【Open-Source Self-Promotion】WinTray auto-starts any program minimized to the tray or in the background

Software Name

WinTray

Supported Platform

Windows

Brief Introduction

Automatically minimize .exe programs to the system tray after launching them at startup, and launch .bat, .cmd, .ps1, .py, and .pyw programs silently in the background without displaying windows, enabling seamless operation after startup.

Application Overview

This tool was created with the help of AI after I found that Tianyi Cloud Drive required me to manually close its interface every time it launched at startup. It automatically closes the interfaces of similar software that supports startup but does not provide a silent-launch option, so you won’t have to deal with this annoyance every time.

More features have been added on this basis:

  • Silently launch software that does not support automatic startup

  • Silently launch various terminal-based scripts and programs in the background

  • Start programs silently in the background instantly

  • Automatically exit after completing its startup tasks, leaving nothing behind in the system tray for truly seamless operation

Written in Go—truly lightweight.

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