Windows startup issue

How can I access the files that appear on the Startup tab
of the System Configuration Utility (msconfig)? I'd like
to remove the files I don't want to have start up with my
computer from the available choices.

I've found that my computer works better if I uncheck some
of these items but if I perform a clean boot to install
software or in any way access msconfig, they either become
all checked or all unchecked and I have to start all
over. This means I have to remember which ones I should
uncheck and my memory isn't that good.

I can't find these files listed in any of the startup
menus or in the registry files. I don't have a
winstart.ini file.

Thanks

Check them in Msconfig and then remove them. from where they are
loading from.

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
(last one not Win95)

....Alan

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

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wrote:

How can I access the files that appear on the Startup tab
of the System Configuration Utility (msconfig)? I'd like
to remove the files I don't want to have start up with my
computer from the available choices.

I've found that my computer works better if I uncheck some
of these items but if I perform a clean boot to install
software or in any way access msconfig, they either become
all checked or all unchecked and I have to start all
over. This means I have to remember which ones I should
uncheck and my memory isn't that good.

I can't find these files listed in any of the startup
menus or in the registry files. I don't have a
winstart.ini file.

Thanks