totaladv.blogg.se - How to stop skype from opening on startup

So it is better to change the code than deleting this file: => file does NOT exist! rm -rf /home/$USER/.config/autostart/sktopĭeletes autostart, but this file is created after changes again! Open Skype - Menue: extras -> settings -> category: start and close Could it be that this setting is somewhere within? Skype//config.xml), but looking through them didn't yield anything. I did find a couple of files which looked promising (.

Looking for anything similar in Skype support - I didn't expect to find anything, and I didn't.

While on the same note - how is it possible for Skype to autostart without going through the normal Upstart route?

Save for reinstalling, what else can I try?

Uninstalling Skype with apt-get remove skype -purge and hoping that it removes all the settings as well - it didn't.

Using BUM to turn it off - again, couldn't find it in the list.

Considering my girlfriend is a Windows user, could it be that this is a setting that's available on the Windows client but not on the Linux one, and somehow got transferred?) (I remember there was a similar Skype setting somewhere whenever I've used it on Windows.

Checking for a relevant setting in Skype itself - couldn't find anything of the sort.

Removing it from the Settings Manager->Session and Startup->Application Autostart - couldn't find it in the list.

My girlfriend logged into her Skype account from my Xubuntu 12.10 netbook, and ever since then Skype starts automatically every time I boot.