Startup items configuration

[Greg Gensicki]

Is anyone familiar with the command that opens the startup programs dialog
box? It opens a dialog box similiar to the winipcfg command. I'd like to
edit the programs automatically starting up that don't appear in the startup
menu.

[Brian A.]

Are you thinking of sysedit or regedit? Either way be careful of what you remove or
you can wind up with a dysfunctional machine.

--
Brian A.

Jack of all trades, Master of none.
One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn.


"Greg Gensicki" > wrote in message
...
> Is anyone familiar with the command that opens the startup programs dialog
> box? It opens a dialog box similiar to the winipcfg command. I'd like to
> edit the programs automatically starting up that don't appear in the startup
> menu.
>
>

[Don Phillipson]

"Greg Gensicki" > wrote in message
...

> Is anyone familiar with the command that opens the startup programs dialog
> box? It opens a dialog box similiar to the winipcfg command. I'd like to
> edit the programs automatically starting up that don't appear in the
startup
> menu.

MSCONFIG.EXE may be what you want.
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)

[Hugh Candlin]

Greg Gensicki > wrote in message ...
> Is anyone familiar with the command that opens the startup programs dialog
> box? It opens a dialog box similiar to the winipcfg command. I'd like to
> edit the programs automatically starting up that don't appear in the startup
> menu.

MSCONFIG

[Greg Gensicki]

Thank you. That's the command I was looking for.
"Hugh Candlin" > wrote in message
...
>
> Greg Gensicki > wrote in message
...
> > Is anyone familiar with the command that opens the startup programs
dialog
> > box? It opens a dialog box similiar to the winipcfg command. I'd like
to
> > edit the programs automatically starting up that don't appear in the
startup
> > menu.
>
> MSCONFIG
>
>

[Brian A.]

Damn, talk about slippin. I read that as msconfig, not winipcfg. Not a good day
today.

--
Brian A.

Jack of all trades, Master of none.
One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn.


"Hugh Candlin" > wrote in message
...
>
> Greg Gensicki > wrote in message
...
> > Is anyone familiar with the command that opens the startup programs dialog
> > box? It opens a dialog box similiar to the winipcfg command. I'd like to
> > edit the programs automatically starting up that don't appear in the startup
> > menu.
>
> MSCONFIG
>
>

[Gary S. Terhune]

It's MSCONFIG, but other than the Advanced section that is *not* the place
to permanently edit startup configurations. It's for
trouble-shooting--temporarily disabling items while solving a problem--or
for setting up a "Clean Boot" in order to keep background apps from messing
up installations, uninstalls, maintenance utilities like Scandisk and
Defrag, etc.

If you want a program to stop running at startup, use that program's Options
or Preferences. If those aren't available, uninstall the damned thing.

For permanent changes to configuration files (WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI,
CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT), edit them in Notepad, not in MSCONFIG.

There's are very good reasons for keeping your usual MSCONFIG setting at
"Normal Startup". In fact, there are so many, I'm not going to bother to
list them. Take my word for it, this is not the way to "edit" startup
configurations.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Win9x

"Greg Gensicki" > wrote in message
...
> Is anyone familiar with the command that opens the startup programs dialog
> box? It opens a dialog box similiar to the winipcfg command. I'd like to
> edit the programs automatically starting up that don't appear in the
startup
> menu.
>
>