taskbar & start menu

There are a few items I would like to remove from here as well as in the
programs list.

Sometimes the shortcuts remove fine and am concerned about some of the items
that I want to remove in the programs list warning indicates that removing
the file will take all associated files to the recycle bin.

Am I going something incorrectly?

Probably not - You may already have a virus/spyware hijack

download the Stinger from here and run it to make sure that A-V-disabling
viruses are not present on your PC
http://download.nai.com/products/mca...rt/stinger.exe

- update your virus scanner and run a full system scan of all files.

Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove variants of the
CoolWebSearch hijacker.
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html

Use CWShredder, the removal tool:
http://www.intermute.com/products/cwshredder.html
(download it without the accompanying rubbish)

download AdAware SE Personal Edition from www.lavasoftusa.com, install,
update, and run it to remove spyware, adware, and other such nasties from
your system.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
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"Sean" wrote in message
...
There are a few items I would like to remove from here as well as in the
programs list.

Sometimes the shortcuts remove fine and am concerned about some of the
items
that I want to remove in the programs list warning indicates that removing
the file will take all associated files to the recycle bin.

Am I going something incorrectly?

Noel, have all the prorgrams you mentioned here

Not too concerenced about the Hi-Jackers at this point. Just trying to
remove a few items that show up in start programs ... its getting a little
long and cluttered.

As mentioned, some items (short cuts) remove fine, although, some also give
me a warning that would be the file and components to the recycle bin.

Thanks.

If you don't get rid of the hijackers first, they'll come back to haunt
you - so there's no point in cleaning the startup axis until after the rest
is cleared


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

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"Sean" wrote in message
...
Noel, have all the programs you mentioned here

Not too concerenced about the Hi-Jackers at this point. Just trying to
remove a few items that show up in start programs ... its getting a
little
long and cluttered.

As mentioned, some items (short cuts) remove fine, although, some also
give
me a warning that would be the file and components to the recycle bin.

Thanks.

Noel, well thanks for the precautions.

I do run these programs quite often as well as a virus scan.

I would like to just tweak a few entries here. Not too sure why these
products all of a sudden need to be run first prior to using Microsoft
software.

The reason is quite simple - no legitimate program puts executable files
into the Startup folder.

Therefore, if you have a warning that executable files will be deleted when
removing items from the Startup folder, you have malware.

If you have malware, then you need to get rid of it - fast!

Then you can worry about the rest of the startup items.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
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"Sean" wrote in message
...
Noel, well thanks for the precautions.

I do run these programs quite often as well as a virus scan.

I would like to just tweak a few entries here. Not too sure why these
products all of a sudden need to be run first prior to using Microsoft
software.

No. Items listed in the programs file on the start menu.

Huh??

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

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"Sean" wrote in message
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No. Items listed in the programs file on the start menu.

Sean wrote:
There are a few items I would like to remove from here as well as in the
programs list.

Sometimes the shortcuts remove fine and am concerned about some of the items
that I want to remove in the programs list warning indicates that removing
the file will take all associated files to the recycle bin.

Am I going something incorrectly?


If you want to uninstall the software do it from the Add&RemoveSoftware
thing in ControlPanel

If you want the programs not to Autostart when Windows boots best place
is from the programs Options/Preferences.


Rick