diff --git a/src/app/browser/preferences/index.tsx b/src/app/browser/preferences/index.tsx
index 70769d6..25c1c4b 100644
--- a/src/app/browser/preferences/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/browser/preferences/index.tsx
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ export default function Preferences(props: PreferencesProps) {
     const [login_item, ,, forceRefreshLoginItem] = useAsync(useCallback(() => ipc.getLoginItemSettings(), [ipc]));
 
     const setOpenAtLogin = useCallback(async (open_at_login: boolean | 'mixed') => {
-        await ipc.setLoginItemSettings({...login_item, openAtLogin: !!open_at_login});
+        await ipc.setLoginItemSettings({...login_item!, startup_enabled: !!open_at_login});
         forceRefreshLoginItem();
     }, [ipc, login_item]);
     const setOpenAsHidden = useCallback(async (open_as_hidden: boolean | 'mixed') => {
-        await ipc.setLoginItemSettings({...login_item, openAsHidden: !!open_as_hidden});
+        await ipc.setLoginItemSettings({...login_item!, startup_hidden: !!open_as_hidden});
         forceRefreshLoginItem();
     }, [ipc, login_item]);
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export default function Preferences(props: PreferencesProps) {
         <View style={styles.main}>
             {/* <Text style={theme.text}>Preferences</Text> */}
 
-            {ipc.platform === 'darwin' || ipc.platform === 'win32' ? <View style={styles.section}>
+            {login_item.supported || login_item.startup_enabled ? <View style={styles.section}>
                 <View style={styles.sectionLeft}>
                     <Text style={[styles.label, theme.text]}>Startup</Text>
                 </View>
@@ -124,32 +124,33 @@ export default function Preferences(props: PreferencesProps) {
 
                     <View style={styles.checkboxContainer}>
                         <CheckBox
-                            value={login_item.openAtLogin}
+                            value={login_item.startup_enabled}
                             onValueChange={setOpenAtLogin}
+                            disabled={!login_item.supported}
                             color={'#' + (accent_colour ?? DEFAULT_ACCENT_COLOUR)}
                             style={styles.checkbox}
                         />
-                        <TouchableOpacity style={styles.checkboxLabel} onPress={() => setOpenAtLogin(!login_item.openAtLogin)}>
+                        <TouchableOpacity disabled={!login_item.supported} style={styles.checkboxLabel} onPress={() => setOpenAtLogin(!login_item.startup_enabled)}>
                             <Text style={[styles.checkboxLabelText, theme.text]}>Open at login</Text>
                         </TouchableOpacity>
                     </View>
 
-                    {ipc.platform === 'darwin' ? <View
-                        style={[styles.checkboxContainer, !login_item.openAtLogin ? styles.disabled : null]}
+                    <View
+                        style={[styles.checkboxContainer, !login_item.startup_enabled ? styles.disabled : null]}
                     >
                         <CheckBox
-                            value={login_item.openAsHidden}
+                            value={login_item.startup_hidden}
                             onValueChange={setOpenAsHidden}
-                            disabled={!login_item.openAtLogin}
+                            disabled={!login_item.startup_enabled}
                             color={'#' + (accent_colour ?? DEFAULT_ACCENT_COLOUR)}
                             style={styles.checkbox}
                         />
-                        <TouchableOpacity disabled={!login_item.openAtLogin} style={styles.checkboxLabel}
-                            onPress={() => setOpenAsHidden(!login_item.openAsHidden)}
+                        <TouchableOpacity disabled={!login_item.startup_enabled} style={styles.checkboxLabel}
+                            onPress={() => setOpenAsHidden(!login_item.startup_hidden)}
                         >
                             <Text style={[styles.checkboxLabelText, theme.text]}>Open in background</Text>
                         </TouchableOpacity>
-                    </View> : null}
+                    </View>
                 </View>
             </View> : null}
 
