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Troubleshooting Startup Items Disappearing

honeycombz

honeycombz

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Jul 6, 2013
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How can I go about troubleshooting why periodically my startup items are disappearing? It is super frustrating to have to keep re-adding my startup items. Is there a file I can backup so that when this happens I can at least restore from an old file? I am wondering if there is a bug with Dropbox auto updater because whenever this happens Dropbox is the only item listed as a startup item in System Preferences. Thoughts?
 
Anyone know if there is a way to monitor what is going on with com.apple.loginitems.plist so I can see what is rewriting it? This is really frustrating.
 
Hey, from the looks of it it doesn’t exactly seem like com.apple.loginitems.plist is being rewritten, but the startup items in system preferences is showing up blank. Anyone out there know anything about this?
 
Can you run EtreCheck, and post the resulting log here?
That can provide a lot of information when you might be having "challenges" with startup software.
 
DeltaMac said:
Can you run EtreCheck, and post the resulting log here?
That can provide a lot of information when you might be having "challenges" with startup software.
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EtreCheck version: 3.4.2 (436)
Report generated 2017-07-24 12:31:30
Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com
Runtime: 4:51
Performance: Good

Click the [Lookup] links for more information from Apple Support Communities.
Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.
Click the [Clean up] link to delete unused files.

Problem: No problem - just checking

Hardware Information: ⓘ
Mac Pro (Early 2008)
[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]
Mac Pro - model: MacPro3,1
2 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon (Xeon(R)) CPU: 8-core
14 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]
DIMM Riser B/DIMM 1
2 GB DDR2 FB-DIMM 800 MHz ok
DIMM Riser B/DIMM 2
2 GB DDR2 FB-DIMM 800 MHz ok
DIMM Riser A/DIMM 1
2 GB DDR2 FB-DIMM 800 MHz ok
DIMM Riser A/DIMM 2
2 GB DDR2 FB-DIMM 800 MHz ok
DIMM Riser B/DIMM 3
2 GB DDR2 FB-DIMM 800 MHz ok
DIMM Riser B/DIMM 4
2 GB DDR2 FB-DIMM 800 MHz ok
DIMM Riser A/DIMM 3
1 GB DDR2 FB-DIMM 800 MHz ok
DIMM Riser A/DIMM 4
1 GB DDR2 FB-DIMM 800 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en2: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Video Information: ⓘ
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 - VRAM: 2048 MB
DELL U2515H 2560 x 1440 @ 59 Hz

Disk Information: ⓘ
WDC WD1002FAEX-00Y9A0 disk2: (1 TB) (Rotational)
[Show SMART report]
(disk2s1) <not mounted> [EFI]: 210 MB
Centro Backup (disk2s2 - Journaled HFS+) /Volumes/Centro Backup : 999.86 GB (585.47 GB free)

WDC WD10EZEX-00WN4A0 disk3: (1 TB) (Rotational)
[Show SMART report]
(disk3s1) <not mounted> [EFI]: 210 MB
Centrobytes (disk3s2 - Journaled HFS+) /Volumes/Centrobytes : 999.86 GB (585.12 GB free)

WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 disk0: (1 TB) (Rotational)
[Show SMART report]
(disk0s1) <not mounted> [EFI]: 210 MB
[redacted] (disk0s2 - Journaled HFS+) /Volumes/Pro-SI : 999.35 GB (46.23 GB free)
(disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB

WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 disk1: (1 TB) (Rotational)
[Show SMART report]
(disk1s1) <not mounted> [EFI]: 210 MB
Pro-SI Backup (disk1s2 - Journaled HFS+) /Volumes/Pro-SI Backup : 999.86 GB (55.15 GB free)

Crucial_CT500MX200SSD1 disk4: (500.11 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)
[Show SMART report]
(disk4s1) <not mounted> [EFI]: 210 MB
[redacted]D (disk4s2 - Journaled HFS+) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (261.64 GB free)
(disk4s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB

CT250BX100SSD1 disk5: (250.06 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)
[Show SMART report]
(disk5s1) <not mounted> [EFI]: 210 MB
Fleabytes (disk5s2 - Journaled HFS+) /Volumes/Fleabytes : 249.72 GB (69.85 GB free)

USB Information: ⓘ
USBBus
USBBus
bluetooth_device
USBBus
USBBus
USB20Bus
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Logitech USB Receiver
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
hub_device
hub_device

