1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/packages/meshbay-client/src/main.js b/packages/meshbay-client/src/main.js
index 6c92531..b0505a9 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-client/src/main.js
+++ b/packages/meshbay-client/src/main.js
@@ -898,10 +898,17 @@ function registerBridge() {
   ipcMain.handle('node:service-status', async () => {
     if (process.platform === 'win32') {
       // No Task Scheduler to ask "is it running" — probe the daemon itself.
-      const p = await probeNode();
+      // `installed` used to be winAutostartInstalled(), which is wrong: it
+      // answers "does the Startup launcher exist", not "is there a daemon to
+      // manage". The Node page's Stop/Restart buttons are gated on
+      // `installed`, so with no autostart configured they silently vanished
+      // — the daemon was perfectly manageable, just not launchable at
+      // sign-in. `autostart` carries that state as its own field instead.
+      const [p, bin] = await Promise.all([probeNode(), findNodeBinary()]);
       return {
         supported: true,
-        installed: winAutostartInstalled(),
+        installed: Boolean(bin),
+        autostart: winAutostartInstalled(),
         activeState: p ? 'active' : 'inactive',
         subState: p ? 'running' : '',
       };