<![CDATA[Disabling Auto Startup]]>I have the latest version of Opera and a Win 64 computer. When I reboot Windows Opera automatically starts. I've gone through Opera preferences, Windows Task Manager, and the Windows Startup Folder, but Opera still reboots. I've also searched the forums. Surely there must be a simple preference to disable autoboot somwhere?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/24685/disabling-auto-startupRSS for NodeTue, 16 Jun 2026 00:32:05 GMTMon, 22 Jan 2018 19:25:59 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Wed, 10 Apr 2019 13:55:03 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/167513https://forums.opera.com/post/167513Wed, 10 Apr 2019 13:55:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Tue, 27 Feb 2018 02:04:55 GMT]]>@burnout426 I really appreciate your time, but am disappointed to report there is no \ProgID

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/140917https://forums.opera.com/post/140917Tue, 27 Feb 2018 02:04:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Sun, 25 Feb 2018 06:35:24 GMT]]>Follow the other thread https://forums.opera.com/post/140779 for updates.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/140780https://forums.opera.com/post/140780Sun, 25 Feb 2018 06:35:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Sat, 24 Feb 2018 15:50:13 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/140727https://forums.opera.com/post/140727Sat, 24 Feb 2018 15:50:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Sat, 24 Feb 2018 15:36:40 GMT]]>@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?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/140726https://forums.opera.com/post/140726Sat, 24 Feb 2018 15:36:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Sat, 24 Feb 2018 13:34:36 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/140717https://forums.opera.com/post/140717Sat, 24 Feb 2018 13:34:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Sat, 24 Feb 2018 13:29:04 GMT]]>@burnout426 Yes

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/140716https://forums.opera.com/post/140716Sat, 24 Feb 2018 13:29:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Sat, 24 Feb 2018 11:06:06 GMT]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/25203/opera-autoruns-at-windows-boot-with-4-tabs

Is Carbonite installed?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/140713https://forums.opera.com/post/140713Sat, 24 Feb 2018 11:06:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:56:21 GMT]]>@dowder46
Should be the second checkbox down in the middle of the "Boot" tab on msconfig.
🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/139789https://forums.opera.com/post/139789Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:56:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:18:26 GMT]]>@leocg sorry, but I don't get a "box" to check for a log under startup after running msconfig

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/139787https://forums.opera.com/post/139787Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:18:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Mon, 12 Feb 2018 13:17:00 GMT]]>@dowder46 Run msconfig, go to startup tab and check the box to enable startup log.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/139706https://forums.opera.com/post/139706Mon, 12 Feb 2018 13:17:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:05:27 GMT]]>@nvmjustagirl nope - Can someone tell me how to do a startup log?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/139703https://forums.opera.com/post/139703Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:05:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Sun, 11 Feb 2018 20:45:28 GMT]]>@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..
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]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/139670https://forums.opera.com/post/139670Sun, 11 Feb 2018 20:45:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Sun, 11 Feb 2018 16:10:45 GMT]]>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)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/139646https://forums.opera.com/post/139646Sun, 11 Feb 2018 16:10:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:47:40 GMT]]>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.
🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/139645https://forums.opera.com/post/139645Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:47:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:40:48 GMT]]>@dowder46 What about a startup log to see what is being launched?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/139642https://forums.opera.com/post/139642Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:40:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Sun, 11 Feb 2018 14:22:10 GMT]]>@leocg yes

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/139639https://forums.opera.com/post/139639Sun, 11 Feb 2018 14:22:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Sat, 10 Feb 2018 16:18:14 GMT]]>@pandorave said in Disabling Auto Startup:

@zalex108 said in Disabling Auto Startup:

Reset/Format

Sorry, I don't understand 😶
What are you suggesting to do?

I mean that since you restored the drive and the file came from the image made, or the VPN install, you would need to check it at the very firs time on the next format/restore / VPN install.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/139516https://forums.opera.com/post/139516Sat, 10 Feb 2018 16:18:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Sat, 10 Feb 2018 16:11:01 GMT]]>@davehawley

Oh!
Thanks for clarifying!

--

Then...
we may ask for an Autoruns screenshoot.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/139514https://forums.opera.com/post/139514Sat, 10 Feb 2018 16:11:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Sat, 10 Feb 2018 16:05:17 GMT]]>@zalex108
dowder46 already tried that a few days ago at my suggestion.
The outcome was that Opera still ran automatically, so whatever's causing it is running Opera specifically, not the default browser on the system.
🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/139512https://forums.opera.com/post/139512Sat, 10 Feb 2018 16:05:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Sat, 10 Feb 2018 15:44:35 GMT]]>You can try marking another Browser as the Default browser and check what happens.

Maybe appears more info about the problem's responsible.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/139509https://forums.opera.com/post/139509Sat, 10 Feb 2018 15:44:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Sat, 10 Feb 2018 02:16:24 GMT]]>If its not because of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update..

and you checked these registry settings..

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Then check these too.. even tho registry may be
blank.. thats because on reboot the malware deletes itself.. so it will be blank..

but go to Safemode and recheck registry again

the tricky malware commands will be exposed..

if the malware is running this way.. be worth a look..if not no harm done..

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/139451https://forums.opera.com/post/139451Sat, 10 Feb 2018 02:16:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Fri, 09 Feb 2018 20:59:23 GMT]]>If you have an auto-starting program that, for whatever reason, calls a protocol type for which Opera is defined as default, then Opera will be launched as well in order to satisfy that request. It may be that updating Opera alters that default protocol list in some way on your system, such that now Opera appears instead of whatever else was previously defined there.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/139436https://forums.opera.com/post/139436Fri, 09 Feb 2018 20:59:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Disabling Auto Startup on Fri, 09 Feb 2018 20:15:22 GMT]]>@nsdash9 said in Disabling Auto Startup:

I have been experiencing the same issue with Opera opening automatically each time I start Windows. It starts each time with three blank Speed Dial tabs opened.

I can add, that when this first started, I ran a Google search to see if anyone else was experiencing a similar issue. I initially didn't find any recent messages, but the consensus of what I did read pointed toward possible malware. While scans showed nothing abnormal, to be sure I restored my C: drive from a backup from about 30 days prior. Once the restore was complete, Windows started without Opera opening automatically. However, once I opened Opera, I received a message that it was updated to the latest version and since that time it launches automatically each time I start Windows.

So, I believe whatever is causing the problem is related to the latest Opera update.

Yes, now you say that, it does start to look that way, but obviously not everyone is suffering the problem, so there must be other factors in play as well.
🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/139430https://forums.opera.com/post/139430Fri, 09 Feb 2018 20:15:22 GMT