Hi LT....normally, I shut down the computer at the end of my day...I have it set so that I can restart by touching the keyboard. This morning, after reading your post, I shut down as usual, but used the button on the face of the computer case to restart...still no change in MWB.
I have MWB set to scan every morning at 0630 CDT. it is in a self started scan now as I write this, visible in the task bar
Bottom line to your question is that I see no noticable change from the issue that spawned my post. The program does its job in the background. While running it shows up in the task bar with a visible green progress line during the scan, but only if I double click on the desktop app.. So, that seems to answer your question about whether the tray app starts or not.
As for your earlier point, the program shows up as Automatic in services.msc. btw, I also checked msconfig for startup programs. I was referred to the task master startup list. That is different from how msconfig operated in W7...
The scan has completed while writing this, it took less than 10 minutes, reporting what I know are 4 false positives. Otherwise, no problems. Again, thanks for your interest.
Sherm