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Start Managed Login Items Windowless

  • December 1, 2025
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StoopsE
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We use Cisco Secure Client. It has been deployed and works great but one thing bugs me, and that is as a managed login item, it starts windowed. I was looking for a way to have the application start as a background process. If there was a global way to do it, or if I’d need to start the application another way.

 

Thanks!

Best answer by AJPinto

There is not another way to start the application, the manage item more or less prevents the user from disallowing it to open and it really has nothing to do with how the application launches. I suggest reaching out to Cisco, even if their support is usually garbage they are the source of truth for anything involving their applications. 

 

You could look in to modifying the launch agent plist and updating the command/path used to execute any connect. However, what commands and switches would be needed to achieve what you are looking for would need to be provided by Cisco. Additionally if you use a custom .plist, it will be replaced with every any connect update and need to be reset to your preference.

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AJPinto
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  • December 1, 2025

There is not another way to start the application, the manage item more or less prevents the user from disallowing it to open and it really has nothing to do with how the application launches. I suggest reaching out to Cisco, even if their support is usually garbage they are the source of truth for anything involving their applications. 

 

You could look in to modifying the launch agent plist and updating the command/path used to execute any connect. However, what commands and switches would be needed to achieve what you are looking for would need to be provided by Cisco. Additionally if you use a custom .plist, it will be replaced with every any connect update and need to be reset to your preference.


StoopsE
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  • December 1, 2025

@AJPinto Figured as much, just curious. Thanks for your response.