System Software: ⓘ
OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 (15G1510) - Time since boot: less than an hour

Configuration files: ⓘ
/etc/hosts - Count: 20

Gatekeeper: ⓘ
Mac App Store and identified developers

Clean up: ⓘ
/Volumes/[redacted]/Users/[redacted]/Library/LaunchAgents/com.pia.pia_manager.plist
/usr/bin/open -a /Applications/Private Internet Access.app --args --startup
Executable not found!
One orphan file found. [Clean up]

Kernel Extensions: ⓘ
/Library/Application Support/Roxio
[not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (2.0) [Lookup]

/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver (3.9.3 - SDK 10.8) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver (1.3.3 - SDK 10.8) [Lookup]

/System/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.6.7 - SDK 10.7) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchAfaTech (1.1) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchCinergy450 (1.1) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchCinergyXS (1.1) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchEmpia (1.1) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchVoyager (1.1) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.eltima.ElmediaPlayer.kext (1.58 - SDK 10.4) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftMouse (8.2) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.nvidia.CUDA (1.1.0) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.nvidia.NVDAStartupWeb (10.11.14 - OS X 10.7) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.nvidia.web.GeForceTeslaWeb (10.11.14) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.nvidia.web.GeForceWeb (10.11.14) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.nvidia.web.NVDAGF100HalWeb (10.11.14) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.nvidia.web.NVDAGK100HalWeb (10.11.14) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.nvidia.web.NVDAGM100HalWeb (10.11.14) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.nvidia.web.NVDANV50HalTeslaWeb (10.11.14) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanTeslaWeb (10.11.14) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb (10.11.14) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.39) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.39) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.roxio.BluRaySupport (1.1.6) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.vara.driver.VaraAudio (1.0.3) [Lookup]

/System/Library/Extensions/MicrosoftMouse.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftMouseBluetooth (8.2) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftMouseUSB (8.2) [Lookup]

System Launch Agents: ⓘ
[not loaded] 7 Apple tasks
[loaded] 160 Apple tasks
[running] 72 Apple tasks

System Launch Daemons: ⓘ
[not loaded] 45 Apple tasks
[loaded] 163 Apple tasks
[running] 83 Apple tasks

Launch Agents: ⓘ
[running] com.Logitech.Control Center.Daemon.plist (Logitech Inc. - installed 2016-09-27) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-01-10) [Lookup]
[failed] com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f92651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a23d420d.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-01-11) [Lookup]
[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-06-08) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist (? 40cdc1ff 21868ea0 - installed 2010-12-10) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.coupons.coupond.plist (? 7bd78115 3d692c4b - installed 2015-10-12) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.nvidia.CUDASoftwareUpdate.plist (NVIDIA Corporation - installed 2017-04-27) [Lookup]
[running] com.nvidia.nvagent.plist (NVIDIA Corporation - installed 2017-05-23) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (? 7f138b53 be93c7fb - installed 2017-07-19) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.quark.quarkupdate.agent.plist (Quark - installed 2017-05-14) [Lookup]
[running] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist (TeamViewer GmbH - installed 2017-07-24) [Lookup]
[running] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist (TeamViewer GmbH - installed 2017-07-24) [Lookup]

