DigDugFighter
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When I boot into windows I have a window show up in the taskbar named setup and it changes to downloader. No window pops up on the screen and it goes away. How can I find out what it is? Thanks!
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The thread discusses a user experiencing a mysterious "setup" and "downloader" window appearing briefly during Windows startup, which is difficult to identify and persists despite troubleshooting. Multiple users suggest checking Task Manager, Windows Event Viewer, and startup items, with the original poster noting an Event Viewer error related to SetupARservice, possibly linked to Realtek and audio enhancement software. Eventually, the user discovers Avast detects the issue as a threat in the temp folder, and after disabling unwanted Skype-related tasks, the problem seems resolved, highlighting the importance of cleaning temporary files and monitoring unexpected startup activities.
The thread discusses a user experiencing a mysterious "setup" and "downloader" window appearing briefly during Windows startup, which is difficult to identify and persists despite troubleshooting. Multiple users suggest checking Task Manager, Windows Event Viewer, and startup items, with the original poster noting an Event Viewer error related to SetupARservice, possibly linked to Realtek and audio enhancement software. Eventually, the user discovers Avast detects the issue as a threat in the temp folder, and after disabling unwanted Skype-related tasks, the problem seems resolved, highlighting the importance of cleaning temporary files and monitoring unexpected startup activities.
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DigDugFighter
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I tried that but it goes away too fast. I don't see anything it could be in the task manager running.
DigDugFighter
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Event viewer shows SetupARservice error. I tried disabling that service. Still happening. 
Only other error in event viewer is service control manager. The downloader/setup seems to be harmless. I use Breakaway audio enhancer and since SetupARservice is realtek something, I thought it might be that. I can't figure it out, it bugs me. I have disabled every startup thing except AVAST trying to get rid of it, it's always there.
Should I be looking only for errors in the event viewer? I have looked at everything there, I don't see what else it could be. Hope it is enough information to give you guys some ideas. Really shouldn't be this difficult.
Only other error in event viewer is service control manager. The downloader/setup seems to be harmless. I use Breakaway audio enhancer and since SetupARservice is realtek something, I thought it might be that. I can't figure it out, it bugs me. I have disabled every startup thing except AVAST trying to get rid of it, it's always there.
Should I be looking only for errors in the event viewer? I have looked at everything there, I don't see what else it could be. Hope it is enough information to give you guys some ideas. Really shouldn't be this difficult.
mystery solved then
DigDugFighter
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Probably, but I can't get it to go away when disabling Breakaway completely. Guess I will just uninstall things until it goes away just to see what it is.
DigDugFighter
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So, AVAST started detecting this thing as a threat when I booted my computer. Something in the temp folder. I looked in task scheduler and had two things. Skypeautoupdater and Skypeupdate. I don't even have Skype or ever had Skype on my computer, lol. I disabled them and all is well now. I don't know where it came from.
