Re: Privoxy and Windows 8.1

On 5 May 2022 at 13:12, Lee wrote:

> On 5/3/22, flieger<at>sonic.net <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I'm having a very difficult time getting Privoxy to be started at
> > windows boot.  It's Win 8.1 Pro 64-bit on a ThinkPad T540p, 16GB of
> > RAM.  Everything boots fine and all the startup programs invoke
> > correctly except Privoxy.  I'm trying to load 3.0.32 (several times)
> > but also dropped back once to 3.0.28 to confirm it's not a version
> > problem.
> >
> > I can invoke Privoxy from a shortcut but not the Startup menu.  I
> > have run a log which comes up clean from the shortcut but is not
> > created at boot time so it appears that windows isn't even trying to
> > start it.  Privoxy was installed using the startup option and
> > everything has admin privileges.
> >
> > Task Manger's Startup tab shows Privoxy with status "Enabled" and
> > Startup Impact as "Not measured"
> >
> > Any help getting Privoxy enabled at boot time would be greatly
> > apreciated!
> 
> 
> https://www.minitool.com/backup-tips/windows-10-startup-folder.html to
> enable 'Show hidden files, folders, and drives' option in Windows
> Explorer.
> 
> Then check the existing startup shortcut -
> <winkey>r and enter shell:common startup  (<winkey>r  shell:startup
> for the per-user startup location) double-click on the shortcut and
> see if privoxy starts.  If not... try creating a new shortcut and see
> if that works.
> 
> Regards
> Lee
> 
Lee -

Thanks.  Same results, unfortunately.  The shortcut is in the startup folder and does invoke Privoxy when 
double-clicked - shortcut confirmed valid and log created.  Reboot computer and Privoxy is NOT invoked on boot, 
log not created.

Appreciated,
Jim