diff --git a/src/app/common/types.ts b/src/app/common/types.ts
index 630a4ec..8902bac 100644
--- a/src/app/common/types.ts
+++ b/src/app/common/types.ts
@@ -47,3 +47,10 @@ export interface DiscordPresenceSourceUrl {
 export interface DiscordPresenceExternalMonitorsConfiguration {
     enable_splatnet3_monitoring?: boolean;
 }
+
+export interface LoginItem {
+    supported: boolean;
+    startup_enabled: boolean;
+    startup_hidden: boolean;
+}
+export type LoginItemOptions = Omit<LoginItem, 'supported'>;
diff --git a/src/app/main/index.ts b/src/app/main/index.ts
index fb9aff6..aab909f 100644
--- a/src/app/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/app/main/index.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import MenuApp from './menu.js';
 import { handleOpenWebServiceUri } from './webservices.js';
 import { EmbeddedPresenceMonitor, PresenceMonitorManager } from './monitor.js';
 import { createWindow } from './windows.js';
-import { DiscordPresenceConfiguration, WindowType } from '../common/types.js';
+import { DiscordPresenceConfiguration, LoginItem, LoginItemOptions, WindowType } from '../common/types.js';
 import { initStorage, paths } from '../../util/storage.js';
 import { checkUpdates, UpdateCacheData } from '../../common/update.js';
 import Users, { CoralUser } from '../../common/users.js';
@@ -29,10 +29,28 @@ export const protocol_registration_options = dev && process.platform === 'win32'
         path.join(dir, 'dist', 'app', 'app-entry.cjs'),
     ],
 } : null;
-export const login_item_options: LoginItemSettingsOptions = {};
+export const login_item_options: LoginItemSettingsOptions = {
+    path: process.execPath,
+    args: dev ? [
+        path.join(dir, 'dist', 'app', 'app-entry.cjs'),
+        '--app-open-at-login=1',
+    ] : [
+        '--app-open-at-login=1',
+    ],
+};
+
+enum LoginItemType {
+    NATIVE,
+    NATIVE_PARTIAL,
+    NOT_SUPPORTED,
+}
+const login_item_type: LoginItemType =
+    process.platform === 'darwin' ? LoginItemType.NATIVE :
+    process.platform === 'win32' ? LoginItemType.NATIVE_PARTIAL :
+    LoginItemType.NOT_SUPPORTED;
 
 debug('Protocol registration options', protocol_registration_options);
-debug('Login item registration options', login_item_options);
+debug('Login item registration options', LoginItemType[login_item_type], login_item_options);
 
 export class App {
     readonly store: Store;
@@ -184,7 +202,11 @@ export async function init() {
 
     debug('App started');
 
-    if (!app.getLoginItemSettings(login_item_options).wasOpenedAsHidden) {
+    const should_hide =
+        login_item_type === LoginItemType.NATIVE ? app.getLoginItemSettings(login_item_options).wasOpenedAsHidden :
+        process.argv.includes('--app-open-at-login=1') && (await appinstance.store.getLoginItem()).startup_hidden;
+
+    if (!should_hide) {
         appinstance.showMainWindow();
     }
 }
@@ -254,6 +276,10 @@ class Updater {
     }
 }
 
+interface SavedStartupOptions {
+    hide: boolean;
+}
+
 interface SavedMonitorState {
     users: {
         /** Nintendo Account ID */
@@ -277,6 +303,63 @@ export class Store extends EventEmitter {
         this.users = Users.coral(this, process.env.ZNC_PROXY_URL, false);
     }
 
