Permanent Removal of Startup Items from Listing
 

I understand how to disable items shown in the startup list (run,
msconfig, startup, regedit, etc., etc.); however, how do I permanently
remove them from the listing under startup? Once these items are
disabled and removed from directories or the registry, they are still
listed as potential startup items. I believe the case is the same for
XP. How is the startup list generated, i.e., where is the actual list
stored and how is edited to permanently remove items that are of no
interest for future use? -- Thanks!

Permanent Removal of Startup Items from Listing
 

If you disable an item in MSConfig and then uninstall that item, the
MSConfig entry will remain. You can look in AUTOEXEC.BAT (use SYSEDIT) or
use the search function in the registry (REGEDIT).
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
"HKEK" wrote in message
m...
I understand how to disable items shown in the startup list (run,
msconfig, startup, regedit, etc., etc.); however, how do I permanently
remove them from the listing under startup? Once these items are
disabled and removed from directories or the registry, they are still
listed as potential startup items. I believe the case is the same for
XP. How is the startup list generated, i.e., where is the actual list
stored and how is edited to permanently remove items that are of no
interest for future use? -- Thanks!

Permanent Removal of Startup Items from Listing
 

Disabling is not removal. If you remove them, then they are gone and
not listed.
Enable them in Msconfig and then remove them from where they a

The places Win9x uses to load at Startup:

-the load= and run= lines in the win.ini,
-the [386Enh] section of the SYSTEM.INI (.386 and .vxd files),
-the Startup folder, C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp
-the AllUsers folder C:\Windows\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

-the registry keys (in order of likeliness)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\RunServices
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\RunOnce
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\RunOnce
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\RunServicesOnce
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\RunOnce\Setup
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\RunOnceEx

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html


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wrote:

I understand how to disable items shown in the startup list (run,
msconfig, startup, regedit, etc., etc.); however, how do I permanently
remove them from the listing under startup? Once these items are
disabled and removed from directories or the registry, they are still
listed as potential startup items. I believe the case is the same for
XP. How is the startup list generated, i.e., where is the actual list
stored and how is edited to permanently remove items that are of no
interest for future use? -- Thanks!

Permanent Removal of Startup Items from Listing
 

HKEK
I found the easiest way to disable startup items is to download a neat
little free utility that will manage this for you. You can get
Startup Control Panel 2.8 by Mike Lin at; www.mlin.net .



"HKEK" wrote in message
m...
I understand how to disable items shown in the startup list (run,
msconfig, startup, regedit, etc., etc.); however, how do I
permanently
remove them from the listing under startup? Once these items are
disabled and removed from directories or the registry, they are
still
listed as potential startup items. I believe the case is the same
for
XP. How is the startup list generated, i.e., where is the actual
list
stored and how is edited to permanently remove items that are of no
interest for future use? -- Thanks!

Permanent Removal of Startup Items from Listing
 

First, start regedit and expand the following keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\RunServices
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run

Beneath each key, you may find a similar key followed by a hyphen(Run-, =
RunServices-). =20
This is where some of the disabled programs are stored. You can delete =
individual=20
programs or the entire key. Next, check=20
"C:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Disabled Startup Items" and move or =
delete any=20
unwanted items. Finally, open "C:\Windows\Win.ini" and check the =
"[windows]"=20
section for "norun=3D" and "noload=3D".

Ben

"HKEK" wrote in message =
m...
I understand how to disable items shown in the startup list (run,
msconfig, startup, regedit, etc., etc.); however, how do I permanently
remove them from the listing under startup? Once these items are
disabled and removed from directories or the registry, they are still
listed as potential startup items. I believe the case is the same for
XP. How is the startup list generated, i.e., where is the actual list
stored and how is edited to permanently remove items that are of no
interest for future use? -- Thanks!

Permanent Removal of Startup Items from Listing
 

If you have an item in "MSConfig, Startup tab" duplicated, but one is
checked & the other(s) are not, check them all & click "Apply, OK". It
will ask that you reboot. Answer "No". You will be left with just one,
if they were true duplicates. "Then you should either uninstall the
programs you don't want loaded or use their setup/config programs to
disable the parts you don't want loaded", says Richard G. Harper (MVP
MPS-D). But if it doesn't work, or you have an unchecked one without a
duplicate, then...

MSConfig keeps it in Startup, just in case you want to check it again.
It has not been loaded to run, as Ctrl-Alt-Del shows. It has been moved
to a Minus (-) Key in the Registry. To remove it from the Registry, you
may navigate to the Key, and delete the entry under it. That will also
remove it from MSConfig Startup, where you will no longer be able to
check it. It's probably under one of these Keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\RunServices
-
^... That minus sign wrapped away from "RunServices-".

Also he
"C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\Disabled Startup Items"
"START, Run, Win.ini". Delete any 'norun' entries under the [Windows]
section.

You would navigate to each key, by clicking the plus signs in the left
pane. When you see "Run-", click it and look in the right pane, for what
looks like the one your looking for. R-Clk it in the right pane and
select "delete". However, first: "Registry menu, Export Registry File".
This will create a .reg file of that Minus Key, which you may run (by
clicking) to undo the delete you are about to do. All of that can more
easily be done with
http://www.pcmag.com/ ' RegEdit+, which has a customizable "Favorites"
list, which includes those Minus Keys. It also has automatic "undo".
Registry Detective is another worthy program freely downloadable there.
StartupCop may really be what you need, also there.

Watch out, keep the LoadPowerProfiles, and, I guess, any virus scanner
duplicates.


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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"HKEK" wrote in message
m...
| I understand how to disable items shown in the startup list (run,
| msconfig, startup, regedit, etc., etc.); however, how do I permanently
| remove them from the listing under startup? Once these items are
| disabled and removed from directories or the registry, they are still
| listed as potential startup items. I believe the case is the same for
| XP. How is the startup list generated, i.e., where is the actual list
| stored and how is edited to permanently remove items that are of no
| interest for future use? -- Thanks!