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    • zalex108
      zalex108 @Guest last edited by

      @davehawley

      Oh!
      Thanks for clarifying!

      --

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

      "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". ยท Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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      • zalex108
        zalex108 @Guest last edited by zalex108

        @pandorave said in Disabling Auto Startup:

        @zalex108 said in Disabling Auto Startup:

        Reset/Format

        Sorry, I don't understand ๐Ÿ˜ถ
        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.

        "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". ยท Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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        • dowder46
          dowder46 @leocg last edited by

          @leocg yes

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @dowder46 last edited by

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

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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.
              ๐Ÿ™‚

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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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