startup menu

[Peter]

In reference to the startup menu obtained by
start/run/msconfig/startup
is there a way to remove permanently items that have been
added and disabled over the years ? Thankyou in advance,
Peter

[Jeff Richards]

Re-enable the item then uninstall the application, or find and disable the
option within the application that inserts the startup entry. This usually
involves running the application and hunting for the option amongst 'user
settings' or 'preferences' or similar.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
"Peter" > wrote in message
...
> In reference to the startup menu obtained by
> start/run/msconfig/startup
> is there a way to remove permanently items that have been
> added and disabled over the years ? Thankyou in advance,
> Peter

[Ron Badour]

There are seven run keys in the registry that are used to start programs:

1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run

2. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run

3. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\RunOnce

4. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\RunOnce

5. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\ RunServices

6. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\
RunServicesOnce

7. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\
RunOnce\Setup

If there is an item disabled in the Startup tab, MSconfig.exe, that was in
one of these keys, it will be in an identically named key except that there
will be a minus at the end, i.e., Run- I suppose any key could be
duplicated; however, I have only found keys #1, #2 and #5 duplicated in my
registry with a minus. If you want to get rid of a non-marked entry in
MSconfig, delete the key with the minus sign behind it.

When you disable an entry that is in the startup folder on the start menu, a
folder is created on the start menu called Disabled Startup Items. As
appropriate, delete the item from either the registry key or the Disabled
folder. If the item is the only thing in the registry key or Disabled
folder, you can delete the key or the folder also.

Items can start from the run= and load= lines in the win.ini file. If
disabled, they are placed in a norun= or noload= line. Go into the win.ini
file and change the appropriate line back to the way it was, i.e., change
norun=<application name> to run= and save the file.

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Peter" > wrote in message
...
> In reference to the startup menu obtained by
> start/run/msconfig/startup
> is there a way to remove permanently items that have been
> added and disabled over the years ? Thankyou in advance,
> Peter

[Pablo]

So, if I want to prevent IE from launching at start-up or
re-boot (in Win 98) what should I do? (New Post?)
>-----Original Message-----
>There are seven run keys in the registry that are used to
start programs:
>
>1.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersio
n\Run
>
>2.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion
\Run
>
>3.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersio
n\RunOnce
>
>4.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion
\RunOnce
>
>5.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersio
n\ RunServices
>
>6.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersio
n\
>RunServicesOnce
>
>7.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersio
n\
>RunOnce\Setup
>
>If there is an item disabled in the Startup tab,
MSconfig.exe, that was in
>one of these keys, it will be in an identically named key
except that there
>will be a minus at the end, i.e., Run- I suppose any key
could be
>duplicated; however, I have only found keys #1, #2 and #5
duplicated in my
>registry with a minus. If you want to get rid of a non-
marked entry in
>MSconfig, delete the key with the minus sign behind it.
>
>When you disable an entry that is in the startup folder
on the start menu, a
>folder is created on the start menu called Disabled
Startup Items. As
>appropriate, delete the item from either the registry key
or the Disabled
>folder. If the item is the only thing in the registry
key or Disabled
>folder, you can delete the key or the folder also.
>
>Items can start from the run= and load= lines in the
win.ini file. If
>disabled, they are placed in a norun= or noload= line.
Go into the win.ini
>file and change the appropriate line back to the way it
was, i.e., change
>norun=<application name> to run= and save the file.
>
>--
>Regards
>
>Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
>Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
>Knowledge Base Info:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo
>
>"Peter" > wrote in
message
...
>> In reference to the startup menu obtained by
>> start/run/msconfig/startup
>> is there a way to remove permanently items that have
been
>> added and disabled over the years ? Thankyou in advance,
>> Peter
>
>
>.
>

[Ron Badour]

Find the reference to IE in the start up points and delete it.

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Pablo" > wrote in message
...
> So, if I want to prevent IE from launching at start-up or
> re-boot (in Win 98) what should I do? (New Post?)
> >-----Original Message-----
> >There are seven run keys in the registry that are used to
> start programs:
> >
> >1.
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersio
> n\Run
> >
> >2.
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion
> \Run
> >
> >3.
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersio
> n\RunOnce
> >
> >4.
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion
> \RunOnce
> >
> >5.
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersio
> n\ RunServices
> >
> >6.
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersio
> n\
> >RunServicesOnce
> >
> >7.
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersio
> n\
> >RunOnce\Setup
> >
> >If there is an item disabled in the Startup tab,
> MSconfig.exe, that was in
> >one of these keys, it will be in an identically named key
> except that there
> >will be a minus at the end, i.e., Run- I suppose any key
> could be
> >duplicated; however, I have only found keys #1, #2 and #5
> duplicated in my
> >registry with a minus. If you want to get rid of a non-
> marked entry in
> >MSconfig, delete the key with the minus sign behind it.
> >
> >When you disable an entry that is in the startup folder
> on the start menu, a
> >folder is created on the start menu called Disabled
> Startup Items. As
> >appropriate, delete the item from either the registry key
> or the Disabled
> >folder. If the item is the only thing in the registry
> key or Disabled
> >folder, you can delete the key or the folder also.
> >
> >Items can start from the run= and load= lines in the
> win.ini file. If
> >disabled, they are placed in a norun= or noload= line.
> Go into the win.ini
> >file and change the appropriate line back to the way it
> was, i.e., change
> >norun=<application name> to run= and save the file.
> >
> >--
> >Regards
> >
> >Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
> >Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
> >Knowledge Base Info:
> >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo
> >
> >"Peter" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >> In reference to the startup menu obtained by
> >> start/run/msconfig/startup
> >> is there a way to remove permanently items that have
> been
> >> added and disabled over the years ? Thankyou in advance,
> >> Peter
> >
> >
> >.
> >