topic Re: Cannot Prevent Spotify from Launching on Startup in Desktop (Windows)

Cannot Prevent Spotify from Launching on Startup

dyllandry — Sun, 07 Oct 2018 18:24:02 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

USA

Device

Custom pc

Operating System

Windows 10

Spotify Version

1.0.90.268.ga8a0ceb4 (Windows Store version)

My Question or Issue

I cannot prevent Spotify from launching on startup short of uninstalling it.

Yes, I have set "Open Spotify automatically..." to "No".

Yes, Spotify is disabled on the Startup tab within my Task Manager.

Yes, Spotify is absent from my Startup folder within AppData.

Re: Cannot Prevent Spotify from Launching on Startup

DennyEMufc — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 05:04:38 GMT

Obviously you've tried almost everything without joy, perhaps try something like I use, an alternative app that controls your disabled/ delayed start ups etc? Try Iobits Advanced System Care (free to use) its got a great set of performance options as well as good registry editing and clean etc. Cant give the link but just search iobit!

Re: Cannot Prevent Spotify from Launching on Startup

dyllandry — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 14:20:01 GMT

Thanks for the suggestion. I will try reinstalling spotify first.

Re: Cannot Prevent Spotify from Launching on Startup

dyllandry — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 14:29:35 GMT

I found the problem. It is a Windows 10 'feature' to by default reopen any apps upon startup that were not manually closed before the previous shutdown. Here is a Stack Exchange answer that instructs how to disable this behaviour.