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[BUG] Autostart-on-login setting silently re-enables after every auto-update #4972

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[BUG] Autostart-on-login setting silently re-enables after every auto-update#4972
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opened on Jun 21, 2026

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UniGetUI Version

2026.2.1

Windows version, edition, and architecture

w11 Pro 25H2 Build 26200.8655

Describe your issue

The "Run UniGetUI at startup" setting does not persist across UniGetUI's own auto-update cycle. I disable it in Settings, and it works until the next auto-update, at which point it's re-enabled and the app starts at Windows logon again. This has happened repeatedly across multiple update cycles.
Environment

UniGetUI version: 2026.2.1 (Build 107)
OS: Windows 11 (build 26200.8655)
Runtime: .NET 10.0.9
UI Framework: Avalonia
Packaged (MSIX): False
Install path: C:\Users<user>\AppData\Local\Programs\UniGetUI\UniGetUI.exe

What I've already ruled out
Using Sysinternals Autoruns (admin mode) and manual registry inspection, I confirmed UniGetUI does not appear in any of:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKCU...\Explorer\StartupApproved\Run or \StartupFolder
Startup folder (shell:startup / shell:common startup) — confirmed empty
Task Scheduler (checked all tasks, none match)
Windows Services (checked full service list via Autoruns)
AppX/MSIX packages (Get-AppxPackage returns nothing; app also self-reports Packaged (MSIX): False)
HKCU...\BackgroundAccessApplications (not present)

Despite this, the app still appears in Windows 11 Settings → Apps → Startup, and toggling it off there does not survive an update.
Additional note
When launched at logon, the process log shows Args: (none) — it isn't being passed the documented --background startup flag, suggesting whatever launches it at logon isn't going through UniGetUI's own intended startup-args path.
I also checked the CLI (settings list via IPC) and didn't see an obvious autostart-related key (no RunAtStartup/LaunchAtLogin/etc. in the returned list).
Expected behavior
The autostart preference should persist across auto-updates, and/or the actual registration mechanism should be discoverable via standard Windows tooling (Autoruns, Task Scheduler, Services).

Steps to reproduce the issue

Many updates, always reverts to starting with Windows.

UniGetUI Log

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                          Welcome to UniGetUI Version 2026.2.1
[21/06/2026 16:32:35]   
[21/06/2026 16:32:35] Build 107
[21/06/2026 16:32:35] UI Framework: Avalonia
[21/06/2026 16:32:35] Data directory C:\Users\Pete\AppData\Local\UniGetUI
[21/06/2026 16:32:35] OS: Microsoft Windows 10.0.26200
[21/06/2026 16:32:35] Process arch: X64 (OS: X64)
[21/06/2026 16:32:35] Runtime: .NET 10.0.9
[21/06/2026 16:32:35] Loaded language locale: en
[21/06/2026 16:32:35] Elevated: False
[21/06/2026 16:32:35] Packaged (MSIX): False
[21/06/2026 16:32:35] Args: (none)
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Command cargo-binstall.exe was not found on the system
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Unable to retrieve secret for resource 'UniGetUI/GitHubAccessToken': Element not found.
                      
