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How to Prevent Teams from Auto-Launch
Hi guys, I plan to deploy Teams in my company, and there's a headache. I don't want Teams auto launches when system starts, and when I install it, I use this script: msiexec /i "%temp%\Teams_w...
- Hi chenrylee
AFAIK, not currently possible. Whilst you can script it or have a user uncheck it in the settings it does not occur by default
There are multiple uservoices of disabling the start up option, such as this
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/33728680-disable-startup-option
There is one here to turn off autostart for the entire tenant which may be closer to what you need.
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/33922291-disbale-autostart-in-teams-app-for-the-entire-tena
If these don't cover exactly what you need I would raise this as a new uservoice. To note however, it could be some time to get picked up and really, I think the general desire from organisations to use Teams is more to have autostart on by default rather than off
Hope that answers your question!
Best, Chris
I find a workaround. Teams settings are stored in a json file, so after installation, I can change the settings by a post-installation script which modifies the configuration file.
#region: Prevent Teams from auto-start
# If Teams auto-start entry exists, delete it
$entry = $null -eq (Get-ItemProperty HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run)."com.squirrel.Teams.Teams"
if ( !$entry ) {
Remove-ItemProperty HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run -Name "com.squirrel.Teams.Teams"
}
# Define Teams configuratin file path
$Teams_config_file = "$env:APPDATA\Microsoft\Teams\desktop-config.json"
$configs = Get-Content $Teams_config_file -Raw
# If Teams already doesn't auto-start, break out the script.
if ( $configs -match "openAtLogin`":false") {
break
}
# If Teams already ran, and set to auto-start, change it to disable auto-start
elseif ( $configs -match "openAtLogin`":true" ) {
$configs = $configs -replace "`"openAtLogin`":true","`"openAtLogin`":false"
}
# If it's a fresh file, add configuration to the end
else {
$disable_auto_start = ",`"appPreferenceSettings`":{`"openAtLogin`":false}}"
$configs = $configs -replace "}$",$disable_auto_start
}
# Overwritten the configuration with new values.
$configs | Set-Content $Teams_config_file
#endregion
