Client: Option to disable client starting automatically upon login (Windows)

Created on 22 Feb 2017 · 6Comments · Source: keybase/client

Keybase GUI Version: 1.0.18-20170130201446+3f505f9

Apologies if this has been answered already, but I can't seem to find the option to disable starting Keybase on login. It's very possible I am just blind and haven't seen it. Could someone point me to this option?

I expected to find it in the context menu of the tray icon, the drop down on the mini-Keybase pane, or in the settings area of the main GUI.

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patricklucas

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There is no user interface for disabling start at startup, but you can remove the 2 shortcuts from %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup. There is one for the GUI and one for the daemon, and if the GUI is started by itself it won't be able to do anything.

runquiet.exe is just a launcher that hides the console window. The actual command it launces to start the daemon is keybase ctl watchdog2.

zanderz on 24 Feb 2017

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There seems to be no such option. I tried disabling the created autostart entry.
It doesn't start anymore, but I can manage to start it manually. I tried it by starting the GUI, then it's loading forever. If I execture the runquiet.exe nothing happens and with the command line, I can login, but can't manage to start the fileserver. login and ctl doesn't help me.
I'm running Win 10 64bit

ro-bb on 23 Feb 2017

runquiet.exe is just a launcher that hides the console window. The actual command it launces to start the daemon is keybase ctl watchdog2.

zanderz on 24 Feb 2017

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It would be really nice if there was an option to disable startup after login, and the GUI would detect and launch the daemon, if it notices the daemon isn't running when it is started.