When i open unreal engine it opens the epic games store in my browser

Hi, when i open unreal engine 4.26 using a taskbar shortcut, it opens unreal engine 4, but also opens the epic games store in my browser.

I have literally no idea what could cause this, but thanks in advance to anyone who helps.

EDIT: this behaviour does not happen when i open the epic games launcher program.

It’s not only you. Really annoying stuff.