Sorry but stupid question.

snifftheglove

New Member
Hi All,

So sorry to ask this stupid question but for the life of me I can not get HWiNFO64 to run at startup.

OK, I have had the tick box in settings to Auto Start but does not run. If I check with CCleaner I can see the start entry.

So, I unticked Auto Start, and created a shortcut and placed that into the Startup folder. Still it does not run.

If I manually click that shortcut then IT DOES run.

I assumed in must be something with Win10 admin permissions, so I create another shortcut this time with admin rights and place into the startup folder, still nothing. If I manually click that shortcut then IT DOES run again.

All my other startup programs run at startup, so I know this is not a HWiNFO issue but is there a way to actually check via a debug switch to see if HWiNFO is running and closing immediately or any other ways to check, I would be so greatful

I am on a new Win10 Home System(Ryzen 7)


Thanks
 

Martin

HWiNFO Author
Staff member
If you enable the "Auto Start" option, click OK and then check in Windows Task Scheduler, do you see the HWiNFO task there ?
 

snifftheglove

New Member
Yes, I see it there when on Auto Start.
Even if I create an elevated shortcut via the Task Scheuler method, I see it there but still it does not run, or it does run but shuts down imediatley.

It's a strange thing. Even if I have Task Manager running on reboot, by the time I get my desktop and look in to processes, it's too late. So I don't know if it is running (and then imediatley shutting down) or not running at all.

As I said in first post, all other startup programmes work fine.
 

Martin

HWiNFO Author
Staff member
Well, this is indeed very strange. But you can try one thing - in Task Scheduler try to raise the startup delay (Triggers - Edit - Delay task for...) of the HWiNFO task, perhaps that will help.
 
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