Where could this Opera autorun entry come from?

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Destroy666 last edited by

Hi,

I noticed that that my Opera started opening with Windows. I found this Autoruns HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run entry:

I see it was added at 5th April and I have no idea how - definitely not by me, I can't also find anything in Opera settings. It doesn't seem to be malicious as it just opens whatever was open, but it causes slow startups as a lot of tabs get restored.

I can just delete it, but I'm wondering where it came from so that it doesn't keep reappeearing and annoying me. Any ideas?

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @Destroy666 last edited by

@destroy666 If you click in Options in the installation dialog, you will see an option to start Opera when the computer starts and it seems to be enabled by default.

Don't know if updates also turn that option on.

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Destroy666 @leocg last edited by Destroy666

@leocg was that always on by default? That could explain it as I'm doing silent installs/upgrades through Chocolatey.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @Destroy666 last edited by

@destroy666 Since the option was introduced? I guess so but I can't say for sure.

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Destroy666 @leocg last edited by

@leocg Ok. One more question, is there an installer CLI switch to turn it off? Or is there any list of CLI parameters for the installer?

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @Destroy666 last edited by

@destroy666 No idea, sorry.

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Destroy666 last edited by

So, this looks to be a bug of some random version that I upgraded back then. It doesn't happen anymore, I tried few upgrades and the autorun entry isn't added. Unless it's something entirely else that added it.