Launch Daemons: ⓘ
[not loaded] PT.updd.plist (? 0 ? - installed 2017-06-14) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-01-11) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-01-11) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist (? 68cad67 0 - installed 2012-11-06) [Lookup]
[running] com.adobe.adobeupdatedaemon.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-06-08) [Lookup]
[running] com.adobe.agsservice.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-05-26) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (? 2afb3af7 18a4fa69 - installed 2017-06-23) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.apple.aelwriter.plist (Apple, Inc. - installed 2011-11-27)
[running] com.apple.qmaster.qmasterd.plist (Apple, Inc. - installed 2010-08-25)
[loaded] com.atlassian.SourceTreePrivilegedHelper2.plist (? 3bfd29af 3d209274 - installed 2014-04-29) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.backaroo.rsyncd.plist (? 0 ? - installed 2016-10-06) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.backaroo.stunnel.plist (? 0 ? - installed 2016-10-06) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.barebones.authd.plist (? 7d7988a6 1f49fa3 - installed 2011-08-10) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.barebones.bbedit.plist (? 76c927a0 a57a224c - installed 2010-09-24) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.barebones.textwrangler.plist (? ? ? - installed 2011-03-28) [Lookup]
[running] com.cleverfiles.cfbackd.plist (Justin Johnson - installed 2017-06-14) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.creativebe.MainMenuHelper.plist (Incredible Bee Ltd. - installed 2016-09-17) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.fxfactory.FxFactory.helper.plist (Noise Industries, LLC - installed 2015-07-23) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2017-01-24) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.malwarebytes.HelperTool.plist (Malwarebytes Corporation - installed 2017-02-01) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.malwarebytes.MBAMHelperTool.plist (Malwarebytes Corporation - installed 2016-06-14) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2017-06-14) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist (? 6d8cb30e afb3bef0 - installed 2010-08-25) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.nvidia.cuda.launcher.plist (Shell Script 20f73770 - installed 2017-04-27) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.nvidia.cudad.plist (NVIDIA Corporation - installed 2017-04-27) [Lookup]
[running] com.nvidia.nvroothelper.plist (NVIDIA Corporation - installed 2017-05-23) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (Shell Script e3fefdd2 - installed 2017-07-12) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.quark.QXPHelper.plist (Quark - installed 2015-07-30) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.quark.quarkupdate.plist (? b5d626e1 61f8d22f - installed 2015-10-26) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.quark.quarkupdate.quhelper.plist (Quark - installed 2017-07-06) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.rogueamoeba.instanton-agent.plist (Rogue Amoeba Software, LLC - installed 2017-06-22) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.soma-zone.LaunchControl.Helper.plist (Robby Pahlig - installed 2016-04-27) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.teamviewer.Helper.plist (TeamViewer GmbH - installed 2017-05-23) [Lookup]
[running] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist (TeamViewer GmbH - installed 2017-07-24) [Lookup]
[loaded] de.appsolute.mampprohelper.plist (appsolute GmbH - installed 2017-03-06) [Lookup]
[loaded] net.whatroute.whatroute2helper.plist (Bryan Christianson - installed 2017-05-22) [Lookup]
[loaded] uk.co.canimaansoftware.ClamXavHelper.plist (Mark Allan - installed 2017-06-14) [Lookup]
[loaded] uk.co.canimaansoftware.ClamXavHelperUpdater.plist (Mark Allan - installed 2017-06-20) [Lookup]

User Launch Agents: ⓘ
[loaded] .dat0103.000 (hidden) (Apple, Inc. - installed 2016-07-08)
[loaded] .dat010b.000 (hidden) (Apple, Inc. - installed 2016-07-08)
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-01-10) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.apple.FolderActions.folders.plist (Apple, Inc. - installed 2016-09-17)
[loaded] com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent.plist (Dropbox, Inc. - installed 2017-07-13) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.linotype.FontFolderProtector.plist (Linotype GmbH - installed 2017-07-24) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.pia.pia_manager.plist (? 5d3892c1 0 - installed 2017-01-18) [Lookup] - /Applications/Private Internet Access.app: Executable not found!
[not loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist (? 6ec0de56 ? - installed 2017-06-21) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist (? 2c123002 9daabdc2 - installed 2017-06-02) [Lookup]
[loaded] uk.co.canimaansoftware.clamxav.UninstallWatcher.plist (Mark Allan - installed 2017-07-20) [Lookup]
[loaded] uk.co.canimaansoftware.clamxav.freshclam.plist (Mark Allan - installed 2017-07-02) [Lookup]

