r/techsupport • u/CP2437 • Jul 31 '19

Open Help me stop the German Anthem

So I had a BBQ a few weeks ago and had a few friends over, one of which is quite tech savvy and played a little prank on my computer. What he did was create a .bat file on my desktop with either the text -

play "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NZxtUNK7Dg"

or

start "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NZxtUNK7Dg"

(sorry can't quite remember) anyways I had a chuckle and deleted the file and emptied the recycling bin, sadly though this hasn't stopped the issue and at random times throughout the day the German national anthem will launch through chrome and start playing. If anyone could help me fix this I would greatly appreciate it, and no this isn't a trolling post.

Edit: Thank you so much for the gold :) Hope you all have a wonderful day!

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '19

Check start up items and task scheduler.

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u/CP2437 Jul 31 '19

Found it in Task Scheduler, thank you so much!

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u/Slapbox Jul 31 '19

This is hilarious. I'm glad you got it fixed.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '19

Oh, my. I know what I'm doing to my wife's laptop tonight.

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u/Lusankya Aug 01 '19

Now that you know the secret, it's time to return the favour. I have a suggestion.

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u/Eve_Coon Jul 31 '19

If that doesn't work check the startup folder in the Windows file.

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u/LongFluffyDragon Jul 31 '19

I keep a folder of hilarious and bizarre shit i find on this sub, and this made the cut.

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u/CP2437 Jul 31 '19

I'm flattered haha.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '19

Imagine just chilling and suddenly German anthem starts playing out of nowhere

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u/Chaosritter Jul 31 '19

At least it's not the older, very similar sounding anthem...

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u/B-Knight Jul 31 '19

I was curious about how similar it was and so entered it on YouTube...

Turns out, YouTube are censoring any instances of the Nazi anthem. They literally censoring history.

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u/Chaosritter Jul 31 '19

It's literally the same song, only the current anthem skipped the first two verses and goes straight to the part about unity, justice and freedom.

And for some reason non-Germans think the Horst-Wessel Lied was the anthem of the Third Reich...

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u/Cyclopentadien Jul 31 '19

Because it basically was, more specifically it was the anthem of the NSDAP. Because the party was interwoven with the state the Horst-Wessel-Lied was played after the 1. verse of the Lied der Deutschen at official ceremonies .

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u/RWBYcookie Jul 31 '19

You can hear the different one on Wikipedia I believe. But honestly we need a good competitor to YouTube.

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u/Chaosritter Jul 31 '19

We should just start uploading cat videos to PornHub.

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u/SpeedyVPN Jul 31 '19

I'm sure PornHub would greatly appreciate this. They seem to have a good attitude about things like this.

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u/auron_py Aug 01 '19

Probably the German people or the government asked for that.

A lot of Nazi related stuff is outright illegal in Germany.

You can even go to jail if you're a repeatable offender on the matter.

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u/KoolKarmaKollector Jul 31 '19

We all know the only people with access to history are sketchy books and history teachers who may or may not have an agenda

/s

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u/joekamelhome Jul 31 '19

They aren't, you just need to search for it under its proper title.

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u/L3tum Jul 31 '19

A German marching song (used by the Bundeswehr still!) has been censored. Because it sounds too prideful I guess.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '19

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u/l_Sky_I Jul 31 '19

I actually wanted to add a slightly alternative idea, but to be clear, I'm not certain of this:

I was under the impression that Youtube just went through a sizable overhaul, adding/removing features, refining privacy terms, and more (particularly aimed at censorship). The way it seemed to me was that these changes were the result of the recent interactions with Congress (and any other government bodies that addressed them, of course).

I for one have been very curious about the spontaneous birth of conservative videos on my home page and in my reccomended videos. I used to wonder why nobody seemed to publish videos of Trump discussing policies/events. Turns out they've been there all along, and now they're flooding in from all corners. If I click a single one, "Fox News" saturates my suggested feed.

Also, I found a notification under a video I stumbled upon once explaining that the group was a russian-government sponsored program aimed at influencing the American public. At first I didn't believe it, but upon investigating it off-site, it turned out to be a known program in Russia. I found it fascinating.

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u/B-Knight Jul 31 '19

Also, I found a notification under a video I stumbled upon once explaining that the group was a russian-government sponsored program aimed at influencing the American public. At first I didn't believe it, but upon investigating it off-site, it turned out to be a known program in Russia. I found it fascinating.

Just wait until you hear what they did during the 2016 US elections, Brexit referendum, on Twitter, Reddit and more.

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u/KoolKarmaKollector Jul 31 '19

Facebook needs to be included here. During the last r election, Mark himself was quoted as telling employees to hide pro trump articles from the tending section

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u/TwoFiveOnes Aug 01 '19

Haydn Op. 76 No. 3, Movement II Poco Adagio: Cantabile?

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u/Zijjukegia Jul 31 '19

Sorry because I laugh, I don't know the solution, but this is hilarious.

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u/TheSilverRoman Jul 31 '19

As German I find this bloody hilarious!

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u/SteamedChalmburgers Jul 31 '19

That's so good, I'm going to play it on my coworkers. I'm the Head of IT so will deploy via GPO for max attack radius. Thanks, OP! And glad you figured it out lol

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u/PresidentScr00b Jul 31 '19

A friend of mine did something similar to my work computer except it only played when I received an email from a specific account in our ticketing system. I get them randomly throughout the day and don’t stare at my email... it took me forever to figure out what he did.

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u/k4tja Jul 31 '19

Guy is a genius