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jbarberan
Jan 23, 2020Copper Contributor
Allow Teams application start minimized
We are starting to use Microsoft Team in the company. We have automatic startup set up when the user logs in to Windows 10 and we need it to start in minimized mode and there's no way. The proble...
- Jan 23, 2020
Hi,
If you check in settings you have the option "Open application in background", that will start Teams but it will only run in the background and not as open window when the computer starts. Test that setting.
There is also a uservoice requesting this setting to be configured globaly.
LinusCansby
Jan 23, 2020MVP
Hi,
If you check in settings you have the option "Open application in background", that will start Teams but it will only run in the background and not as open window when the computer starts. Test that setting.
There is also a uservoice requesting this setting to be configured globaly.
mstendah
Jun 06, 2020Copper Contributor
Yes, the setting is there, but it does not do anything. I have tried uncheckin and checking it again, but Teams still opens up in a window, not minimized, after a restart. Any ideas for how to fix this? LinusCansby
- LinusCansbyJun 08, 2020MVP
mstendah You could try clearing cache and/or reinstall Teams from your computer.
https://commsverse.blog/2018/09/28/clear-the-microsoft-teams-client-cache/
- Ron_RaymondSep 16, 2020Copper Contributor
LinusCansby Running Microsoft Teams Version 1.3.00.21759 (64-bit). I've got the same problem (application launches full screen every time even with "open in background" setting checked). Cleared the Teams cache and no change
- gardenzwergSep 29, 2020Brass ContributorStart Teams with this parameter:
Update.exe --processStart "Teams.exe" --process-start-args "--system-initiated"
or in the registry:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"com.squirrel.Teams.Teams"="C:\\Users\\xxxx\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\Teams\\Update.exe --processStart \"Teams.exe\" --process-start-args \"--system-initiated\""