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There are lots of examples here about how to use the command line to connect to OpenVPN. I can't find any examples for OpenVPN Connect, which is OpenVPN's proprietary client using their access server.

I've tried

"C:\Program Files\OpenVPN Connect\OpenVPNConnect.exe" --command connect

but that doesn't do anything that I can see. Other examples want a configuration file which I don't see with the Connect version. Is it possible?

NOTE: the reason I want to is that my OpenVPN connect disconnects every 24 hours. When that happens I have to re-enter my credentials and log back in. I don't know why it does that but I'd like to automatically reconnect when it disconnects.

added later The disconnect after 24 hours is a setting in OpenVPN Connect. You can change it for up to 1 week (168 hours). I would still like an option to re-connect automatically.

Shawn
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  • See this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/76919567/185565 . Your config file could use `auth-user-pass service_userpass.auth` line and that text file two lines: 1st line is username, 2nd line is password. – Whome Aug 17 '23 at 08:12
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    This appears to only work with OpenVPN and not OpenVPN *Connect*. – Shawn Aug 24 '23 at 15:44

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