Duplicati not starting after start PC

I just discovered Duplicati didn’t start when PC was turned on.

The Duplicati service is running and is set to “Automatic”
A shortcut to C:\Program Files\Duplicati 2\Duplicati.GUI.TrayIcon.exe is in
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Welcome to the forum @Victor

That should start the service at boot and it did, so how is Duplicati not started?

Are you expecting some other sort of start? GUI can’t start until a login is done.

That puts it on the manual Start menu for all users. What are you trying to have?
Ordinary users without special needs can just start Duplicati to drive it personally.
Installer can even start it at their logon, and sets it up by default for personal use.

Windows service gets backup without login, more access, other privileged extras.
Setting it up is more work until when and if the installer helps. There can be bugs, depending on what version of Duplicati you use, however there are workarounds.

One important thing is that TrayIcon needs --no-hosted-server to go to service.
It talks to its internal server without that, however what configuration do you want?

Documentation:

Using Duplicati with Windows

Choosing Duplicati Type

Service and WindowsService

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I added the --no-hosted (why – in stead of -) will see if this works.