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When attempting to start the NVDA 2023.1 installer to run locally, it starts, exits, and NVDA 2023.3beta3  #15554

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@britechguy

Steps to reproduce:

I have two separate situations, based on what @lukaszgo1 advised me to do. When I attempt a clean start of NVDA using the following command line:

nvda_2023.1.exe -c "C:\Users\brite\OneDrive\Desktop\TEMP NVDA\nowhere" --debug-logging --log-file="C:\Users\brite\OneDrive\Desktop\TEMP NVDA\nvda2023.1_debug.log"

everything behaves as expected. The installer starts and allows me to go through the usual choices when not actually installing, including running as portable from the installer.

However, whether I invoke nvda_2023.1.exe by activating that file in File Explorer or via the following command line:

nvda_2023.1.exe  --debug-logging --log-file="C:\Users\brite\OneDrive\Desktop\TEMP NVDA\nvda2023.1_debug_normal-start.log"

what happens, in order, is this:
The usual setup starting tune and dialog box.
Then I get the rising xylophone tones indicating NVDA is starting, a very brief pause, and then a second set of xylophone tones indicating NVDA is starting. From all appearances, the installer starts, exits, and somehow tells 2023.3beta3 to start.
Using the NVDA + N, H, A command to get the NVDA version information, I am shown I am running NVDA 2023.3beta3

Note: the above does not occur, at all, if I am actually kicking off NVDA 2023.1 from a true portable copy by activating nvda.exe

Actual behavior:

Documented in Steps to Reproduce

Expected behavior:

NVDA 2023.1 firing up as it normally should from an installer, rather than triggering NVDA 2023.3.beta3

NVDA logs, crash dumps and other attachments:

nvda2023.1_debug_cleanstart.log
nvda2023.1_debug_normal-start.log

System configuration

NVDA installed/portable/running from source:

Running nvda_2023.1.exe, whether directly by activating that file in file explorer, double clicking, or triggering via the command line as noted in Steps to Reproduce.

NVDA version:

NVDA 2023.1

Windows version:

Windows 11, Version 22H2, Build 22621.2283

Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue:

N/A

Other information about your system:

LG Gram 16, 16GB RAM, i5 12th gen CPU, 1TB NVMe SSD

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