When a shortcut to privoxy is located in the windows startup folder, two instances of privoxy try to start, with the second failing due to a conflict. So either I locate shortcut in my startup folder and have to deal with the two popup issues, or I manually start it each time. Regardless, a window pops up when privoxy is started, and I have to manually close that window. Is there a way around this? Pardon my perspective, but I see privoxy as a very worthwhile background program that should not need to be interfaced with during day-to-day use.
I use WinXP SP2 and the latest version (3.0.6) of privoxy in tandem with Tor on Firefox. However, this error occurs before either Firefox or Tor has been started.
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It sounds like duplicate shortcuts have been created. Either this or you are starting Privoxy automatically via another method.
Try searching for:
privoxy*.lnk
There should be one in either "All Users" or your user profile under the directory structure C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Start Menu\Startup.
Creation of multiple shortcuts is not done by the installer so you may have created/moved/duplicated a shortcut or used an installer other than official Privoxy one.
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Have you installed privoxy as a windows service, and if so is it set to start automatically?
This could be one of the sources for the dual instances.
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