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Make Pageant autoload keys at startup
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| To make Pageant automatically run and load keys at startup: | |
| - Find the location of pageant.exe | |
| - Windows key + R to open the 'run' dialog box | |
| - Type: 'shell:startup' in the dialog box | |
| - Create a shortcut to the pageant.exe and put into this startup folder. | |
| - Right click on the shortcut and open 'Properties' | |
| - In 'Target' add: "<route to>/pageant.exe" myprivatekeyname.ppk | |
| - In 'Start in' add: "<route to myprivatekeyname.ppk>" | |
| - Click on the shortcut link and check that Pageant has started and has loaded your keys |
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start code
if (-not (Get-Process pageant -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
$keys = Get-ChildItem "$env:USERPROFILE.ssh*.ppk" | ForEach-Object FullName
if ($keys) {
Start-Process "C:\Program Files\PuTTY\pageant.exe" `
-ArgumentList (@("--encrypted") + $keys)
}
}
end code
Create shortcut in opened window:
Target: C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "%USERPROFILE%.ssh\load_keys.ps1"
Start in: %USERPROFILE%.ssh
Run: minimized