Flow-Launcher / Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher

BUG: Flow Launcher failing to activate on system start

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Description

### Checks

- [x] I have checked that this issue has not already been reported.

- [x] I am using the latest version of Flow Launcher.

- [ ] I am using the prerelease version of Flow Launcher.

### Problem Description

I need help with Flow Launcher urgently, I'm dealing with two really annoying problems, these problems are driving me crazy
The first problem is issue #4542, but now there is another (though it may be related)

In the option to start with the system, sometimes when I turn on my computer, sometimes the program not only starts with the startup, **but also doesn't even want to open**, forcing me to restart my PC or log out and back into my Windows user, the latter sometimes works, sometimes doesn't

I've been dealing with this for a while, I've tried to get help, but it didn't work, I did things thinking the problems was resolved, but they still happen

if anyone else is going through these two things, please let me know, so I know I'm not the only one

### To Reproduce

Just activate the option to start with system startup and keep turning the computer off and on that one hour, on one of these starts, the program will not only not start with the system startup, it will not even open anymore

### Screenshots

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### Flow Launcher Version

2.1.3

### Windows Build Number

25H2 26200.8894

### Error Log

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Research direction

Start by comparing this report with issue #4542 and repeatedly testing the system-startup option on Windows 25H2, using Flow Launcher 2.1.3. The report names no source files or tests and provides no actual error log; the issue is done when the startup failure is reproducible, diagnosed, and Flow Launcher reliably opens after system startup.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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