Nexa Shortcut

winget — one-line install of the standard build (recommended)

winget install SosomLab.nShiftSpace

The portable exe is added to the PATH, so you can also run it with the nshiftspace command (x64 or x86 is selected automatically). Upgrade: winget upgrade SosomLab.nShiftSpace · Uninstall: winget uninstall SosomLab.nShiftSpace. ⚠️ winget does not close a running program for you, so exit it from the tray icon before upgrading or uninstalling.

Chocolatey — one-line install of the standard build (administrator)

choco install nshiftspace -y

Run this in an administrator PowerShell. Only the one exe matching your OS architecture is installed, and a shim of the same name is added to the PATH, so it runs with the nShiftSpace-x64 command (nShiftSpace-x86 on a 32-bit OS). Upgrade: choco upgrade nshiftspace -y · Uninstall: choco uninstall nshiftspace -y. ✅ Unlike winget, it automatically closes the running program when upgrading or uninstalling.

LED build — Chocolatey (administrator)

choco install nshiftspace-led -y

This is the build whose tray icon turns green while any key is held. Run it with the nShiftSpace-led-x64 command (nShiftSpace-led-x86 on a 32-bit OS). It uses the same shortcut as the standard build and they do not run at the same time, so install only one of the two. Upgrade: choco upgrade nshiftspace-led -y · Uninstall: choco uninstall nshiftspace-led -y.

LED build — winget (listing under review)

winget install SosomLab.nShiftSpace.LED

⏳ It will not appear in search results until the winget-pkgs listing review is complete. Until then, use Chocolatey or the zip. Once listed, it runs with the nshiftspace-led command.

Auto-start — tray menu (easiest way)

Click the tray icon → check "Start at login" (로그인 시 자동 실행)

This writes the path of the currently running exe to the nShiftSpace value under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, and unchecking removes it. With winget, turn it on after running the program through the nshiftspace alias. If you run the exe in the package folder directly and then turn it on, it can break on upgrade. Uncheck it before removing the program — uninstalling a package does not remove this value. If the menu is all you need, you can skip the manual procedure below; to use it in elevated windows as well, see ③.

Manual registration ① — find the installed executable

where.exe nshiftspace

Neither winget nor Chocolatey registers it as a startup program automatically. To register it yourself instead of using the menu, you only need to follow the procedure below once. For winget, the %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Links\nshiftspace.exe path that the command above reports is the alias on the PATH, and the actual extracted exe is inside …\WinGet\Packages\SosomLab.nShiftSpace_…\. Point the shortcut to Links\nshiftspace.exe, whose path stays the same after upgrades. If you installed with Chocolatey, the target is %ChocolateyInstall%\lib\nshiftspace\tools\nShiftSpace-x64.exe. (Right after installing, open a new terminal window so the PATH change takes effect. If the Links alias is reported as missing, turn on Windows Developer Mode and reinstall to create it — winget creates the alias as a symbolic link)

Manual registration ② — create a Startup shortcut (PowerShell) (winget install)

$exe = (Get-Command nshiftspace).Source
$dir = [Environment]::GetFolderPath('Startup')
$lnk = (New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell).CreateShortcut("$dir\nShiftSpace.lnk")
$lnk.TargetPath = $exe
$lnk.Save()

A shortcut must be in this folder for the program to start automatically with Windows. The script above is for the current user. To apply it to all users, change Startup to CommonStartup and run it in an administrator PowerShell. To undo it, delete the nShiftSpace.lnk it created.

Manual registration ② — create it in a file manager

shell:startup
shell:common startup

Enter a path above in Win+R (Run) or in the file manager address bar to go straight to the Startup folder. shell:startup is for the current user, and shell:common startup is for all users (requires administrator privileges). Put a shortcut to the exe you found in ① there (right-click → Create shortcut) and registration is done.

Manual registration ② — all at once with dual panes

Left panel address bar →  shell:common startup
Right panel address bar →  the executable folder found in step ①

With a dual-pane file manager, you do not have to go back and forth between folders. Open the Startup folder in the left pane and the folder containing the executable in the right pane, use right-click → Create shortcut on the exe on the right, and drag the resulting .lnk to the left pane to register it. With both folders on one screen, there is little chance of picking the wrong path. SosomLab's Nexa Dir supports dual panes, per-pane tabs, drag and drop, and entering shell: paths in the address bar, which suits this job well. It is a portable file explorer that runs as a single exe with no installation.

Manual registration ③ — Task Scheduler (to use it in elevated windows too) (winget install)

$exe = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\WinGet\Links\nshiftspace.exe"

$action    = New-ScheduledTaskAction  -Execute $exe
$trigger   = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtLogOn -User $env:USERNAME
$principal = New-ScheduledTaskPrincipal -UserId $env:USERNAME -LogonType Interactive -RunLevel Highest
$settings  = New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries -ExecutionTimeLimit 0

Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName 'nShiftSpace' -Action $action -Trigger $trigger -Principal $principal -Settings $settings -Force

When a window running with administrator privileges has focus, such as Task Manager or an elevated terminal, the shortcut of an nShiftSpace running with standard privileges is not delivered. This is the Windows UIPI security policy; it cannot be bypassed, and it applies to every program that works the same way. To solve it, nShiftSpace itself must run elevated, which is not possible through the tray menu, the Startup folder, or the Run key — only through Task Scheduler. Run the script above in an administrator PowerShell — -RunLevel Highest is the key part, and -ExecutionTimeLimit 0 keeps the resident program from being terminated after 3 days. It runs quietly at login, and no UAC prompt appears. To undo it: Unregister-ScheduledTask -TaskName 'nShiftSpace' -Confirm:$false