🔒 How do I make a Python file using a virtual environment run on computer startup?

[static talon]

Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask but I couldn't find a much better one... I have a Discord bot that I want to run on startup of my computer. I use PyCharm so it has a venv. I've tried task scheduler and shell:startup (both a shortcut and a batch file) but neither works. Does anyone know how I can do this? Any and all help appreciated 😊

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@static talon

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[static talon]

Please ping me when replying so I see it quicker!

[livid star]

Why doesn't the batch file work?

[static talon]

why? idk I run the batch file nothing happens

[static talon]

@echo off
call "C:\Users\JonS\PycharmProjects\csa-trainings\.venv\Scripts\activate.bat"
pythonw "C:\Users\JonS\PycharmProjects\csa-trainings\main.py"

[livid star]

Maybe get rid of the w so you can see the output

[static talon]

sure I'll try

[livid star]

you might need to cd into the venv directory as well

[static talon]

C:
cd "Users\JonS\PycharmProjects\csa-trainings\.venv"
call "Scripts\activate.bat"
python "C:\Users\JonS\PycharmProjects\csa-trainings\main.py"
``` like this?

[thick fossil]

do not cd into the venv itself, cd into the project root

[static talon]

oh hang on

might be a problem with the python file, I just barely managed to see the word "traceback" before the batch file closed itself

but that's very strange because running it from pycharm works fine

[thick fossil]

add pause to the end of the bat

in case you're restarting each time you test, remember that you can just run the bat directly for testing before you set it to run on startup

[static talon]

?

[thick fossil]

yeah definitely a working directory issue

[static talon]

the file is there... why does it not work?

[thick fossil]

python looks for files relative to your current working directory, not relative to the file you're running

aka you have to cd into the right folder before running it

[static talon]

oh yay, that worked

very sorry, I really thought it wasn't a problem with the file...

but thank you so so much for the help! 😄

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