Set Program Associations opens at every boot

Hi All, Got a weird one here...For reference, I'm running Windows 8.1 Pro (6.3.9600) and Skype for Desktop 7.5.64.102.
Every time I boot Windows the Set Program Associations control panel applet launches. I've tried removing Skype and the issue goes away, but returns as soon as I reinstall it. This has been happening for the past 6 months or so. There doesn't appear to be anything out of the ordinary in the Windows Startup list, and the issue goes away if I uncheck "Start Skype when I start Windows". Obviously if I do that then Skype no longer starts at boot. The issue doesn't occur if I launch Skype normally. Any ideas?

techfreak wrote:
lordgreg wrote:
Say what??? So how do you think other apps that run on startup handle those things? There aren't any different than skype. This is a skype bug, nothing else... I run win8.1 x64 with admin user as always. Since at least 1 month now, I'm always getting this annoying window.If I take another program like VLC and I have admin access but my Security software for whatever reason blocks the file type association change by the program, then they will not take either. The difference I can fathom between that software and Skype is that they are probably invoking the box to display more than likely to meet some sort of compliance. So it errs on displaying it since the question is still not answered. So in this hypothetical, the question not being answered is not optional. Have you tried starting Skype in Safe Mode with Networking, confirming the associations, then launching Skype normally to see if the problem goes away? You should also make sure you are running the latest version of Skype (7.6.x.103).The latest version is 7.5.64.102
It would be rare and unlikely that all of us have some "weird" software that prevents write access to our own files. I can tell you I am on the latest version, I do not have anything preventing write access. Usually, software that prevents write access, are found in corporate/enterprise systems.
How can I tell that this is Skype impoperly checking the associations on startup?
Because the options inside it are checked, and I have hit save. Upon restart, those options remain as I set them.
This is not a problem with write permissions to the drive.
Further more, Skype uses your C:\Users\[NAME]\AppData directory. If there was a problem writing to it, then you would have more problems than just Skype.

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