- #HOW TO S DISABLE SKYPE ON STARTUP WINDOWS 10 HOW TO#
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#HOW TO S DISABLE SKYPE ON STARTUP WINDOWS 10 ARCHIVE#
How to make a self extracting archive that runs your setup.exe with 7zip -sfx switchĬonfiguring a Syslog Agent in Windows Server 2012Ĭonfiguring PHP Development Environment in Windows Install Hyper-V and create a virtual machineĬonfigure DHCP Using Policy-based Assignment How to Clear Your Computer’s CMOS to Reset BIOS Settings Right-click the Skype system tray icon and select “Quit”. To close the Skype desktop application, locate the Skype icon in the notification area next to the clock on your taskbar. Even if you close the Skype window, it will remain running in the background. The desktop version of Skype will still continue running after you launch it, keeping you signed in. Prevent the Skype Desktop App From Running in the Background Skype won’t automatically start with your PC. Uncheck the “Start Skype when I start Windows” option and click “Save”. That’s the “Skype” application in your Start menu-not the “Skype Preview” application included with Windows 10.Ĭlick Tools > Options in the Skype window. To do this, open the traditional Skype desktop application. You can tell Skype not to start when you sign in if you don’t want it constantly running in the background. It automatically starts with your PC and signs you in by default, ensuring you’re always online to receive messages. The traditional desktop version of Skype does something similar after you install it. Prevent the Skype Desktop App From Starting at Boot Skype won’t sign you in again unless you provide your account details. The next time you launch the Skype Preview app, it will ask you to sign in with your account. You can either search for “Skype” and click the “Skype Preview shortcut, or scroll down to the “S” section in your list of installed apps and click the “Skype Preview” shortcut.Ĭlick the profile icon at the bottom left corner of the Skype Preview window.Ĭlick the “Sign Out” button at the bottom of your account status screen. Open your Start menu and launch the “Skype Preview” application. You have to sign out of the Skype application if you want to stop this.
#HOW TO S DISABLE SKYPE ON STARTUP WINDOWS 10 UPGRADE#
There it is, smack dab in the “General settings”: Start Skype when I start Windows.The new Skype Preview application signs you in by default after you upgrade to the Windows 10’s Anniversary Update or set up a new Windows 10 PC. Now once you’re logged in, there are oodles of additional menu options and settings.įinally! In “Options…” you’ll find what you seek: If you don’t, well, you’ll need to create one. I suppose you could create one, set Skype to not launch automatically, then delete the account, but it’s a strange and quite frankly annoying option! The closest you get is this:Ĭhoose “Connection options…” though, and you’ll find that it offers some obscure settings, but nothing to disable that pesky autostart:Īnd now, the bad news: You can’t actually disable auto-start without having - and logging in - to your Skype account. Logically, it seems like one of the menus should offer up a “don’t launch on next restart” or similar, but there’s nothing like that. Start up your system and here’s what’ll be staring at you: Skype automatically starting up on Microsoft Windows 10. Let’s just focus on your specific complaint, however. Any one program likely doesn’t have that much impact on your performance, but when you get 4, 5 or more starting up automatically, that’s going to have an impact on how your computer works.
It stinks!Įven benign programs like Skype, a very helpful video chat application, can exhibit the same sort of behaviors, starting up even if you don’t have an account and sitting on the Taskbar on your new Windows 10 system even if you never want to use the program. For some, it’s almost impossible to figure out what they do and some of those might well be malware of some sort of another. Worse, many of them are hidden behind-the-scenes, little “helper apps” that enable certain functions, listen for incoming queries, etc. Whether you’re on a Windows system or a Macintosh, there’s little more frustrating than the parade of apps that seem to start up every time you boot your computer. How do I stop Skype from launching on system start? I just updated to Windows 10 and it’s going well, except that Skype now wants to start up every time I boot the system, which is really annoying.