                      Cannot get credential from Vault
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Starting Avalonia shell bootstrap
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Loaded language locale: en
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Generated a IPC API auth token for the current session
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Command pwsh.exe was not found on the system
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Command scoop.ps1 was not found on the system
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Scoop is enabled but was not found on the system!
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Command pwsh.exe was not found on the system
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] PowerShell7 is enabled but was not found on the system!
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Command vcpkg.exe was not found on the system
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] PowerShell is enabled and was found on C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Command cargo.exe was not found on the system
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Cargo is enabled but was not found on the system!
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Chocolatey is enabled and was found on C:\Users\Pete\AppData\Local\UniGetUI\Chocolatey\bin\choco.exe
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Command npm.cmd was not found on the system
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Npm is enabled but was not found on the system!
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Command bun.exe was not found on the system
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Pip is enabled and was found on C:\Users\Pete\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python.EXE
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Command bun.cmd was not found on the system
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Bun is enabled but was not found on the system!
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Command vcpkg was not found on the system
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Command vcpkg was not found on the system
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Vcpkg root was not found. Please define the %VCPKG_ROOT% environment variable or define it from UniGetUI Settings
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] vcpkg is enabled but was not found on the system!
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] .NET Tool is enabled but was not found on the system!
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Auto-updater source 'ProductInfo' returned version 2026.2.1.0 (upgradable=False)
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Downloaded new icons and screenshots successfully!
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] An error occurred while initialising package manager Pip
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] System.InvalidOperationException: Microsoft Store python alias is not a valid python install
                         at UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.PipManager.Pip._loadManagerVersion(String& version)
                         at UniGetUI.PackageEngine.ManagerClasses.Manager.PackageManager.Initialize()
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Connected to WinGet API using packaged COM activation.
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] WinGet activation mode selected: packaged COM registration | Source: system COM registration
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Winget is enabled and was found on C:\Users\Pete\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] Api running on named pipe UniGetUI.IPC
[21/06/2026 16:32:36] ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄
                      █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ MANAGER LOADED ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
                      █ Name: WinGet (aka Winget)
                      █ Executable name: "winget.exe"
                      █ Executable path: "C:\Users\Pete\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe"
                      █ Call arguments: ""
                      █ Version: System WinGet (CLI) Version: v1.28.240
                      █          Using Native WinGet helper (COM Api)
                      █          Activation mode: packaged COM registration
                      █          Activation source: system COM registration
                      █          
                      █ WinGet is enabled and ready to go.
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[21/06/2026 16:32:37] ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄
                      █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ MANAGER LOADED ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
                      █ Name: Chocolatey (aka Chocolatey)
                      █ Executable name: "choco.exe"
                      █ Executable path: "C:\Users\Pete\AppData\Local\UniGetUI\Chocolatey\bin\choco.exe"
                      █ Call arguments: ""
                      █ Version: 2.5.0
                      █          
                      █ Chocolatey is enabled and ready to go.
                      ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
[21/06/2026 16:32:37] ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄
                      █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ MANAGER LOADED ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
                      █ Name: PowerShell 5.x (aka PowerShell)
                      █ Executable name: "powershell.exe"
                      █ Executable path: "C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"
                      █ Call arguments: " -NoProfile -Command"
                      █ Version: Name                           Value                                                                                   
                      █          ----                           -----                                                                                   
                      █          PSVersion                      5.1.26100.8655                                                                          
                      █          PSEdition                      Desktop                                                                                 
                      █          PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}                                                                 
                      █          BuildVersion                   10.0.26100.8655                                                                         
                      █          CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000                                                                         
                      █          WSManStackVersion              3.0                                                                                     
                      █          PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3                                                                                     
                      █          SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
                      █          
                      █ PowerShell 5.x is enabled and ready to go.
                      ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
[21/06/2026 16:32:41] Found 0 installed packages from Chocolatey
[21/06/2026 16:32:41] Found 0 available updates from Chocolatey
[21/06/2026 16:32:42] Integrity check passed successfully!
[21/06/2026 16:32:42] Avalonia shell bootstrap completed
[21/06/2026 16:32:44] Found 2 installed packages from PowerShell
[21/06/2026 16:32:44] Found 2 installed packages from PowerShell
[21/06/2026 16:32:45] Found 0 available updates from PowerShell
[21/06/2026 16:32:45] WinGet package luizzak.GIFViewer not being shown as an updated as this version has already been marked as installed
[21/06/2026 16:32:45] Version string 1.2.90.451.gb094aab0 appears to contain non-numeric characters within a numeric segment and will be treated as unknown
[21/06/2026 16:32:45] Version string 1.2.90.451.gb094aab0 appears to contain non-numeric characters within a numeric segment and will be treated as unknown
[21/06/2026 16:32:45] Version string 1.2.90.451.gb094aab0 appears to contain non-numeric characters within a numeric segment and will be treated as unknown
[21/06/2026 16:32:45] Version string 1.2.92.148.g882cc571 appears to contain non-numeric characters within a numeric segment and will be treated as unknown
[21/06/2026 16:32:46] Found 201 installed packages from Winget
[21/06/2026 16:32:46] Found 3 available updates from Winget
[21/06/2026 16:32:46] Unknown mimetype text/html; charset=utf-8 for icon https://github.com/alexkay/spek/blob/master/data/icons/48x48/spek.png, aborting download

Package Managers Logs

Manager WinGet with version:
System WinGet (CLI) Version: v1.28.240
Using Native WinGet helper (COM Api)
Activation mode: packaged COM registration
Activation source: system COM registration

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Logged native task on manager Winget. Task type is ListSources
Process start time: 21/06/2026 16:32:36
Process end time:   21/06/2026 16:32:37

-- Task information
 ...

The task reported success

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Logged native task on manager Winget. Task type is ListInstalledPackages
Process start time: 21/06/2026 16:32:40
Process end time:   21/06/2026 16:32:46

-- Task information
 ...

The task reported success

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Logged subprocess-based task on manager Winget. Task type is RefreshIndexes
Subprocess executable: "C:\Users\Pete\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe"
Command-line arguments: " source update --disable-interactivity "
Process start time: 21/06/2026 16:32:40
Process end time:   21/06/2026 16:32:42

-- Process STDOUT
 ...

Return code: SUCCESS (0)

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Logged native task on manager Winget. Task type is OtherTask
Process start time: 21/06/2026 16:32:40
Process end time:   21/06/2026 16:32:45

-- Task information
 ...

The task reported success

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Logged native task on manager Winget. Task type is ListUpdates
Process start time: 21/06/2026 16:32:42
Process end time:   21/06/2026 16:32:46

-- Task information
 ...

The task reported success

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