Is there a way to stop the ZDE popping up its windows every time you log in. Would be nice if it could just start in the background without the large pop-up window by default. Just asking here if there was a switch or something.
Iām not sure Iāve ever witnessed that myself. Are you saying that when you log out and log back into windows that the UI pops open? I really never log out of my workstation, so itās not something Iāve ever noticed before.
I would have expected the UI to be closed when you first login as we donāt have an option to āauto startā it.
I use Windows 11, and thereās an Apps->Startup option, and low-and-behold, I found Ziti Desktop Edge for Windows in there:
Maybe thatās on and you can toggle it off? Iām not sure about windows 10
I get it every time I reboot my machine. I have started to put it on servers and every time I rdp into then it pops up and is quite annoying. Want it to start every time I log in so I can get to it through the notification bar but donāt think it should start in maximised mode rather minimised (maybe unless it doesnāt have an identity)?
Will check if that option exists as a workaround.
Thereās definitely a feature I added back in the day where if you have the UI running and you launch another instance of the UI, itāll pop up the currently running version UI up to prevent two instances of the UI but Iāve never seen this behavior. I rdp from upstairs to downstairs now and then and I donāt remember the behaviorā¦
You didnāt somehow add the program to start on login or something via group policy or some such? If you enable verbose logging, reproduce the issue and send me a feedback log I can see if anything is in the UI log indicating that itās popping the UI upā¦
Thanks, The server that I am logging into is a 2016 server, but shouldnāt matter, as I get this on my Windows 10 device. No one is logged into the device (at least on another RDP session) and I would not think they would be logged into the console. I have uploaded the logs. The issue is around 6:12pm 5/3, or +13 GMT
PS: I havenāt dont anything different other than install the windows executable. I am seeing this on different machines.
Ok, I signed out of my own desktop to see if I would notice it. I found that my experience was not consistent. I have a few different āappsā that start on login. Slack, Spotify, OpenZitiā¦ Depending on which one launched last, I would experience the same thing you are. I also noticed that I personally click around the screen nearly immediately when I log in, which closes the app nearly immediately. Iāve just never noticed itā¦ I also noticed that spotify, and slack both pop up as well which Iāve not noticed before either. 
I did turn off ZDEW in the windows 11 āstartup appsā and confirmed that the UI does not start. That seems to be the best way to prevent this behavior. Iāll look a bit more and ask @jeremy.tellier to comment to see if heās aware of anything else.
It is suppose to show on open, that is the behavior we want. If you donāt want the UI to open when you login, I would remove it from start up apps like suggested. Otherwise it would not open when you want to open it. I have it on a few 2016 servers, it is there but usually behind the other things that open.
Anyone ever figure out how to suppress the Ziti Windows Desktop Client from popping up at every login? Iām using it on an Windows RDS Host and every time a users logs in they see the Desktop popup.
Hi @czopper, are you saying removing it from startup apps doesn't fix the problem? It's vitally important to know that OpenZiti tunnelers are not multi-user aware. Hopefully that is clear, but if not that's important to understand for sure.
Does disabling the startup option as shown not work?
I experience the same problem as @czopper . Is it possible to remove the Ziti Desktop Edge Client from startup and still ensure that the connection to the OpenZiti network is established after the device is started?
I am looking for a way to start the Ziti Desktop Edge Client on Windows without the user noticing, in order to prevent problems if they accidentally close OpenZiti or disconnect from it.
As far as I know, it is currently possible for a user without administrative rights to disconnect from OpenZiti on a Windows terminal server (RDS). And so prevent other users from connecting to the server.
If I remove the Ziti Desktop Edge Client from startup, can I still ensure that there is a connection to OpenZiti without a user being logged in to the server? Is it sufficient to automatically start the Windows service of the Desktop Edge Client?
Yes. The two services start by default on boot as it is. If you remove the UI from the startup folder, it'll start up as normal.
Yes. If the UI shows a big green "on" button, it's connected. The UI is entirely for the user and is not necessary. You can also start/stop the data service (the main service that does "the work") by using net stop ziti (or start). You could also use the ziti-edge-tunnel located at "c:\Program Files (x86)\NetFoundry Inc\Ziti Desktop Edge\ziti-edge-tunnel.exe" if you want to.
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Thanks for your prompt reply. This should solve my case.