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How do I prevent Skype from automatically starting every time I boot my Xubuntu 12.10 netbook?


Things I've tried:



  • Removing it from the Settings Manager->Session and Startup->Application Autostart - couldn't find it in the list.

  • Checking for a relevant setting in Skype itself - couldn't find anything of the sort.

  • Using BUM to turn it off - again, couldn't find it in the list.

  • Uninstalling Skype with apt-get remove skype --purge and hoping that it removes all the settings as well - it didn't.


Save for reinstalling, what else can I try?


While on the same note - how is it possible for Skype to autostart without going through the normal Upstart route?


EDIT: Couple of more things I tried:



  • Looking for anything similar in Skype support - I didn't expect to find anything, and I didn't.

  • Looking through the .Skype folder in my home directory. I did find a couple of files which looked promising (.Skype/shared.xml, .Skype/[my username]/config.xml, .Skype/[girlfriend's username]/config.xml), but looking through them didn't yield anything. Plenty of SQLite files though. Could it be that this setting is somewhere within?


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Had the same problem and the following seems to have taken care of it: go to (Xubuntu) Settings > Sessions and Startup > Session, find Skype and left click where it says "If Running" and change it to "Never".


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