[Privoxy-users] Privoxy and Windows 8.1

[flieger<at>sonic.net]

On 5 May 2022 at 19:12, Lee wrote:

> 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.ht
> >> > ml 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
> 
Yeah - I just compared those entries to the reg entries in a computer with the same o/s but which invoked Privoxy 
correctly at boot.  They are the same.  Still quite puzzled - something is blocking the Privoxy bootup action.

Appreciated,
Jim