Did it fail before upgrading to 2.1.0.2_beta_2024-11-29 or after it?
I had assumed before, but technically autumn (here) ended today.
If you did the above to the shortcut, Windows won’t do the automatic start. Unclear why.
Try unchecking it to see if it gets fixed (as a test, as you might actually want it elevated).
Above shortcut image is actually to notepad.exe, just to show that it’s not just Duplicati.
I still have old shortcuts in shell:startup and shell:common startup. Full testing here.
Task Manager Startup info is below, but they seem to be ignored if Run as administrator:
What beyond putting SERVER on its command line options? Old entry seemed to work.
I’d hope it behaves properly without a reinstall, except for the risk of running old update.
So there’s an example of confusing wording, which has also been in the installer for a long time.
The term “startup” usually means computer startup IMO. The text at right is more accurate IMO.
Technically what it seems to do is place it in
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp so all users get a startup unless one sets Run as administrator. For that, I do manual start, and @ZebCorp has a way.