Hi everyone,My device: Razer Blade 18 (2024) – Intel i9-14900HX / RTX 4080 / Windows 11 Home I’m having an issue where Razer Synapse doesn’t start automatically with Windows, or if it does, it launches very late after the system boots. Until Synapse finally loads, my keyboard shows random lighting effects instead of my saved Chroma profile. Here’s what I’ve already tried (without success): Enabled “Start Razer Synapse on system startup” in the settings. Checked Task Manager → Startup tab (Synapse is enabled). Made a custom Task Scheduler entry to start Synapse at login (with and without delay). Set Synapse to run as administrator. Verified that Razer Synapse Service and Razer Central Service are set to “Automatic” and running. Reinstalled Synapse completely (including deleting leftover Razer folders from AppData and Program Files). Despite all this, Synapse still doesn’t appear in the system tray after boot, and the lighting only applies if I manually open the app. Is there any reliable fix or workaround to make Synapse start consistently and load lighting profiles immediately after Windows starts? Thanks in advance for any help!

Same issue as both of you.For me, I had re-installed windows to clean up my computer, but upon re-installation of Windows 11began running into “Critical Process Died” errors. After reinstalling, I continued running into blue screen of deaths, unless I immediately opened Razer Synapse upon boot.Despite enabling the setting within synapse for “Start Razer Synapse Automatically,” it does not appear within the Task Manager startup tab. In comparison, after installing Razer THX, it did appear in the startup tab. So I have no clue how to get Razer Synapse to actually start immediately on boot.For additional context, these are the only Razer startup apps that currently appear. (Yes I launched my Razer Synapse Installer in Admin mode)

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