Why does Valheim log into the game all by itself when I'm not around?

Whenever I come back to my computer, Valheim has logged itself in and won't log out unless I exit steam, go into steamapps folder and delete appcache folder. Yet it keeps happening and confusing people who wanna play with me when I'm not there. Great game and lots of people have been playing, but it almost seems like the game is hungry to log more hours for itself, lol.
8:13 am, September 22, 2021
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Xilo The Odd replied to Why does Valheim log into the game all by itself when I'm not around? September 21, 2021 @ 11:40:29 pm PDT

this is usually an issue with steam, when a game closes, sometimes steam will latch the process to something else your running and treat it as though the game is that application.

probably not the same case but some games that open your web browser from within the game will now treat that web browser as part of the game. so even if the main application gets closed, the sub applications steam is attached to now will read as the game. something to be aware of when you open and close stuff, Rimworld does this if you access the wiki from in-game for example.
8:13 am, September 22, 2021
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Dave replied to Why does Valheim log into the game all by itself when I'm not around? September 21, 2021 @ 11:50:06 pm PDT

Hmm.. Yeah, I have a feeling its got something to do with the BepInEx mod script window.
8:13 am, September 22, 2021
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Xilo The Odd replied to Why does Valheim log into the game all by itself when I'm not around? September 21, 2021 @ 11:51:19 pm PDT

Originally posted by Dave:
Hmm.. Yeah, I have a feeling its got something to do with the BepInEx mod script window.
hmm, havn't had that issue myself yet. but wouldnt put it past it if you run other things that utilize CMD.exe
8:13 am, September 22, 2021
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Dave replied to Why does Valheim log into the game all by itself when I'm not around? September 22, 2021 @ 12:18:23 am PDT

I'm not really sure if anything I run uses CMD.exe. What I think will prevent it is if I just delete that appcache folder after I log out instead of waiting for it to happen (happens every time).. Annoying to do but I hate to have my computer playing Valheim without me.
8:13 am, September 22, 2021
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Eekhoorn replied to Why does Valheim log into the game all by itself when I'm not around? September 22, 2021 @ 12:57:47 am PDT

When applications start running on their own, you are better off with a thorough viruscheck instead of deleting random folders of what you think is the culprit.
8:13 am, September 22, 2021
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