[BUG] UnigetUI 2026.1.5 always opens itself when I boot up Windows instead of just going to the system tray because --daemon parameter is being ignored.

[BrianG61UK]

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UniGetUI Version

2026.1.5

Windows version, edition, and architecture

Windows 11 Pro 25H2 26200.8246 x64

Describe your issue

UnigetUI 2026.1.5 always opens itself when I boot up Windows instead of just going to the system tray and checking for updates in the background.

HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run still contains:
"WingetUI"=""C:\Program Files\UniGetUI\UniGetUI.exe" --daemon"

but --daemon seems to be ignored by version 2026.1.5.

Steps to reproduce the issue

Just upgrade to 2026.1.5 and reboot your PC.

You will find UnigetUI opens itself.

UniGetUI Log

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                          Welcome to UniGetUI Version 2026.1.5
[15/04/2026 22:03:02]
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Build 107
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Data directory C:\Users\bdgre\AppData\Local\UniGetUI
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Encoding Code Page set to 850
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Loaded language locale: en
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Command cargo-binstall.exe was not found on the system
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Thread with Id 32256 was assigned as DWM thread
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] DWM Thread was suspended successfully
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Thread with Id 31876 was assigned as XAML thread
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] XAML Thread was suspended successfully
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] DWM Thread was resumed successfully
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] XAML Thread was resumed successfully
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Command vcpkg.exe was not found on the system
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Command cargo.exe was not found on the system
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] PowerShell is enabled and was found on C:\WINDOWS\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] PowerShell7 is enabled and was found on C:\Users\bdgre\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\pwsh.exe
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Cargo is enabled but was not found on the system!
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Command npm.cmd was not found on the system
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Randomly-generated background API auth token: oqdoqlmeyri4whk44kb23tz54v7i5declvkf5usvsg2t8ehiyas4z7c5y35cjiit
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Npm is enabled but was not found on the system!
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Chocolatey is enabled and was found on C:\Users\bdgre\AppData\Local\UniGetUI\Chocolatey\choco.exe
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Command scoop.ps1 was not found on the system
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Scoop is enabled but was not found on the system!
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Connected to WinGet API using bundled in-proc activation.
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] WinGet activation mode selected: bundled in-proc COM | Source: C:\Program Files\UniGetUI\winget-cli_x64\WindowsPackageManager.dll
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Winget is enabled and was found on C:\Users\bdgre\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Command vcpkg was not found on the system
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Pip is enabled and was found on C:\Users\bdgre\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python.EXE
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Command vcpkg was not found on the system
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Vcpkg root was not found. Please define the %VCPKG_ROOT% environment variable or define it from UniGetUI Settings
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] vcpkg is enabled but was not found on the system!
[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Api running on http://localhost:7058
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                      █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ MANAGER LOADED ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
                      █ Name: WinGet (aka Winget)
                      █ Executable name: "winget.exe"
                      █ Executable path: "C:\Users\bdgre\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe"
                      █ Call arguments: ""
                      █ Version: System WinGet (CLI) Version: v1.28.220
                      █          Using Native WinGet helper (COM Api)
                      █          Activation mode: bundled in-proc COM
                      █          Activation source: C:\Program Files\UniGetUI\winget-cli_x64\WindowsPackageManager.dll
                      █          
                      █ WinGet is enabled and ready to go.
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[15/04/2026 22:03:02] Updater source 'ProductInfo' returned version 2026.1.5.0 (upgradable=False)
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                      █ Name: PowerShell 7.x (aka PowerShell7)
                      █ Executable name: "pwsh.exe"
                      █ Executable path: "C:\Users\bdgre\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\pwsh.exe"
                      █ Call arguments: " -NoProfile -Command"
                      █ Version: PowerShell 7.6.0
                      █          
                      █ PowerShell 7.x is enabled and ready to go.
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[15/04/2026 22:03:03] .NET Tool is enabled and was found on c:\program files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
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                      █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ MANAGER LOADED ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
                      █ Name: .NET Tool (aka .NET Tool)
                      █ Executable name: "dotnet tool"
                      █ Executable path: "c:\program files\dotnet\dotnet.exe"
                      █ Call arguments: "tool "
                      █ Version: 9.0.313
                      █          
                      █ .NET Tool is enabled and ready to go.
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                      █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ MANAGER LOADED ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
                      █ Name: Pip (aka Pip)
                      █ Executable name: "pip"
                      █ Executable path: "C:\Users\bdgre\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python.EXE"
                      █ Call arguments: "-m pip "
                      █ Version: pip 26.0.1 from C:\Users\bdgre\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.12_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python312\site-packages\pip (python 3.12)
                      █          
                      █ Pip is enabled and ready to go.
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                      █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ MANAGER LOADED ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
                      █ Name: Chocolatey (aka Chocolatey)
                      █ Executable name: "choco.exe"
                      █ Executable path: "C:\Users\bdgre\AppData\Local\UniGetUI\Chocolatey\choco.exe"
                      █ Call arguments: ""
                      █ Version: 2.5.0
                      █          
                      █ Chocolatey is enabled and ready to go.
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[15/04/2026 22:03:03] UniGetUI Chocolatey was found in the path
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                      █ Name: PowerShell 5.x (aka PowerShell)
                      █ Executable name: "powershell.exe"
                      █ Executable path: "C:\WINDOWS\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe"
                      █ Call arguments: " -NoProfile -Command"
                      █ Version: Name                           Value                                                                                   
                      █          ----                           -----                                                                                   
                      █          PSVersion                      5.1.26100.8115                                                                          
                      █          PSEdition                      Desktop                                                                                 
                      █          PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}                                                                 
                      █          BuildVersion                   10.0.26100.8115                                                                         
                      █          CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000                                                                         
                      █          WSManStackVersion              3.0                                                                                     
                      █          PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3                                                                                     
                      █          SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
                      █          
                      █ PowerShell 5.x is enabled and ready to go.
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[15/04/2026 22:03:06] LoadComponentsAsync finished executing. All managers loaded. Proceeding to interface.
[15/04/2026 22:03:06] Downloaded new icons and screenshots successfully!
[15/04/2026 22:03:06] Found 26 installed packages from Pip
[15/04/2026 22:03:06] Integrity check passed successfully!
[15/04/2026 22:03:06] Found 1 installed packages from .NET Tool
[15/04/2026 22:03:06] Found 1 installed packages from .NET Tool
[15/04/2026 22:03:06] WinGet is using bundled in-proc COM — falling back to CLI for update detection
[15/04/2026 22:03:07] Found 16 installed packages from PowerShell7
[15/04/2026 22:03:07] Found 16 installed packages from PowerShell7
[15/04/2026 22:03:07] Found 0 available updates from .NET Tool
[15/04/2026 22:03:07] Found 2 available updates from PowerShell7
[15/04/2026 22:03:07] Found 7 installed packages from Chocolatey
[15/04/2026 22:03:07] Found 1 available updates from Chocolatey
[15/04/2026 22:03:08] Found 1 available updates from Pip
[15/04/2026 22:03:09] Found 1 installed packages from PowerShell
[15/04/2026 22:03:09] Found 1 installed packages from PowerShell
[15/04/2026 22:03:09] Found 0 available updates from PowerShell
[15/04/2026 22:03:09] WinGet package Microsoft.msmpi not being shown as an updated as this version has already been marked as installed
[15/04/2026 22:03:09] WinGet package CreativeTechnology.OpenAL not being shown as an updated as this version has already been marked as installed
[15/04/2026 22:03:09] Found 8 available updates from Winget
[15/04/2026 22:03:09] Found 410 installed packages from Winget
[15/04/2026 22:03:09] Backup saved to C:\Users\bdgre\Documents\UniGetUI\BRIANS-12700F installed packages 2026-04-15 22-03-09.ubundle
[15/04/2026 22:03:11] Successfully updated Gist ID: f8050b64ae4e7fb631201081e9f75b99
[15/04/2026 22:03:11] Cloud backup completed successfully to gist BrianG61UK/f8050b64ae4e7fb631201081e9f75b99
[15/04/2026 22:03:11] Cloud backup succeeded
[15/04/2026 22:03:21] DWM Thread was suspended successfully
[15/04/2026 22:03:21] XAML Thread was suspended successfully
[15/04/2026 22:23:43] DWM Thread was resumed successfully
[15/04/2026 22:23:43] XAML Thread was resumed successfully
[15/04/2026 22:23:43] Found 26 installed packages from Pip
[15/04/2026 22:23:43] Found 1 installed packages from .NET Tool
[15/04/2026 22:23:43] Found 16 installed packages from PowerShell7
[15/04/2026 22:23:44] Found 7 installed packages from Chocolatey
[15/04/2026 22:23:45] Found 1 installed packages from PowerShell
[15/04/2026 22:23:46] Found 410 installed packages from Winget

