For information:
I have Adobe Reader 7 installed on my computer. By default, it had put
a shortcut for Adobe Speed Launcher in "Start Up" menu. It seems to
serve no purpose, and I decided to remove it from Start Up.
Adobe Web site says: "To disable the Speed Launcher, remove the Speed
Launcher icon from your Startup folder." I tried *deleting* the
shortcut in Start Up, but it would not work.On opening the "Start Up"
folder, the only item I could see was desktop.ini. Finally, I got rid
of it by dragging the icon on to the desktop with the mouse, and then
deleting it.

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
witan <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> For information:
> I have Adobe Reader 7 installed on my computer. By default, it had put
> a shortcut for Adobe Speed Launcher in "Start Up" menu. It seems to
> serve no purpose, and I decided to remove it from Start Up.
> Adobe Web site says: "To disable the Speed Launcher, remove the Speed
> Launcher icon from your Startup folder." I tried *deleting* the
> shortcut in Start Up, but it would not work.On opening the "Start Up"
> folder, the only item I could see was desktop.ini. Finally, I got rid
> of it by dragging the icon on to the desktop with the mouse, and then
> deleting it.

Running msconfig would've done this for you a bit more neatly, fyi.

not really, just causes more system complaints every time you reboot because an item has been disabled using msconfig.

personally I usually right click on it and then select delete.
doing it to that along with the other 6 or more that adobe drops all over the system.



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"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
In news:(E-Mail Removed),
witan <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> For information:
> I have Adobe Reader 7 installed on my computer. By default, it had put
> a shortcut for Adobe Speed Launcher in "Start Up" menu. It seems to
> serve no purpose, and I decided to remove it from Start Up.
> Adobe Web site says: "To disable the Speed Launcher, remove the Speed
> Launcher icon from your Startup folder." I tried *deleting* the
> shortcut in Start Up, but it would not work.On opening the "Start Up"
> folder, the only item I could see was desktop.ini. Finally, I got rid
> of it by dragging the icon on to the desktop with the mouse, and then
> deleting it.

Running msconfig would've done this for you a bit more neatly, fyi.

witan wrote:
> For information:
> I have Adobe Reader 7 installed on my computer. By default, it had put
> a shortcut for Adobe Speed Launcher in "Start Up" menu. It seems to
> serve no purpose, and I decided to remove it from Start Up.
> Adobe Web site says: "To disable the Speed Launcher, remove the Speed
> Launcher icon from your Startup folder." I tried *deleting* the
> shortcut in Start Up, but it would not work.On opening the "Start Up"
> folder, the only item I could see was desktop.ini. Finally, I got rid
> of it by dragging the icon on to the desktop with the mouse, and then
> deleting it.
>


You need to log in as an administrator and delete it from the
"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" folder.

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In news:OS$(E-Mail Removed),
mikeyhsd <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> not really, just causes more system complaints every time you reboot
> because an item has been disabled using msconfig.

You can either go to the registry and remove msconfig from
hklm\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run or use
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...nomsconfig.htm


>
> personally I usually right click on it and then select delete.
> doing it to that along with the other 6 or more that adobe drops all
> over the system.

Adobe is a bit of a pig in this regard, isn't it.
>
>
>
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>
>
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In news:(E-Mail Removed),
> witan <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> > For information:
> > I have Adobe Reader 7 installed on my computer. By default, it
> had put
> > a shortcut for Adobe Speed Launcher in "Start Up" menu. It seems
> to
> > serve no purpose, and I decided to remove it from Start Up.
> > Adobe Web site says: "To disable the Speed Launcher, remove the
> Speed
> > Launcher icon from your Startup folder." I tried *deleting* the
> > shortcut in Start Up, but it would not work.On opening the "Start
> Up"
> > folder, the only item I could see was desktop.ini. Finally, I got
> rid
> > of it by dragging the icon on to the desktop with the mouse, and
> then
> > deleting it.
>
> Running msconfig would've done this for you a bit more neatly, fyi.