Programs that run upon startup are usually located in:
The "Startup" folder
- click [Start]
- Programs
- Startup
- right-click on the item to remove
- click Delete
-or-
The "Run" key in the registry
- click [Start]
- click Run
- type Regedit.exe
- press [Enter]
- goto HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- select the program/file to stop from running at startup
- click Edit
- click Delete
Austin M. Horst