User Login Items: ⓘ
DiskWarriorDaemonStarter Application
(/Applications/Optimization/DiskWarrior 5.0.app/Contents/Helpers/DiskWarriorStarter.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: 12.2.8 (installed 2010-12-08) [Lookup]
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 15.006.30119 (installed 2015-12-18) [Lookup]
Flash Player: 26.0.0.137 (installed 2017-07-11) [Lookup]
AdobePDFViewer: 15.006.30119 (installed 2015-12-18) [Lookup]
LogMeInSafari32: 1.0.970 (installed 2014-01-20) [Lookup]
Unity Web Player: UnityPlayer version 5.2.0f3 (installed 2015-08-28) [Lookup]
googletalkbrowserplugin: 5.41.3.0 (installed 2015-12-11) [Lookup]
AdobeExManDetect: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 (installed 2013-12-16) [Lookup]
iPhotoPhotocast: 7.0 (installed 2013-04-16)
RealPlayer Plugin: Unknown (installed 2010-09-24) [Lookup]
DirectorShockwave: 12.2.5r195 (installed 2016-09-01) [Lookup]
QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2017-05-23)
FlashPlayer-10.6: 26.0.0.137 (installed 2017-07-11) [Lookup]
AdobeAAMDetect: 3.0.0.0 (installed 2017-06-08) [Lookup]
Silverlight: 5.1.50901.0 (installed 2016-10-12) [Lookup]
CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2: 5.4.0 (installed 2015-09-14) [Lookup]
LogMeIn: 1.0.970 (installed 2014-01-20) [Lookup]
Google Earth Web Plug-in: 7.1 (installed 2017-02-10) [Lookup]
Default Browser: 601 (installed 2017-02-10)
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: 3.3.7.3 (installed 2016-05-03) [Lookup]
o1dbrowserplugin: 5.41.3.0 (installed 2015-12-17) [Lookup]
SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.7.5 (installed 2017-06-14) [Lookup]
JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 141 build 15 (installed 2017-07-19) Check version
CouponPrinterPluginMac1.0.0.7: CouponPrinterPluginMac 1.0.0.4 (installed 2012-09-09) [Lookup]

User internet Plug-ins: ⓘ
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: 1.0.105 (installed 2014-10-22) [Lookup]
AddLive_v3: AddLive_v3 3.0.6.3 (installed 2016-04-13) [Lookup]
Google Earth Web Plug-in: 7.1 (installed 2017-02-10) [Lookup]
PSPlugin: Unknown (installed 2013-01-04) [Lookup]

Safari Extensions: ⓘ
[disabled] Subscribe To Feed - Red Sweater - http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/ (installed 2013-12-09)
[disabled] Validator - Jérôme Danthinne - http://www.grincheux.be/validator (installed 2010-10-06)
[disabled] BetterSource - Carlos Palol - http://www.awarepixel.com/safari/bettersource/ (installed 2013-10-22)
[disabled] Pin It Button - Pinterest, Inc. - http://www.pinterest.com/ (installed 2015-07-01)
[enabled] MeasureIt - Kevin Freitas - http://frayd.us/extensions/measureit/ (installed 2015-05-07)
[disabled] Omnikey - Mario Estrada - http://marioestrada.github.com/safari-omnikey/ (installed 2015-07-23)

Audio Plug-ins: ⓘ
EcammAudioLoader: 1.0.4 (installed 2016-04-04) [Lookup]
CallRecorder: v2.5.22 (installed 2016-04-04) [Lookup]

3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ
CUDA Preferences (installed 2017-04-27) [Lookup]
Flash Player (installed 2017-06-23) [Lookup]
Flip4Mac WMV (installed 2016-05-03) [Lookup]
FUSE (installed 2017-07-18) [Lookup]
Java (installed 2017-07-19) [Lookup]
Logitech Control Center (installed 2016-09-27) [Lookup]
Microsoft Mouse (installed 2013-07-08) [Lookup]
NVIDIA Driver Manager (installed 2017-05-23) [Lookup]
Perian (installed 2011-07-23) [Lookup]
Quark Update Preferences (installed 2017-05-14) [Lookup]
Shades Preferences (installed 2017-06-21) [Lookup]

Time Machine: ⓘ
Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ
38% firefox
38% thunderbird
21% iTunes
6% fontd
5% kernel_task

Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ
2.13 GB firefox
1.02 GB kernel_task
531 MB thunderbird
529 MB mds_stores
224 MB iTunes

Top Processes by Energy Use: ⓘ
25.02 iTunes
18.80 firefox
12.24 MacsFanControl
8.88 thunderbird
3.88 WindowServer

Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ
6.99 GB Available RAM
2.18 GB Free RAM
7.01 GB Used RAM
4.81 GB Cached files
0 B Swap Used

Software installs: ⓘ
Kindle: 1.20.2 (installed 2017-07-02)
FUSE for macOS: (installed 2017-07-06)
QuarkUpdate: (installed 2017-07-06)
Adobe Flash Player: (installed 2017-07-11)
CotEditor: 3.2.0 (installed 2017-07-17)
Microsoft Remote Desktop: 8.0.27312 (installed 2017-07-18)
Java 8 Update 141: (installed 2017-07-19)
FUSE for macOS: (installed 2017-07-19)
Adobe DNG Converter 9.12: 9.12 (installed 2017-07-20)

Install information may not be complete.

