Java move application to startup folder

Question

I am trying to add my APP to startup folder.

public class info {
    
    public static String getautostart() {
        return System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir").replace("Local\\Temp\\", "Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Startup");
    }
    
    public static String gettemp() {
        String property = "java.io.tmpdir";
        String tempDir = System.getProperty(property);
        return tempDir;
    }
    
    public static String getrunningdir() {
        String runningdir = ProjectGav.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().getPath();
        return runningdir;
    }
    
}

That's the class I store info methods

And the main class:

    System.out.println(info.getautostart() + "\\asdf.jar");
    System.out.println(info.getrunningdir());
    Files.move(info.getrunningdir(), info.getautostart() + "\\asdf.jar");

This is the output from println:

C:\Users\JOHNDO~1\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\asdf.jar

/C:/Users/John%20Doe/Downloads/project1.jar

The files.move is not working.

Answer 1

OK lets say you want to move your jar from the current directory to the autostart folder. You already have these methods:

// nothing to change here - it seems to work just fine
public static String getautostart() {
    return System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir").replace("Local\\Temp\\", "Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Startup");
}

// this one got confused with the '/' and '\' so I changed it
public static String getrunningdir() {
     //you need to import java.nio.file.Paths for that.
    String runningdir = Paths.get(".").toAbsolutePath().normalize().toString(); // it simulates the creation of a file in the current directory and returns the path for that file
    return runningdir;
}

Now moving a file needs Paths and not String so you need to create a Path instance for each of your Strings:

 Path autostartPath = Paths.get(getautostart());
 Path currentPath = Paths.get(getrunningdir());

If you want to point to a file (like your .jar file) within the paths you can do this:

currentPath.resolve("myProgram.jar"); // The paths end with a `/` so you don't need to add it here

All together the move should look like this:

Files.move(currentPath.resolve("myProgram.jar"), autostartPath.resolve("myProgram.jar"));