From 1477f45ab7fef9ac0a2bc38977a7a0772c369772 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julien Pierre <github@madbrain.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 00:02:18 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Allow autostart to work if the Windows username contains a
 space.

---
 RetroBar/PropertiesWindow.xaml.cs | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/RetroBar/PropertiesWindow.xaml.cs b/RetroBar/PropertiesWindow.xaml.cs
index f99a03f0..d156b814 100644
--- a/RetroBar/PropertiesWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/RetroBar/PropertiesWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -356,7 +356,8 @@ private void CbAutoStart_OnChecked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    rKey?.SetValue("RetroBar", ExePath.GetExecutablePath());
+                    // Registry Run values are command lines; quote the executable path to handle spaces in usernames/paths.
+                    rKey?.SetValue("RetroBar", $"\"{ExePath.GetExecutablePath()}\"");
                 }
             }
             catch (Exception exception)