Avast One Launching Window at Startup (Windows 10)

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I’m fairly new to Avast, and I used Bitdefender for years, but Avast had some features that I liked, so I decided to pull the trigger and make the switch. Bitdefender also launched at startup, but I could disable it, so it would run in the background, but the window would not pop up every time I turned on my computer.

How do I make it so Avast stops launching their platform and opening the dang window (but runs in the background) at startup?

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I’m confused by this With Bitdefender ‘I could disable it, so it would run in the background’- essentially that isn’t disabled, it would still be running.

That is essentially what an on-access antivirus scanner does

If you are talking about this - https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=327444.0 - ?

If not, what dang window, as we cant see what you see.

Also see this topic - https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=327347.0
And my post in that topic - https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=327347.msg1718689#msg1718689

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Sorry, I was trying my best to describe the dashboard that launches (see attachment). Whenever I first log into windows, either after a restart or boot up, the dashboard opens. Bitdefender also launched the dashboard, after a restart or initial boot up, but I could turn off the launching of the dashboard every time I turned on my computer and logged in, which was great.

I don’t want to disable the service, which is covered in other forums and is fairly straightforward, but I don’t see an option to prevent it from opening the dashboard when I first log into windows after re/booting my computer. I think it opens the dashboard during scans as well, which is annoying.

Basically, the only time I ever want to see the dashboard is when I decide to launch the application.

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Whilst I don’t use Avast One, I certainly wouldn’t have expected the UI (User Interface) to open on Start Up.

It doesn’t happen on the Avast Antivirus Free for windows.

I notice that in your image you have 6 messages, I have no idea what they might be or if that might be triggering this.
If this were a regular occurrence I would have expected to see many more posts about it.

This google search returns many hits - https://www.google.com/search?q=Avast+One+UI+opens+on+startup - how relevant I don’t know.

I couldn’t find anything on the Avast One FAQ - https://support.avast.com/en-gb/article/one-faq/#pc

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I see most of the topics linked to are more than a year old. Several are three or four years old.

What is the version number of your Avast One program?