Package Managers Logs

Manager WinGet with version:
System WinGet (CLI) Version: v1.28.220
Using Native WinGet helper (COM Api)
Activation mode: bundled in-proc COM
Activation source: C:\Program Files\UniGetUI\winget-cli_x64\WindowsPackageManager.dll

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Logged native task on manager Winget. Task type is ListSources
Process start time: 15/04/2026 22:03:02
Process end time:   15/04/2026 22:03:03

-- Task information
 ...

The task reported success

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Logged subprocess-based task on manager Winget. Task type is RefreshIndexes
Subprocess executable: "C:\Users\bdgre\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe"
Command-line arguments: " source update --disable-interactivity "
Process start time: 15/04/2026 22:03:06
Process end time:   15/04/2026 22:03:06

-- Process STDOUT
 ...

Return code: SUCCESS (0)

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Logged native task on manager Winget. Task type is ListInstalledPackages
Process start time: 15/04/2026 22:03:06
Process end time:   15/04/2026 22:03:09

-- Task information
 ...

The task reported success

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Logged native task on manager Winget. Task type is OtherTask
Process start time: 15/04/2026 22:03:06
Process end time:   15/04/2026 22:03:09

-- Task information
 ...

The task reported success

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Logged subprocess-based task on manager Winget. Task type is ListUpdates
Subprocess executable: "C:\Program Files\UniGetUI\winget-cli_x64\winget.exe"
Command-line arguments: " update --include-unknown  --accept-source-agreements "
Process start time: 15/04/2026 22:03:06
Process end time:   15/04/2026 22:03:09

-- Process STDOUT
 ...

Return code: SUCCESS (0)

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Logged native task on manager Winget. Task type is ListInstalledPackages
Process start time: 15/04/2026 22:23:43
Process end time:   15/04/2026 22:23:46

-- Task information
 ...

The task reported success

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Logged native task on manager Winget. Task type is OtherTask
Process start time: 15/04/2026 22:23:43
Process end time:   15/04/2026 22:23:45

-- Task information
 ...

The task reported success

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[BrianG61UK]

An alternative way to demonstrate --daemon is being ignored is to quit from UnigetUI, and then manually start it again using the --daemon parameter. You will see that UnigetUI opens instead of just going to the system tray.

[FadeMind]

I can confirm this issue.