Controlling Startup

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Paul

Hi I have at the present five items that stat up when my
computer is turned on. There seems to be a bogus 'startup
directory' listed in the 'programs' directory after
pressing 'start', because it has nothing in it.I have w2k
and had w98 and both had the 'startup folder' that did not
show what was actually starting up . How can I control to
keep to a minimum what starts up?
thanks paul
 
Start\Settings\Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Computer
Management(Local)\System Information\Software Environment\Startup
Programs|View|Advanced, then in the "Location" column, you'll find the path
to the "Startup" location either in the "Startup" directories or from the
registry's "Run" keys.

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

You can delete the shortcuts that you no longer want to run.


HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

You can delete the string value for the program you no longer want to run.
 
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