100% wrong. Please don't invent garbage like this. Refer to my previous post.
No, I'm not wrong, and your post does nothing to prove otherwise.
Yes, they've said they aren't going to change it, that it's 'by design'... Which to me is like Steve Jobs telling people they are holding their phone wrong instead of admitting they screwed up the design of the device...
If they can provide a clear, concise _REASON_ for why they feel it's necessary to undo this setting every time I update my software, I'd be glad to read it. I've repeatedly asked WHY this is done, and the only answer I've ever gotten is 'We think AnyDVD should be running at all times on your computer.' I don't, so why I can't make that change on MY COMPUTER, and have it left alone? I guess we should be happy they chose to even give us the option to turn this off... I wish they would make a 'pro' version of the software actually, instead of dumbing everything down to the lowest common denominator, make a version (or some ridiculously complicated way to enable it) for people that do know what they are doing and want to change things for specific purposes... And want those changes left alone. No user-preference should ever be erased by an update to the software unless the software was changed in a way that requires it (and it should then tell you it's going to do that so you aren't surprised by the change).
'By design' or 'It's what we want' isn't a REASON, it's just basically telling you 'tough, we aren't changing it'. And, you know what, it's their software and they can program it however they want. I never said it was a big deal to undo the setting (I just consider it part of the install process- update, uncheck, close program.)
I'm just explaining _again_ to someone ELSE complaining about it that it isn't going to change, and they won't provide a valid reason for it.
As for my problem with the software verification, what's the point of having AnyDVD running if I disable it on my drive? What's it doing running at all if it has no access to the drives? That doesn't even make sense... I either turn it's access to the drive on and off, or I just close the program...
I'm not in the habit of leaving software running all the time that I don't use all the time...
On a similarly related topic, does anyone know _where_ this setting is stored? I've looked through the SlySoft registry entries, and there's nothing there for autostart... Nothing in the install directory seems to be it either. Where does it actually keep this setting?