A complaint I’ve had for a while is that the Proton Mail bridge auto starts with the ProtonMail Bridge configuration window open. If you’re like me, everytime you restart your computer, Proton Mail Bridge jumps up in your face and you immediately close it.
TIL (today I learned), there’s a flag you can pass on the command line “–no-window” that starts the app without opening a window.
If you edit your system startup entry (this varies by operating system) and add this flag to its command line arguments, Proton Mail Bridge will still start, however, it will start to the tray and no window will appear.
As an example on KDE Linux:
- Search for “Autostart”
- Press the “See Properties” button on the Proton Mail Bridge Autostart entry
- Go to the “Application” tab
- Add “–no-window” to the “Arguments” text box (it should be an empty text box, if it’s not make sure there’s a space between any existing arguments, e.g., “–foo” -> “–foo --no-window” not “–foo” -> “–foo–no-window”)
- Press “OK” and the next time you reboot your computer, Proton Mail should auto start in the background to the tray.
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