doesn't auto-start sometimes when laptop isn't plugged in

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doesn't auto-start sometimes when laptop isn't plugged in #31

Closed dinesh-58 closed 5 months ago

dinesh-58 commented 6 months ago

I've noticed this happening sometimes when my files aren't syncing after I first boot my laptop. Changing battery mode to High Performance doesn't do anything but if I plug in the charger, it starts. If I manually start Syncthing, then upon plugging in, another instance is started but it closes with a dialog box since another is already open. Haven't checked if Syncthing always starts only when plugged in.

Bill-Stewart commented 6 months ago

I am guessing, but it sounds like perhaps you installed 1.27.5 or older in per-user mode? 1.27.5 and older created the scheduled task to only start when not on batteries (see Syncthing Windows Setup Version History. The first thing to try would be to upgrade to 1.27.6 or newer, and make sure the startatlogon\acpoweronly task is not enabled (this corresponds to the Start automatically only if the computer is running AC power checkbox on the Additional Tasks wizard page).

dinesh-58 commented 5 months ago

Apologies. I was meaning to try this out someday and close the issue. This worked so thanks for the help.