{"id":23577,"date":"2022-04-18T08:14:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T07:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/23577\/pidgin-autostart-unter-windows\/"},"modified":"2022-04-18T09:05:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T08:05:30","slug":"pidgin-autostart-on-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/23577\/pidgin-autostart-on-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Pidgin Autostart on Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pidgin is a freely available chat client, which can integrate many chat protocols, e.g. XMPP<\/abbr> or IRC<\/abbr> at the same time, such as encryption of messages, and is also extensible. If you use Pidgin under Windows 10 or Windows 11, then it would be practical if Pidgin would start automatically after Windows is booted (Autostart).<\/p>\n

Unfortunately the corresponding setting is not so easy to find. One would assume that you just go to Tools \u27a4 Preferences<\/em> and find an Autostart option there. Unfortunately, this is not the case.<\/p>\n

Set autostart via plugin<\/h2>\n

Interestingly, this setting must be made via plugins. To do this, use the Ctrl+U<\/em> key combination or go to the Tools \u27a4 Plugins<\/em> menu.<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot
Start plugins with menu “Tools” (Ctrl+U)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There you should find the Window-Pidgin Options<\/strong> plugin and select it via the checkbox.<\/p>\n

Then click the Configure Plugin<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot
Select and configure Windows Pidgin options<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And then in the next step, you can check the “Start Pidgin on Windows startup<\/em>” checkbox.<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot
Select checkbox “Start Pidgin on Windows startup”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now close all windows again and from now on the chat client starts immediately when Windows boots.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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