Guide: Connecting Automatically at Login / System Startup

Guide: Connecting Automatically at Login / System Startup

To have WebDrive run at startup and connect to a server automatically, ensure these two items in the settings: 

1. In the main application Settings, ensure that "Run at startup" is enabled.

2. In the Settings for the specific site you've created in WebDrive, ensure that "Automatically connect at login" is enabled.

If the site still does not connect at startup, and there is no error, check: 

1. Is the WebDrive application running? You can find this by checking the system tray to see if the WebDrive icon is there.
2. Does the Internet connection take some time to establish? If so, wait at your login screen at startup until the network connection shows as established.

Related Settings: 
If you would like Windows Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac) to open automatically and show the contents of the site you are connecting to, enable the option for "Browse drive after connecting" in the Settings for the site you've created. If you would like the site connected, but to not have Windows Explorer open automatically, disable this same setting.

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