+    async getLoginItem(): Promise<LoginItem> {
+        const settings = app.getLoginItemSettings(login_item_options);
+
+        if (login_item_type === LoginItemType.NATIVE) {
+            // Fully supported
+            return {
+                supported: true,
+                startup_enabled: settings.openAtLogin,
+                startup_hidden: settings.openAsHidden,
+            };
+        }
+
+        const startup_options: SavedStartupOptions | undefined = await this.storage.getItem('StartupOptions');
+        const was_opened_at_login = process.argv.includes('--app-open-at-login=1');
+
+        if (login_item_type === LoginItemType.NATIVE_PARTIAL) {
+            // Partial native support
+            return {
+                supported: true,
+                startup_enabled: settings.openAtLogin,
+                startup_hidden: startup_options?.hide ?? false,
+            };
+        }
+
+        return {
+            supported: false,
+            startup_enabled: was_opened_at_login,
+            startup_hidden: startup_options?.hide ?? false,
+        };
+    }
+
+    async setLoginItem(settings: LoginItemOptions) {
+        if (login_item_type === LoginItemType.NATIVE) {
+            // Fully supported
+            app.setLoginItemSettings({
+                ...login_item_options,
+                openAtLogin: settings.startup_enabled,
+                openAsHidden: settings.startup_hidden,
+            });
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (login_item_type === LoginItemType.NATIVE_PARTIAL) {
+            // Partial native support
+            app.setLoginItemSettings({
+                ...login_item_options,
+                openAtLogin: settings.startup_enabled,
+            });
+        }
+
+        const startup_options: SavedStartupOptions = {
+            hide: settings.startup_hidden,
+        };
+
+        await this.storage.setItem('StartupOptions', startup_options);
+    }
+
     async saveMonitorState(monitors: PresenceMonitorManager) {
         const users = new Set();
         const state: SavedMonitorState = {
diff --git a/src/app/main/ipc.ts b/src/app/main/ipc.ts
index a5f2b76..8fd0dd9 100644
--- a/src/app/main/ipc.ts
+++ b/src/app/main/ipc.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { app, BrowserWindow, clipboard, dialog, IpcMain, KeyboardEvent, LoginItemSettings, Menu, MenuItem, Settings, ShareMenu, SharingItem, shell, systemPreferences } from './electron.js';
+import { app, BrowserWindow, clipboard, dialog, IpcMain, KeyboardEvent, Menu, MenuItem, Settings, ShareMenu, SharingItem, shell, systemPreferences } from './electron.js';
 import * as util from 'node:util';
 import createDebug from 'debug';
 import { User } from 'discord-rpc';
 import openWebService, { QrCodeReaderOptions, WebServiceIpc, WebServiceValidationError } from './webservices.js';
 import { createWindow, getWindowConfiguration } from './windows.js';
-import { DiscordPresenceConfiguration, DiscordPresenceSource, WindowType } from '../common/types.js';
+import { DiscordPresenceConfiguration, DiscordPresenceSource, LoginItemOptions, WindowType } from '../common/types.js';
 import { CurrentUser, Friend, Game, PresenceState, WebService } from '../../api/coral-types.js';
 import { askAddNsoAccount, askAddPctlAccount } from './na-auth.js';
 import { App, login_item_options } from './index.js';
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ export function setupIpc(appinstance: App, ipcMain: IpcMain) {
         sendToAllWindows('nxapi:systemPreferences:accent-colour', accent_colour);
     });
 
-    ipcMain.handle('nxapi:systemPreferences:getloginitem', () => app.getLoginItemSettings(login_item_options));
-    ipcMain.handle('nxapi:systemPreferences:setloginitem', (e, settings: Settings) => app.setLoginItemSettings({...login_item_options, ...settings}));
+    ipcMain.handle('nxapi:systemPreferences:getloginitem', () => appinstance.store.getLoginItem());
+    ipcMain.handle('nxapi:systemPreferences:setloginitem', (e, settings: LoginItemOptions) => appinstance.store.setLoginItem(settings));
 
     ipcMain.handle('nxapi:update:get', () => appinstance.updater.cache ?? appinstance.updater.check());
     ipcMain.handle('nxapi:update:check', () => appinstance.updater.check());
diff --git a/src/app/preload/index.ts b/src/app/preload/index.ts
index b475989..f304063 100644
--- a/src/app/preload/index.ts
+++ b/src/app/preload/index.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import { contextBridge, ipcRenderer } from 'electron';
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 import createDebug from 'debug';
 import type { User } from 'discord-rpc';
-import type { LoginItemSettings, Settings, SharingItem } from '../main/electron.js';
-import type { DiscordPresenceConfiguration, DiscordPresenceSource, WindowConfiguration } from '../common/types.js';
+import type { SharingItem } from '../main/electron.js';
+import type { DiscordPresenceConfiguration, DiscordPresenceSource, LoginItem, LoginItemOptions, WindowConfiguration } from '../common/types.js';
 import type { SavedToken } from '../../common/auth/coral.js';
 import type { SavedMoonToken } from '../../common/auth/moon.js';
 import type { UpdateCacheData } from '../../common/update.js';
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ events.setMaxListeners(0);
 const ipc = {
     getWindowData: () => invSync<WindowConfiguration>('browser:getwindowdata'),
 
-    getLoginItemSettings: () => inv<LoginItemSettings>('systemPreferences:getloginitem'),
-    setLoginItemSettings: (settings: Settings) => inv('systemPreferences:setloginitem', settings),
+    getLoginItemSettings: () => inv<LoginItem>('systemPreferences:getloginitem'),
+    setLoginItemSettings: (settings: LoginItemOptions) => inv('systemPreferences:setloginitem', settings),
 
     getUpdateData: () => inv<UpdateCacheData | null>('update:get'),
     checkUpdates: () => inv<UpdateCacheData | null>('update:check'),