Skype//config.xml), but looking through them didn't yield anything. Hi, Here are two ways you can change which apps will automatically run at startup in Windows 10: Select the Start button, then select Settings > Apps. 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.

Skype opening on startup