The beauty of StartupCop, which I mentioned in an earlier post, is that it does all this for you (except the registry stuff). It gives you a full list of Startup Programs, wherever they are loading from. You have the option of disabling any you wish but leave them in place, and later, if you decide you can live without them, you can remove them totally. As Ralph says, don't be in too big a hurry to do this.
Those of us who would prefer not to mess about in the registry can use one of the cleaners, of which the most effective seems to be jv16PowerTools. John ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 1:48 AM Subject: Re: PCWorks: Where is startup group? > Robert, > > There are a couple of ways to do what you want (generally): > > 1) The easiest is to check if the startup group under programs under > start has an icon for the program you do not want to run found in it - > if so, then just delete the icon from the group or move the icon > somewhere else for later access. > > 2) If you do not need the program any further on your system, the > easiest would be to uninstall the program, which should/would take care > of it permanently. > > 3) The next is to examine msconfig and go to the startup tab - look at > the programs listed and find the one(s) you need to stop running. Then > find the program(s) on your system, and either rename the program from > an exe file to something else, such as old, or move the exe file to > somewhere else on your computer, or something similar, to just have it > not be available anymore. > > 4) Go into the registry and find the area where all the stuff is listed > in the Run area (I usually do a search for Runonce which brings me to > the section following the one I really need to get to - the quickest way > I have found of getting to this area). Then look at the entries and > delete the line(s) of the items you do not want to run when windows is > loading. > > This should take care of MOST programs that you want to stop > running/loading when windows starts up. Be aware that some programs, if > you run them later while windows is up and running, will just put a new > entry in the registry to automatically run the next time windows starts > up, and that would start you problem all over again. > > The reason I said generaly at the start is that, even after doing all > this with some programs, some you just can NOT get rid of no matter what > it seems from running automatically. > > A prime example is the auto notify update from Microsoft - no matter > what you do it seems, it will keep regenerating itself, if not found as > expected, and automatically checking for updates from MS whenever you > are connected to the internet. > > Another seems to be programs from various companies such as Creative > Labs, which makes the soundblaster line of sound cards. I had a REAL > mess trying to get one of their programs from loading and running > everytime windows started. > > BUT then you have the flip side to this - that of making sure that you > do NOT want the program to load and run. Some programs not running can > result in problems or issues that you do NOT want happening, and you do > not always find this out until the program no longer runs and/or sets up > data on the computer. Have had the problem in the past when one program > did not run, others would not work later, since the first was needed to > load drivers or other similar things. > > Hopefully, these can help you do what you need - if not, then please > post further. > > Ralph ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
