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I installed the vpn service from hide.me a couple of days ago. I noticed that it is starting with Windows every time so I removed it from autostart in the task-manager and restarted the computer to apply the settings.
However, it is still starting with Windows.
Why on earth is this happening and how can I stop it?
Black
Posted 2017-12-18T10:22:27.927
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From comments below it appears that hide.me regularly checks whether its start-up entry had been deleted and the program will recreate it if it is missing. In this case you need go into the settings for the application and disable it.
there is "start this app automatically with windows" setting and it was on
Autoruns from Microsoft Sysinternals can show you almost every start-up location in Windows and can disable items for you.
There may well be a start-up link or registry entry hiding somewhere that can be deactivated.
From Blacks comment above:
There was a shortcut in
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startupwhich caused the autostart
Mokubai
Posted 2017-12-18T10:22:27.927
Reputation: 64 434
Odd. Can you check if there is a service for it? Under the "service" tab in autoruns... If there is then set it to "manual" rather than disabling it. – Mokubai – 2017-12-18T13:56:36.557
Ah. Otherwise if you had it open when you closed Windows it may try to be helpful and re-run it when you start Windows again... – Mokubai – 2017-12-18T13:58:47.383
5There are just so many places from where a program could autostart. – Salman A – 2017-12-18T14:12:40.173
It seems like hide.me recreates the shortcut all the time somehow. I just deleted it and after the second restart it automatically started again and there is a new shortcut in autostart. – Black – 2017-12-18T19:44:23.580
2@Black I'd be really suspicious of that behavior and get a different VPN service. – BooleanCheese – 2017-12-18T19:51:48.630
@Black anything in the settings for that VPN app? – Mokubai – 2017-12-18T19:57:16.747
3I just checked it, there is "start this app automatically with windows" setting and it was on, I think this will solve the issue. – Black – 2017-12-18T20:03:27.813
2@Black There might be something like a scheduled task that recreates the shortcut if it's missing. But disabling the startup from within the app's settings should solve the problem. – wjandrea – 2017-12-19T06:05:29.847
3@Mokubai, thank you very much! There was a shortcut in
C:\Users\Me\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startupwhich caused the autostart – Black – 2017-12-18T10:59:32.873