[Privoxy-users] Privoxy and Windows 8.1

[Lee]

On 5/5/22, flieger<at>sonic.net <flieger at sonic.net> wrote:
>
> On 5 May 2022 at 9:41, fliegeratsonic.net wrote:
>
>> On 5 May 2022 at 13:12, Lee wrote:
>>
>> > On 5/3/22, flieger<at>sonic.net <flieger at sonic.net> wrote:
>> > > I'm having a very difficult time getting Privoxy to be started at
>> > > windows boot.  It's Win 8.1 Pro 64-bit on a ThinkPad T540p, 16GB
>> > > of RAM.  Everything boots fine and all the startup programs invoke
>> > > correctly except Privoxy.  I'm trying to load 3.0.32 (several
>> > > times) but also dropped back once to 3.0.28 to confirm it's not a
>> > > version problem.
>> > >
>> > > I can invoke Privoxy from a shortcut but not the Startup menu.  I
>> > > have run a log which comes up clean from the shortcut but is not
>> > > created at boot time so it appears that windows isn't even trying
>> > > to start it.  Privoxy was installed using the startup option and
>> > > everything has admin privileges.
>> > >
>> > > Task Manger's Startup tab shows Privoxy with status "Enabled" and
>> > > Startup Impact as "Not measured"
>> > >
>> > > Any help getting Privoxy enabled at boot time would be greatly
>> > > apreciated!
>> >
>> >
>> > https://www.minitool.com/backup-tips/windows-10-startup-folder.html
>> > to enable 'Show hidden files, folders, and drives' option in Windows
>> > Explorer.
>> >
>> > Then check the existing startup shortcut -
>> > <winkey>r and enter shell:common startup  (<winkey>r  shell:startup
>> > for the per-user startup location) double-click on the shortcut and
>> > see if privoxy starts.  If not... try creating a new shortcut and
>> > see if that works.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> > Lee
>> >
>> Lee -
>>
>> Thanks.  Same results, unfortunately.  The shortcut is in the startup
>> folder and does invoke Privoxy when double-clicked - shortcut
>> confirmed valid and log created.  Reboot computer and Privoxy is NOT
>> invoked on boot, log not created.

If you press <ctrl><alt><del> select "Task Manager" and click on the
"Startup" tab,
you have a line that says Privoxy with a Status of "Enabled" ?

Other than a status of disabled, I'm having a hard time coming up with
possible reasons why you can double-click the shortcut and start
privoxy but it doesn't start automatically when you login.

> One additional data point: when I run shell:startup on one of the computers
> which reliably invoke Privoxy, there is
> no shortcut entry in the .... Start Menu \ Programs \ Startup folder, which
> is where the above-referenced shortcut
> would be in Lee's reply.

"shell:startup" is the per-user startup location, "shell:common
startup" is the startup for everybody location.

If I'm logged in as me, shell:startup opens
C:\Users\Lee\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
which has desktop.ini and nothing else

shell:common startup opens
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp
which has the privoxy shortcut.

>  That leads me to believe that the Privoxy install
> routine uses a registry entry or some
> other means of calling Privoxy at boot time.  Possible?

That's not the way it works.

>  Where would that be?

Probably
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
for what gets started when the current user logs in and

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
for the what gets started when anyone logs in.

Regards,
Lee