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Can someone tell me how to get rid of the entries on the Startup in the
System Configuration Utility. I have about 40 entries that are not checked
off and some of those are doubles.
Thanks for any help

Bruce
 
I registry cleaner can identify those dead links and remove them for you...I
like RegSeeker myself.

Also, download and install Mike Linn's Startup program...This nifty tool can
help you gain control of unwanted msconfig entries, without the need to
enter the System Config Utility itself....

http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

Regards
 
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My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
Can someone tell me how to get rid of the entries on the Startup in
the System Configuration Utility. I have about 40 entries that are
not checked off and some of those are doubles.
Thanks for any help

Bruce
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Sorry to the other poster but avoid a registry cleaning application unless
you know what you're doing and what it is doing.

However....

The extra link they gave you was golden. Absolutely perfect.

Pesky Startup Apps:
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/startupapps.html

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declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes
 
[email protected],
Me2Ewe said:
Can someone tell me how to get rid of the entries on the
Startup in the System Configuration Utility. I have about 40
entries that are not checked off and some of those are
doubles. Thanks for any help

Bruce
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Run the script located on line 148 right hand column, Clear
Disabled Items From Msconfig Startup and Selective,

Courtesy of Kelly Theriot, MS-MVP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

FYI, the unchecked items listed in msconfig are located in
these two registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared
Tools\MSConfig\startupreg
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared
Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder

Deleting the subkeys contained within those keys will remove
the unchecked entries from msconfig.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
Thank you everyone the registry keys were the kickers, just what I needed to
get rid of 50 entries that were unneeded. Thanx again
Bruce
 
Me2Ewe said:
Can someone tell me how to get rid of the entries on the Startup in the
System Configuration Utility. I have about 40 entries that are not checked
off and some of those are doubles.
Thanks for any help
Click to expand...



Msconfig was designed to be a troubleshooting tool, not a "startup
configurer." To cease the selective startup notifications, either
return your settings to the way they were, or permanently remove the
undesirable programs from your startup configuration.

In most cases, with "well-mannered" applications, it's usually as
simple as opening the undesired program and deselecting the option to
"display icon in the system tray" or to "start when Windows starts."

Additionally, Look in the C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Start Menu\Programs\Start Up and C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs\Start Up folders, and in the
system registry, primarily in the
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run keys.

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310560


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