From 951fb4f0217752d9620c9aba1f359b44d9c40bb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mika kuns <mika.kuns@fb-tuning.de>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 09:24:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(autostart): hide console window on logon via wscript VBS
 shim

Run-key autostart used to register node.exe directly, which made Windows pop a console window at every user logon. Now install-autostart writes a one-line WshShell.Run launcher with vbHide and points the Run-key value at wscript.exe, so the daemon starts truly hidden. Uninstall paths also clean the .vbs file.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 node/src/autostart/windows.ts | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/node/src/autostart/windows.ts b/node/src/autostart/windows.ts
index a3f4729..2ce2c54 100644
--- a/node/src/autostart/windows.ts
+++ b/node/src/autostart/windows.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ const SERVICE_NAME = "ClaudeMailbox";
 const RUN_KEY = "HKCU\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run";
 const RUN_VALUE = "ClaudeMailbox";
 const MARKER_FILE = "autostart-mode";
+const LAUNCHER_FILE = "autostart-launcher.vbs";
 
 function ensureConfigSeeded(opts: AutostartInstallOpts): string {
   const path = userConfigPath();
@@ -79,9 +80,33 @@ function tryScheduledTaskInstall(opts: AutostartInstallOpts): { ok: boolean; std
   return { ok: true, stderr: "" };
 }
 
+function runKeyLauncherPath(): string {
+  return join(dirname(userConfigPath()), LAUNCHER_FILE);
+}
+
+function writeRunKeyLauncher(configPath: string): string {
+  const { node, script } = buildServeCommand();
+  const cmd = `"${node}" "${script}" serve --config "${configPath}"`;
+  const escaped = cmd.replace(/"/g, '""');
+  const vbs =
+    `Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")\r\n` +
+    `WshShell.Run "${escaped}", 0, False\r\n` +
+    `Set WshShell = Nothing\r\n`;
+  const path = runKeyLauncherPath();
+  mkdirSync(dirname(path), { recursive: true });
+  writeFileSync(path, vbs, "utf8");
+  return path;
+}
+
+function removeRunKeyLauncher(): void {
+  const path = runKeyLauncherPath();
+  if (existsSync(path)) rmSync(path, { force: true });
+}
+
 function runKeyInstall(opts: AutostartInstallOpts): void {
   const configPath = ensureConfigSeeded(opts);
-  const cmd = buildServeCommandString(configPath);
+  const launcher = writeRunKeyLauncher(configPath);
+  const cmd = `wscript.exe "${launcher}"`;
   const r = run("reg.exe", [
     "add",
     RUN_KEY,
@@ -122,6 +147,7 @@ function runKeyUninstall(): void {
   if (r.status !== 0 && !/unable to find/i.test(r.stderr)) {
     throw new Error(`reg delete failed (exit ${r.status}): ${r.stderr || r.stdout}`);
   }
+  removeRunKeyLauncher();
   killRunKeyDaemon();
 }
 
@@ -158,6 +184,7 @@ function scheduledTaskUninstall(purge: boolean): void {
   }
   // Best-effort Run-key cleanup
   run("reg.exe", ["delete", RUN_KEY, "/v", RUN_VALUE, "/f"]);
+  removeRunKeyLauncher();
   killRunKeyDaemon();
   clearActiveMode();
   if (purge) purgeData();