QGIS – Open a Specific Project at Startup

by David Crowther

Question:

How can I get QGIS to auto open a specific Project on Startup?

Answer:

You can instruct QGIS to open a specific Project at startup which can then save you time if you are working on one Project throughout the working week.

To do this, open the Settings > Options menu and in the General Tab > Project Files section choose SPECIFIC for the Open Project on Launch and then choose the browse folder to point to a specific QGIS project.

The next time that you open QGIS, the specified Project will auto load.