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    • A Former User
      A Former User @leocg last edited by A Former User

      One thing that may be worth trying, which I don't think has been yet, would be to temporarily rename the Opera launcher file, launcher.exe, to something else, say launcher.e~e.
      Then reboot the system and see if Opera still starts, and if it doesn't see if any error messages come up that the file can't be found, both on screen and in the system logs.
      If Opera still starts, it must be the opera.exe file that's being run, so repeat the exercise with that.
      🙂

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      • bbildman
        bbildman last edited by bbildman

        This won't solve the REASON this is happening, but if you set "launcher.exe" in your Opera folder to "run this program as an administrator," Windows usually cannot run a program on its own at startup that needs administrator rights. And do the same for Opera.exe in the 51.0.2830.26 folder (in your Opera folder)

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        • A Former User
          A Former User @leocg last edited by

          @leocg said in Disabling Auto Startup:

          @dowder46 What about a startup log to see what is being launched?

          Great ideal leo..

          also check here in win 10 - Settings->Accounts->Sign-In options->Privacy : to see n e thing like this..
          0_1518382133751_5f9e5d6c-6217-478e-8628-432da7dbdbc4-image.png

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          • dowder46
            dowder46 @Guest last edited by

            @nvmjustagirl nope - Can someone tell me how to do a startup log?

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer @dowder46 last edited by

              @dowder46 Run msconfig, go to startup tab and check the box to enable startup log.

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              • dowder46
                dowder46 @leocg last edited by

                @leocg sorry, but I don't get a "box" to check for a log under startup after running msconfig

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User @dowder46 last edited by

                  @dowder46
                  Should be the second checkbox down in the middle of the "Boot" tab on msconfig.
                  🙂

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                  • burnout426
                    burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

                    https://forums.opera.com/topic/25203/opera-autoruns-at-windows-boot-with-4-tabs

                    Is Carbonite installed?

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                    • dowder46
                      dowder46 @burnout426 last edited by

                      @burnout426 Yes

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                      • burnout426
                        burnout426 Volunteer @dowder46 last edited by burnout426

                        @dowder46 said in Disabling Auto Startup:

                        @burnout426 Yes

                        See https://forums.opera.com/post/140714. If you can find ProgID classes at the root of "Software\Classes" that have subkeys that mention launcher.exe in the registry, you can right-click and export them. Then, you can delete them to see if it fixes the issue.

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                        • dowder46
                          dowder46 @burnout426 last edited by dowder46

                          @burnout426 Fascinating! But I'm no expert and thus am hesitant to delete what you suggest, not knowing what the possible ramifications are... Can you lay to rest my fears, burnout?

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                          • burnout426
                            burnout426 Volunteer @dowder46 last edited by burnout426

                            @dowder46 said in Disabling Auto Startup:

                            @burnout426 Fascinating! But I'm no expert and thus am hesitant to delete what you suggest, not knowing what the possible ramifications are... Can you lay to rest my fears, burnout?

                            First, launch regedit and see if you have HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\Classes\ProgID and see if when you click on it, you see "Opera web document".

                            Then, look for the same Software\Classes\ProgID key under the other user keys in HKEY_USERS. If you find any, do they say "Opera web document" too?

                            If it's only there for .Default and the account with the number the represents the default account, deleting it probably won't make a difference. But, I'd try anyway.

                            I tested deleting the key myself and it doesn't affect anything. But, I right-clicked and exported it first just in case it messed something up and I had to merge it back in.

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                            • burnout426
                              burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

                              Follow the other thread https://forums.opera.com/post/140779 for updates.

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                              • dowder46
                                dowder46 @burnout426 last edited by

                                @burnout426 I really appreciate your time, but am disappointed to report there is no \ProgID

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                                • A Former User
                                  A Former User last edited by

                                  If anyone still have problem with Opera auto startup with windows then do nex to stop it:
                                  Go to oper instalation directory open assistant and change browser_assistant extension file to be anything but just not exe. i have put browser_assistant.ex and opera didnt startup with windows.

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