Restart Machines Loses FAH

[SandyG]

On a couple of Windows 11 machines (all the time on my Alienware laptop with AMD with Mobile 3070GPU) when I reboot the machine Folding at home stops, and while it's set to auto start on boot, it does not. Running current versions of Windows 11 home, and current version of FAH.

When I go into the client.foldingathome.org web page on it will not connect
When checking the task manager nothing running at all, no client, nothing FAH related

The only way to get things going again is to reload FAH (fah-installer_7.6.21_x86) which picks up where I left off but often have to remove the same Slot for the laptops CPU based GPU, but otherwise it starts where it left off.

Not sure what can cause this, but it's also happened to a new install of windows and FAH.

Any thoughts on why a reboot would cause me to loose it? Any logs to look at (Not sure where to look for them)

Sandy

[SandyG]

Also I should mention that I had completely removed FAH and all files and did a fresh reload on it, same issues.

[toTOW]

Where do you install the client ? What kind of account install/start the client ? Do you have some tools on these machines that might clean user installed software ?

[SandyG]

Client gets installed in the default locations for the Windows installer, I think that it is in -

C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient

Don't have any of the cleaner tools, but did a complete uninstall including data, and no change. What's odd is when it happens is you can run the FAHcontrol and nothing shows up. Also tried running the installer as ADMIN and no such luck with improvement.

Any log files to look at that might have a clue?

[BobWilliams757]

So all files related to folding are deleted? If so does this include directories and such?

It almost sounds like you are clicking on icons with no files associated with them, as they have been deleted..... very strange either way.

[SandyG]

So all files related to folding are deleted? If so does this include directories and such?

It almost sounds like you are clicking on icons with no files associated with them, as they have been deleted..... very strange either way.

No, the problem is not that it no files exist. That is only the case after a full removal. I did not check to see if the dir is gone after an uninstall.

The issue is that after a restart it will not start automatically, and fahcontrol shows NO configured anything. FAHControl runs just fine. No software seems to be removed upon a simple restart but FAH will not run unless I redo the install, and I only reinstall no remove of it. I have also tried to remove and reinstall but still does the same thing.

Not a huge deal but odd.

[BobWilliams757]

Does F@H still show up in your startup folder or under Task Manager showing as enabled?

This would make me crazy, even though I don't reboot my machine often. Have you tried reverting to previous versions of the client?

[SandyG]

Does F@H still show up in your startup folder or under Task Manager showing as enabled?

This would make me crazy, even though I don't reboot my machine often. Have you tried reverting to previous versions of the client?

Yeah, a bit of a pain, but pretty quick to fix.

As an experiment I have turn off all Cloud sharing of files just in case. Will see if it works on the next reboot, as I re-installed after the cloud sync was shut off. I feel like I may be onto something with it, but who knows.

Did a fresh install on Win11 Pro, worked fine and rebooted came up fine. Something specific with this machine I'm on.

Sandy