Cannot prevent startup at boot; two taskbar icons

[dawlyx]

I am running Dexpot 1.5.0, Build 1042 on Windows 7 64-bit.

Dexport starts up when I log in and I have two task-bar icons and two dexpot.exe processes running. Searching the registry, I had found that it was starting in two locations

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
and a similar path down HKEY_USER

I went into settings and unchecked Start with Windows and yet, I still have two taskbar icons and two dexpot.exe processes running as well as a Dexpot64.exe process.

I used msconfig to check what which starts up when I login, but Dexpot is not in there.

I have Dexpot configured so that the taskbar icon displays the desktop number. When I use ALT-2 to switch desktops, it takes about 30 seconds for this to complete to where I can see changes to the taskbar. Only one of the two icons is displaying "2". The other is displaying "1". When I exit from the "1", this terminates one of the dexpot.exe processes and the Dexpot64.exe process

[Sebastian]

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delete the Dexpot value in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.

[dawlyx]

:dex:,

delete the Dexpot value in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.

Believe it or not, I did do this several days ago, as well as the other one for which I could not elaborate. I have a ghost in my machine.

[Patrick]

That ghost of yours is probably living in the Windows Task Scheduler, that's used for starting Dexpot with admin privileges. There's a bug in the build you're using which prevents removal of the scheduler entry when deactivating the auto-start option.

[Sebastian]

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type 'task' in your start menu and hit Enter.
Look for a folder called 'Dexpot'.

[dawlyx]

:dex:,

type 'task' in your start menu and hit Enter.
Look for a folder called 'Dexpot'.

I select 'Start' and enter 'task' in the Search Programs and Files field and I do not see any results that include the string, 'Dexpot', including folders. I did take time to explore the Task Scheduler in case that this is where I was supposed to look.

Thank you for the feedback!

Jerald

[Sebastian]

,

at least it works for you now?

[dawlyx]

No, the issue is not resolved

1) There are no registry entries for Dexpot in the Run folder
2) The Dexpot application does not have Start with Windows checked
3) I cannot find anything "Dexpot" related while searching for "Task"
4) When I log in after boot, I see two Dexpot icons in the task bar

[Sebastian]

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click Start. Click on All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and finally Task Scheduler.
Click Task Scheduler Library from the left pane. Click Dexpot. See any double entry?

[dawlyx]

:dex:,

click Start. Click on All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and finally Task Scheduler.
Click Task Scheduler Library from the left pane. Click Dexpot. See any double entry?

I did not see any double entry, nor did I see a single entry. I decided to remove Dexpot, for the 4th time and reinstall. This time, while there is still no entry in Task Scheduler, a reboot has only one icon on the Task Bar and msconfig shows in Startup only a single entry for Dexpot to startup at login.

Somehow, it is now resolved. Thank you for all of the support!

Jerald

[Sebastian]

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