Teams cannot start

Question

Teams fails to start automatically when updating to versions higher than 25255.703.3978.7153. Many online solutions, such as reinstalling and cleaning registry history, have failed to resolve the issue.

Answer 1

Hi @Collins Heidi

If Microsoft Teams stops starting automatically after updating to a version newer than 25255.703.3978.7153, you can try the following workaround:

• Open Microsoft Teams > Settings > System.
• Make sure Auto-start Teams is enabled.
• Untick Open application in background.
• Open Task Manager > Startup apps.
• Find Microsoft Teams (msteams_autostarter.exe).
• Right-click it and select Enable.
• Restart Windows and check whether Teams starts automatically.

If Teams still does not start automatically, you should also check whether msteams_autostarter.exe is being blocked by security, antivirus, or application-control software, since this component is responsible for starting the new Teams client at sign-in.

I hope this helps.

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