Hey @Aker666 . Hope you're doing fine.
I think I found a way to make Adrenalin open on the System Tray only when adding it to the Startup Folder.
Searching a bit more I stumbled across this other AMD Blog post. Check the Solution. >> https://community.amd.com/t5/pc-drivers-software/adrenalin-not-starting-with-windows-11/m-p/601057/h...
OP says that adding a shortcut of "C:\Program Files\AMD\CNext\CNext\LauncherRSXRuntine.exe" to the Startup Folder instead of Adrenalin directly makes the software run on startup in the System Tray.
Right now I can't test it myself until I'm back home in a couple days, so if you were able to test it I'd be forever grateful
Cheers!
EDIT: 3 hours after the message above I had to end up coming back home and with nothing to do I decided to try it myself.
I went ahead and uninstalled my 24.3.1 and reinstalled once again 24.12.1 to test yet another hacky workaround.
IT WORKED. Adding a LauncherRSXRuntime.exe shortcut to the shell:Startup folder literally worked as we wanted it to. It initializes Adrenaline on the System Tray only, it doesn't show up open on your desktop. It initializes it at about ~20 seconds uptime and game profiles work right away as intended.
Adding the LauncherRSXRuntime.exe shortcut to the shell:Startup folder will also create a visible entry on Task Manager for said executable, as show below:
So far I haven't seen any oddities. Will keep 24.12.1 installed and this startup workaround on place and test for a few days. As always, I'll post here if I see anything out of the ordinary.
Feel free to test it out yourself and let me know how it goes for you
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@AMD-Vik Hello Vik, sorry again for pestering you with this topic. Do you reckon we'd run into any issues by initializing Adrenaline this way?
Thanks.
Hi @MARLmk1 ,
Thank you very much for your input. I've been wondering for a few days why AMD Noise Suppression appeared in the startup tab but not Radeon Software (which is the process that opens AMD Adrenaline Software).
It turns out that because of that, I thought the shortcut to add in the home folder was RadeonSoftware.exe, but adding that one made the application open right after login. I hadn't noticed the file you mention, LauncherRSXRuntime.exe, as it doesn't have an associated icon so I didn't notice it.
As I mentioned, I was puzzled as to why AMD Noise Suppression was appearing in the startup tab. Searching the internet and finally asking ChatGPT, I found the answer.
It turns out that there are 3 options for scheduling a task to run at boot time:
1. Adding the shortcut to the startup folder: simpler but bad practice.
2. Creating a task in the Windows task manager: More complex but gives more control.
3. Editing the Windows registry: More complex and risky, but the recommended way in Windows.
After that, I checked which option the AMD Noise Suppression process used to run at system startup and appear in the list of processes at startup. This is when I discovered that it uses option 3. When it comes to adding a process to the system startup, there are two possibilities:
1. Current user: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
2. All users: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE_Software: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE_Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
The AMD Noise Suppression registry entry is found in the path for the current user:
So what I did was to add a new entry in that folder:
1. Right click on the Run folder.
2. Select New > String value.
3. As a name, following the AMD scheme with the AMDNoiseSuppression value, I decided to call it AMDRadeonSoftware.
4. Add the full path to the LauncherRSXRuntime.exe executable in double quotes.
5. Click Accept.
6. Exit the registry editor and restart your laptop/computer.
Now, when the computer starts up and after logging in to your user, the icon appears almost instantly and in the task manager you can see that it loads quite a few processes, among them the RadeonSoftware.
I assume this is what you mean by ensuring that the game profiles are applied correctly. Anyway, I must point out that in my case (confirm me if it's the same in your case) right clicking on the icon in the system tray doesn't show me the full menu (the option to start AMD Noise Suppression doesn't appear) and if I click on open AMD Adrenaline Software it takes me about 25 seconds to load and open.
However, after restarting the computer again and writing this answer, after a while I decided to right click again on the system tray icon and I saw that the AMD Noise Suppression option appeared and when I clicked to open AMD Adrenaline Software it opened immediately... more than 5 minutes had passed, as I had indicated in the original post if you didn't open the software manually. Does the same behaviour happen with the shortcut in your case?
To be honest, I think we are making good progress between the two of us in trying to find out what is going on or to find a workaround while there is no official word.
Please @AMD-Vik, could you shed some light on this issue, is there any official version?
Best regards.
Hey @Aker666
Regarding the AMD Noise Suppresion, I've always noticed it showing up on the Startup Apps list, so they must be initializing it that way for some special reason. Notice how the path of that Registry entry targets a .exe that resides within system32.
However, I've always kept AMD Noise Suppresion disabled both in startup and on the Adrenalin software itself, so I've never been particularly bothered with it.
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Quoting:
"I assume this is what you mean by ensuring that the game profiles are applied correctly. Anyway, I must point out that in my case (confirm me if it's the same in your case) right clicking on the icon in the system tray doesn't show me the full menu (the option to start AMD Noise Suppression doesn't appear) and if I click on open AMD Adrenaline Software it takes me about 25 seconds to load and open."
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My issue with game profiles not applying correctly was somehow related to the software initializing that slow initially, for some unknown reason.
But on the full menu question, you are right. With my method, I can right click the System Tray icon right away after it shows up and I get these 3 options
But if I wait precisely those 5 minutes you originally mentioned, the icon stops responding for a few seconds (yes, I was right clicking it every 10 seconds for 5 minutes lol) and after that it now shows the 4 options
However, I haven't seen any indicator that this has any effect on how profiles apply, or how other functions such as Screenshots, Recording, Metrics or other features work.
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On the topic of which method is best or worst for initializing Adrenaline via the use of LauncherRSXRuntime.exe, I agree with the fact that making an entry on the Registry is probably the best option, but functionally-wise they are about the same for my case.
The main reasons for why I'll continue using the Startup folder method (which runs Adrenaline at about ~20 seconds of uptime) are:
1.) Avoid any kind of potential conflict with a custom Task I have set up in Task Scheduler where I apply a PBO2 undervolt to my 5800X3D at System Login. I remember having a conflict in the past with a completely different application that also ran at startup messing up with PBO2, so having Adrenaline start this way with a tiny little delay gives me that personal peace of mind.
2.) If by the time future Adrenaline and driver versions are released and this issue is resolved or dealt with, all I have to do is remove that shortcut, instead of fiddling with Registry entries. Pure personal convenience at this point.
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Again, it is a bit sad that we've had to end up relying on such a method, which doesn't guarantee that it works the same in the future if the issue happens to persists, but it's an effective band-aid for our common issue for the time being.
Hopefully other people having the same issue can now find this thread and they now have a very detailed and properly formatted guide of sorts on how to deal with this annoyance.
Cheers! ^_^
