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Ok so I am new here but I have been using HWinfo with Rainmeter for a year and a half. Purchased a pro license which gave me support and updates for a year. That ended in July 2024. Up until that point, it was working flawlessly, however, I inadvertantly hit the update button the other day completely oblivious to the fact that my license was expired, however, the update proceeded and once complete, I was presented with some dialog that said something to the effect of "your license is expired, please upgrade or revert to a previous version". So, I went to the hwinfo site and downloaded the last version that was covered under my license (8.06 July 2024) and reinstalled that version. That is when the wont auto start problems began.
No matter what I did, the "auto start" check box in HWinfo would not stick. Every time I checked it, closed the settings dialog and re-opened it, the check box was un-checked and HWinf would not auto start on boot/log in.
What I did to resolve it was read as many threads here as I could find with the "auto start" search string and nothing that anyone mentioned would solve the problem, so I just started experimenting with different things and here is what I did to get it to work:
(1) Opened up %temp% and located the (2) files "HWiNFO_x64_201.sys" and "HWiNFO-Sch.xml" and copied those to a folder on my desktop just in case then I deleted them from the temp folder.
(2) Opened up Task Scheduler and located the HWinfo instance and exported it, (also just in case) saved it to the desktop folder and then deleted it from Task Scheduler.
(3) Launched HWinfo as admin and checked the "auto start" check box then hit ok and closed the dialog..
(4) Quit HWinfo (right click in taskbar menu and exit).
(5) Reboot.
Viola! It started automatically!
Went back in and checked both the %temp% folder and the task scheduler and all elements were nicely back in place and everything seems right with the world.
Opened up the HWinfo settings dialog and "auto start" check box is still checked after reboot.
Not quite sure why, but perhaps the .sys file in the temp folder was corrupted somehow or something like that, but these steps got me back up and running.
Hopefully someone finds this and it helps them out. P.S. I am on Windows 11.
No matter what I did, the "auto start" check box in HWinfo would not stick. Every time I checked it, closed the settings dialog and re-opened it, the check box was un-checked and HWinf would not auto start on boot/log in.
What I did to resolve it was read as many threads here as I could find with the "auto start" search string and nothing that anyone mentioned would solve the problem, so I just started experimenting with different things and here is what I did to get it to work:
(1) Opened up %temp% and located the (2) files "HWiNFO_x64_201.sys" and "HWiNFO-Sch.xml" and copied those to a folder on my desktop just in case then I deleted them from the temp folder.
(2) Opened up Task Scheduler and located the HWinfo instance and exported it, (also just in case) saved it to the desktop folder and then deleted it from Task Scheduler.
(3) Launched HWinfo as admin and checked the "auto start" check box then hit ok and closed the dialog..
(4) Quit HWinfo (right click in taskbar menu and exit).
(5) Reboot.
Viola! It started automatically!
Went back in and checked both the %temp% folder and the task scheduler and all elements were nicely back in place and everything seems right with the world.
Opened up the HWinfo settings dialog and "auto start" check box is still checked after reboot.
Not quite sure why, but perhaps the .sys file in the temp folder was corrupted somehow or something like that, but these steps got me back up and running.
Hopefully someone finds this and it helps them out. P.S. I am on Windows 11.
