After months of annoyance since upgrading to Windows 10 Professional, I have finally uncovered the quick & easy solution to force PeerBlock (and other apps) to load properly at Windows startup.
First, open PeerBlock settings & UNCHECK the box that says "Start with Windows".
Then, run regedit.exe with administrator priveledges & navigate to this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Create a new string value & name it PeerBlock. Double-click on the new name to open the Value Data field & insert "C:\Program Files (x86)\PeerBlock\peerblock.exe" for 32bit installations or "C:\Program Files\PeerBlock\peerblock.exe" for 64bit installations.
Close regedit, reboot & VIOLA! PeerBlock loads & appears in the tray just as it should.
You're very welcome. :-)
First, open PeerBlock settings & UNCHECK the box that says "Start with Windows".
Then, run regedit.exe with administrator priveledges & navigate to this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Create a new string value & name it PeerBlock. Double-click on the new name to open the Value Data field & insert "C:\Program Files (x86)\PeerBlock\peerblock.exe" for 32bit installations or "C:\Program Files\PeerBlock\peerblock.exe" for 64bit installations.
Close regedit, reboot & VIOLA! PeerBlock loads & appears in the tray just as it should.
You're very welcome. :-)