After rebooting, why do I need to “Kill all Syncthing processes” and then manually start syncing? If Windows has just restarted, shouldn’t there be no processes to kill? Also, I have to do this even if I kill them before rebooting. Why would I have to do it twice? To me, the normal/expected behavio…

[image] Synctrayzor won't start on login - There's always another instance already running! Support This typically happens if another syncthing install is on the same system, for instance Syncthing Windows Setup which is also configured to auto-start syncthing …

Are you using SyncTrayzor? If so, please refer to this post: [image] Synctrayzor won't start on login - There's always another instance already running! Support Hi all. I’m having trouble getting Synctrayzor to initialize properly. When i log in to my account…

I am using SyncTrayzor. Sorry, I should have said that in my post. In any case, I don’t see how my problem has anything in common with the post you linked.

Aha! I didn’t realize I had two installations running. I originally set up Syncthing in my browser and then found out about SyncTrayzor and installed that. I just deleted the other thing and SyncTrayzor started up just fine. Thanks!

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Why do I have to kill all Syncthing processes when I reboot?

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Nummer378 (Max) April 13, 2026, 11:53am 4