Windows 10 x64 Autostart, 4.2.3 (latest) install
Posted: April 18th, 2024, 3:55 pm
Discovered today that I have SABnzbd.lnk in BOTH shell:common startup AND shell:startup folders. As such, it also shows up TWICE in the Windows 10 Startup Apps System Settings GUI list.
I'm not sure what happens if an app is in BOTH locations - will Windows try and run the app TWICE every startup? My guess is that it exists in both places due to historic installs over multiple versions over time.
By deleting the shortcut/lnk from BOTH paths and re-installing (over top), I see that ONLY the shell:common startup folder gets (re-)populated. Is that the one and only place it should exist with a clean install these days? I've left it like that for now (ONLY 1 link present).
Curiously, ONLY if it exists in the (other) shell:common folder, does the auto-start checkbox in the GUI installer get auto-populated, which seems contradictory to the location that is actually populated by the installer now.
Just looking for some clarification on what the current situation is supposed to be with regard to the auto-start setup in W10.
I'm not sure what happens if an app is in BOTH locations - will Windows try and run the app TWICE every startup? My guess is that it exists in both places due to historic installs over multiple versions over time.
By deleting the shortcut/lnk from BOTH paths and re-installing (over top), I see that ONLY the shell:common startup folder gets (re-)populated. Is that the one and only place it should exist with a clean install these days? I've left it like that for now (ONLY 1 link present).
Curiously, ONLY if it exists in the (other) shell:common folder, does the auto-start checkbox in the GUI installer get auto-populated, which seems contradictory to the location that is actually populated by the installer now.
Just looking for some clarification on what the current situation is supposed to be with regard to the auto-start setup in W10.