How do I remove programs from my startup taskbar

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Too many programs have installed Icons on my taskbar. Because these programs
are always running, I want to remove some to speed up my compurter.
Please let me know how to remove them permanently from the taskbar but
still keep the programs functional. I only want them running when I need them.
 
Go in the programs themselves and in the User Preferences or in the
Program Options choose to not have the programs start when you start
your computer. Most of the good programs are graceful and are easily
disabled.

For the more stubborn ones post again or search the net.

John
 
Use Msconfig. [Start] > [Run] > [msconfig] > "Startup" Tab > Uncheck the
items you dont want. CHeck under "Commands" to see it's path. You can
uncheck them all. But be sure to keep your antivirus running.
 
wildredbill said:
Too many programs have installed Icons on my taskbar. Because these
programs are always running, I want to remove some to speed up my
compurter. Please let me know how to remove them permanently from
the taskbar but
still keep the programs functional. I only want them running when I
need them.
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On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its Options to
see if it has the choice not to start (make sure you actually choose the
option not to run it, not just a "don't show icon" option). Many can easily
and best be stopped that way. If that doesn't work, run MSCONFIG from the
Start | Run line, and on the Startup tab, uncheck the programs you don't
want to start automatically.

However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the purpose of running
the minimum number of programs. Despite what many people tell you, you
should be concerned, not with how *many* of these programs you run, but
*which*. Some of them can hurt performance severely, but others have no
effect on performance.

Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you should do is
determine what each program is, what its value is to you, and what the cost
in performance is of its running all the time. You can get more information
about these at http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html. If you can't find it
there, try google searches and ask about specifics here.

Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent informed
decision about what you want to keep and what you want to get rid of.
 
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