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fish_monster

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Registered: 2022-02-21

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Firefox and Thunderbird: Stop automatic start after boot

When booting up, after signing in (I use xorg) both firefox and thunderbird automatically start.
How can I prevent that?

Note: There exists no file 'firefox.desktop' or 'thunderbird.desktop' in the autostart folder. (Creating one and specifically stating that firefox/thunderbird should not start (setting X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=false) does not fix the problem.)

Edit: I use XFCE.

Last edited by fish_monster (2024-06-17 20:23:48)

ewaller

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Re: Firefox and Thunderbird: Stop automatic start after boot

You hinted at Gnome, but you did not tell us what Desktop Environment (DE) you are using.
The autostart is going to be a function of the DE, not the program itself.

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fish_monster

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Registered: 2022-02-21

Posts: 15

Re: Firefox and Thunderbird: Stop automatic start after boot

You hinted at Gnome, but you did not tell us what Desktop Environment (DE) you are using.
The autostart is going to be a function of the DE, not the program itself.

I use XFCE.

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 60,798

Re: Firefox and Thunderbird: Stop automatic start after boot

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xfce#Autostart
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xfce#D … d_sessions

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