Diagnostics Information: ⓘ
2017-07-24 12:15:42 WarThunderLauncher.app High CPU use [Open] [Details]
2017-07-24 12:10:29 Firefox.app High CPU use [Open] [Details]
2017-07-21 15:35:04 Adobe Illustrator.app High CPU use [Open] [Details]
2017-06-26 15:57:09 Kernel Panic [Open] [Details]
3rd Party Kernel Extensions:
com.nvidia.CUDA 1.1.0
com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver 3.9.3
com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower 2
com.vara.driver.VaraAudio 1.0.3
com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver 1.3.3
com.nvidia.NVDAStartupWeb 10.1.1
com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb 10.1.1
com.nvidia.web.GeForceWeb 10.1.1
com.nvidia.web.NVDAGK100HalWeb 10.1.1
 
Hmm...
You did say Dropbox, right?
Unless you can see something that I don't, there's no evidence in your EtreCheck log that Dropbox is installed at all.
I did see the DropBox updater in your user Launch Agents. I don't know if that's all you need for DropBox. You could reinstall that software... I suppose.
You asked about your user startup items listed in System Preferences. As far as I know --- the only System Preference that lists those is Login Items in Users & Groups pane.
And, the only login item that EtreCheck finds is DiskWarrior app.
You have LOTS of other items that will boot with your system through other methods, most pretty ordinary, I think. But - you might search out what PT.updd.plist is. (maybe part of ProTools? I don't know... )

When did you last run Malwarebytes? I see a couple of items that appear to be Adware of some kind. But, if Malwarebytes runs clear, then that may be something else.

You may want to consider clearing out some of the old stuff that no longer works effectively, like Perian and Private Internet Access app (PIA ... You see that listed several times, might be abandonware - It's also listed under the item "Clean up

Why do you have 20 hosts configuration files? (I guess you have good reasons for this, but worth asking about... :D )

How long has it been since you reinstalled OS X? (I am asking about a simple reinstall, which just reloads the existing system, assuring that all system components are installed, and in correct locations)
 
Malwarebytes turns up nothing. I think I'll start removing things one by one. I uninstalled PIA. Is Perian no longer useful? Is it safe to simply delete Launch Daemons related to applications I don't really use on a daily basis but maybe once and awhile?
 
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I thought that your problem was that your startup items are somehow disappearing (?)

Maybe you could keep track of items that seem to disappear (are they always the same items?), then check with EtrreCheck to see if they are actually missing --- or still listed with some difference in the notes in EtreCheck.

Have you tried a reinstall of OS X? (Not sure if I would do that if your system is working OK otherwise, but might be worth a test, eh?)
 
Yea it is. I set all the startup items again and on restart this is what's up. Makes no sense.
Screen Shot 2017-07-26 at 9.46.30 AM.png
Screen Shot 2017-07-27 at 8.39.01 AM.png
 
Despite the fact that you don't see items in the Login Items --- are you sure that none of those apps are actually running when you restart?
SOME of those items already appear in place in Launch Agents, or Launch Daemons, such as Team Viewer, so your entry in Login Items may be redundant. ClamXAV may be there, too.

First item that I would try is to reset your user ownership (this is NOT repairing permissions, only verifying that you own all files that should belong to your user account) This may help with certain configurations, and certainly won't hurt anything. Do it, even if you believe that there's nothing wrong with your account (you might be wrong :D )
Open your terminal, type in
Code: 
 sudo chown -R username /Users/username
Change username, both places, to your user account name. It would be the same as the name of your home folder.
(Be careful about the uppercase -R. -r will give you unknown results)
After entering that command, press enter. It will ask for your admin password. Type in your password. The terminal will NOT show you any response when you enter a password, so just type it, then press enter. If you have not done this chown command before, it might take a minute or two before the prompt returns. Just wait for it.
When the prompt returns, your next step will be to restart your Mac.
 
Would that command change if my boot volume is on an SSD and home directory is on a HDD?
 
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