I am running XP SP3.
Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items such as
Adobe updater, etc.
I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK.
But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are still
there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well as one with a
blank command column.
Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I don't
have to look at them anymore?
Thank you!
--
Regards,
Richard Harison

> I am running XP SP3.
> Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items
> such as Adobe updater, etc.
> I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK.
> But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are
> still there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well
> as one with a blank command column.
> Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I
> don't have to look at them anymore?
> Thank you!

You did it incorrectly. MSConfig is only a TOOL, not useful for long
term fixes. Now that you know what programs are the culprits, go there
and uninstall or turn things off, and put MSConfig back to normal boot
up.

Richard Harison wrote:
> I am running XP SP3.
> Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items such as
> Adobe updater, etc.
> I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK.
> But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are still
> there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well as one with a
> blank command column.
> Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I don't
> have to look at them anymore?
> Thank you!


Msconfig was designed to be a troubleshooting tool, not a "startup
configurer." Use MSConfig to determine the location of the command that
is attempting to start the program, and remove it. 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...b;EN-US;310560


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Richard

Yes there is a way to get rid of them. Doing the following will do it but make sure that when deleting you delete the correct item

Regedit\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\Startupreg and highlight and delete the unwanted entries



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"Richard Harison" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:ecy%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I am running XP SP3.
> Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items such as
> Adobe updater, etc.
> I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK.
> But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are still
> there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well as one with a
> blank command column.
> Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I don't
> have to look at them anymore?
> Thank you!
> --
> Regards,
> Richard Harison
>
>

"Peter Foldes" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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Richard

Yes there is a way to get rid of them. Doing the following will do it but
make sure that when deleting you delete the correct item

Regedit\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOTWARE\Microsoft\Shared
Tools\MSConfig\Startupreg and highlight and delete the unwanted entries



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Peter

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Thanks, Peter...
Still didn't get them all, especially the mystery blank command one.

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Richard Harison
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"Richard Harison" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I am running XP SP3.
> Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items such as
> Adobe updater, etc.
> I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK.
> But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are still
> there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well as one with
> a
> blank command column.
> Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I don't
> have to look at them anymore?
> Thank you!
> --
> Regards,
> Richard Harison
>
>

"Twayne" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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|> I am running XP SP3.
| > Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items
| > such as Adobe updater, etc.
| > I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK.
| > But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are
| > still there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well
| > as one with a blank command column.
| > Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I
| > don't have to look at them anymore?
| > Thank you!
|
| You did it incorrectly. MSConfig is only a TOOL, not useful for long
| term fixes. Now that you know what programs are the culprits, go there
| and uninstall or turn things off, and put MSConfig back to normal boot
| up.

Thanks Twayne....
My OP noted that I did that.
So what to do with the one that has a blank command line column?

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Regards,
Richard Harison

"Richard Harison" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Peter Foldes" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...

>> Yes there is a way to get rid of them. Doing the following will do it
>> but
>> make sure that when deleting you delete the correct item
>>
>> Regedit\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOTWARE\Microsoft\Shared
>> Tools\MSConfig\Startupreg and highlight and delete the unwanted
>> entries

> Thanks, Peter...
> Still didn't get them all, especially the mystery blank command one.

Try Autoruns:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb963902.aspx

"Richard Harison" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Twayne" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:es1fo$(E-Mail Removed)...
> |> I am running XP SP3.
> | > Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items
> | > such as Adobe updater, etc.
> | > I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK.
> | > But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are
> | > still there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well
> | > as one with a blank command column.
> | > Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I
> | > don't have to look at them anymore?
> | > Thank you!
> |
> | You did it incorrectly. MSConfig is only a TOOL, not useful for long
> | term fixes. Now that you know what programs are the culprits, go there
> | and uninstall or turn things off, and put MSConfig back to normal boot
> | up.
>
> Thanks Twayne....
> My OP noted that I did that.
> So what to do with the one that has a blank command line column?

Look in the "location" column. That will tell you where, in the registry
or the Startup folder, to look. Go there, find the entry, and delete it.

HTH
-pk



> --
> Regards,
> Richard Harison
>
>

Keys and entries created under Startupreg or Startupfolder depending on
where the aplication had been started from, the Run key or the Start Menu.

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


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"Richard Harison" <(E-Mail Removed)> escribió en el mensaje
news:%23AtU%(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Peter Foldes" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Richard
>
> Yes there is a way to get rid of them. Doing the following will do it but
> make sure that when deleting you delete the correct item
>
> Regedit\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOTWARE\Microsoft\Shared
> Tools\MSConfig\Startupreg and highlight and delete the unwanted entries
>
>
>
> --
> Peter
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Thanks, Peter...
> Still didn't get them all, especially the mystery blank command one.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Richard Harison
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "Richard Harison" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:ecy%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I am running XP SP3.
>> Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items such
>> as
>> Adobe updater, etc.
>> I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK.
>> But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are still
>> there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well as one
>> with
>> a
>> blank command column.
>> Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I don't
>> have to look at them anymore?
>> Thank you!
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Richard Harison
>>
>>
>
>

Or use "MSConfigCleanUp" it removes only orphaned entries from MSConfig.


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> Keys and entries created under Startupreg or Startupfolder depending on
> where the aplication had been started from, the Run key or the Start Menu.
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder
>
>
> --------------------------------
> "Richard Harison" <(E-Mail Removed)> escribió en el mensaje
> news:%23AtU%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> "Peter Foldes" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Richard
>>
>> Yes there is a way to get rid of them. Doing the following will do it but
>> make sure that when deleting you delete the correct item
>>
>> Regedit\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOTWARE\Microsoft\Shared
>> Tools\MSConfig\Startupreg and highlight and delete the unwanted entries
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Thanks, Peter...
>> Still didn't get them all, especially the mystery blank command one.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Richard Harison
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
>> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>>
>> "Richard Harison" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:ecy%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>I am running XP SP3.
>>> Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items such
>>> as
>>> Adobe updater, etc.
>>> I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK.
>>> But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are
>>> still
>>> there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well as one
>>> with
>>> a
>>> blank command column.
>>> Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I
>>> don't
>>> have to look at them anymore?
>>> Thank you!
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Richard Harison
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>