Cant stop skype starting with windows

[andystanger]

Hello! 

SKYPE IS REALLY ANNOYING ME

It keeps loading with windows and I CANT TURN IT OFF

I have tried:

a) unchecking the box 'start with windows'

b) unchecking the skype box in msconfig

c) deleting the registry entry which is mentioned in msconfig

When I do the above it works for the next restart, but the one after that, its right back again. 

WHAT DO!?

[ruwim · Accepted solution]

Most likely you have another application installed on your system which starts with Windows and in turn starts Skype. See e.g. this:

http://community.skype.com/t5/Windows/How-to-disable-skype-from-starting-up-automatically-with-windo...

[andystanger]

Thanks man! Youre a genius!

[crypticCL]

I tried all of the suggestions from that other post, including downloading and running AUTORUNS, and Skype was STILL loading without permission. I didn't want to uninstall Skype, just disable it while our webcam is visiting another computer, but I reached the point where I was about to reluctantly uninstall Skype, when I had a brainwave!

I have now renamed the C:\Program Files\Skype folder as

C:\Program Files\Skype (disabled).

Worked like a charm