-console --no-browser``).
into the command ``conhost.exe --headless syncthing.exe --no-browser``
(for example ``conhost.exe --headless C:\syncthing\syncthing.exe --no-browser``).

|Windows Startup Folder Create Shortcut Screenshot|

Expand All @@ -176,6 +176,13 @@ user account in Windows. No console or browser window will pop-up, but
you can still access the interface by opening http://localhost:8384 in
a Web browser.

.. note::

It used to be possible to start Syncthing with its console window hidden by
using the `--no-console` option. However, this method no longer works in
newer versions of Windows that have Windows Terminal set as their default
shell. For this reason, using `--no-console` is no longer recommended here.

.. _autostart-windows-tools:

Install and run using third-party tools
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