aspqrz Posted March 11 Posted March 11 I have transferred all my DTP work to a new NUC but continue to use my old Desktop as a gaming machine for the moment. I also keep Affinity Publisher on it as a backup. But I cannot seem to turn off auto start for it. It doesn't appear in APPS. It doesn't appear in the Startup Folder. Or in Task Manager. I have also disabled the 'Reopen Documents on Startup' in Affinity Publisher Settings. Yet it continues to start automatically. Is there something I am missing? (I'd rather not delete it completely) Phil Quote
mopperle Posted March 12 Posted March 12 Not sure whether you are on Windows or on Mac. If on Mac, this might help you: On Windows I've never seen an automatic startup of any Affinity app, other than putting it in the autostart group. There is also nowhere an option in the settings to force something like that. Quote Regards, Otto Affinity Suite v2.6.x - Windows 11 Pro
mopperle Posted March 12 Posted March 12 About which Affinity app and version are you talking? Quote Regards, Otto Affinity Suite v2.6.x - Windows 11 Pro
carl123 Posted March 12 Posted March 12 Go into... 9 hours ago, aspqrz said: It doesn't appear in APPS. It doesn't appear in the Startup Folder. Or in Task Manager. Also check Task Scheduler, programs can be set to start automatically there Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time.
aspqrz Posted March 12 Author Posted March 12 21 minutes ago, carl123 said: Go into... Also check Task Scheduler, programs can be set to start automatically there Nope. Nothingh Serif related there. Quote
mopperle Posted March 12 Posted March 12 Again, which version does your Affinity app have? IF 2.x, did you install via the msix installer? If so go to Windows -> Settings -> Apps -> Autostart and check there (this got noting to do with the autostart group/folder!!!) Quote Regards, Otto Affinity Suite v2.6.x - Windows 11 Pro
carl123 Posted March 12 Posted March 12 3 hours ago, aspqrz said: Nope. Nothingh Serif related there. Also check these registry entries... HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time.
aspqrz Posted March 12 Author Posted March 12 3 hours ago, mopperle said: Again, which version does your Affinity app have? IF 2.x, did you install via the msix installer? If so go to Windows -> Settings -> Apps -> Autostart and check there (this got noting to do with the autostart group/folder!!!) Nope. The msix installer doesn't work with my machine ... or doesn't work the way I want it to and cannot be modified to allow it to be. Hence the note that I looked in APPS and it isn't there ... not even in the Windows -> Settings -> Apps -> Autostart. Quote
aspqrz Posted March 12 Author Posted March 12 22 minutes ago, carl123 said: Also check these registry entries... HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Neither if these seem to exist in Windows 10 (or the version I have). Quote
aspqrz Posted March 12 Author Posted March 12 I suspect the problem is that this is a problem on a Desktop I bought in early 2020 ... which probably means that somewhere in all the patches and updates something has decided to not work the way it is supposed to and probably isn't solvable with this machine/setup. Anyway, I have decided to bite the bullet and get a cheap new gaming rig which will only have Publisher as a backup and will almost certainly not have any such problem. Thanks for the suggestions. mopperle 1 Quote
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