Put that .bat on the taskbar!

[VeissieV]

Anyone know how to do this? I've tried adding cmd /c and /k to the target of the shortcut, but I think both just close the prompt automatically. As someone that doesn't use desktop icons this is the most practical way to launch the web UI.

[Miraculix200]

I have a shortcut on my desktop which links to a .bat file with this line:
wt --title sd -p "Windows PowerShell (admin)" -d E:\art\stable-diffusion\stable-diffusion-webui-1111 ; new-tab --title webui -p "Windows PowerShell (admin)" -d E:\art\stable-diffusion\stable-diffusion-webui-1111 -c cmd /k E:\art\stable-diffusion\stable-diffusion-webui-1111\webui-user.bat

It will open 2 Windows Terminal tabs starting in the webui root directory. In the 2nd tab it will run webui-user.bat. wt is Windows Terminal. You may have to get it from Microsoft first

[Miraculix200]

Note it's probably not necessary to use the "Windows Powershell (admin)" profile in Windows Terminal. I just use it because I was too lazy to change it. I think I got an error when I tried to run it without admin privileges

[GigsTheCat]

There's probably a better way to do it, but I just made a simple exe file with visual studio, and pinned that to the taskbar. C# code:
System.Diagnostics.Process proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
proc.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\\Users\\yourname\\stable-diffusion-webui\\webui-user.bat";
proc.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = "C:\\Users\\yourname\\stable-diffusion-webui";
proc.Start();

replace the paths with whatever you have on your PC.
This will just open the .bat file like normal, nothing extra.

[VeissieV]

A friend recommended this and it works.
Bat To .exe Converter

Just remember to keep the converted exe in the A1111 folder and make a shortcut of it and put that on the Taskbar.

[Gerschel]

When creating shortcut, the properties that need editing are:
target of the shortcut is the command to execute
start in is the folder to execute the command in

Set your target to execute cmd prompt: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe; then add a flag; /k will keep the window open after exiting, /c will close the window after exiting. Then the script to execute; webui-user.bat. Finally, specify the folder where the target of the shortcut should begin.

target C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c webui-user.bat
start in paste in the full path to the folder where webui-user.bat is
example start in: D:\stable-diffusion-webui

Without specifying a start in location, it's executing the command in the folder Windows\System32, doesn't find the file, and closes

No need for cluttering your computer with extra software.

[VeissieV]

Thanks!

[logan683]

Thank you for this. Works exactly as expected.