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Since last update, Firefox is starting on boot of Win 10. NOT in Startup! How to stop?

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L_shifty
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ver 63.0.3, 64-bit; Now is opening on startup of windows. It is not in startup (now in task manager, not msconfig). This is really irritating! How do I stop this? Edit the registry?

ver 63.0.3, 64-bit; Now is opening on startup of windows. It is not in startup (now in task manager, not msconfig). This is really irritating! How do I stop this? Edit the registry?

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hi, this is a new feature on windows 10: Firefox starts automatically when I restart Windows

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philipp
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hi, this is a new feature on windows 10: Firefox starts automatically when I restart Windows

L_shifty
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This is not an answer! I don't want the new "feature". The question is how do I make this stop.

philipp
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the main part of the article i've linked to is explaining just that.

L_shifty
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Got it. It wasn't clear what you posted was a fix. Thanks.