Clean msconfig windows

[lorne]

Hi all,
A simple question (i hope)...
Over the years i have installed and uninstalled programs galore. Sometimes
these programs get turned off in msconfig.
Is there a way to remove/clean up the msconfig window? Like getting rid of
the unchecked programs that are no longer there?
I have seen this on several computers but don't know how or where to go to
clean them out.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Natively you can; Start\Settings\Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Computer
Management(Local)\System Information\Software Environment\Startup
Programs|View|Advanced, then in the "Location" column, you'll find the path
to the "Startup" location either in the "Startup" directories or from the
registry's "Run" keys. (note that this windows is read-only so you must
manually navigate to the location below to edit or otherwise delete)

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

You can delete the shortcuts that you no longer want to run.


HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

You can delete the string value for the program you no longer want to run.

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Regards,

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:
| Hi all,
| A simple question (i hope)...
| Over the years i have installed and uninstalled programs galore.
Sometimes
| these programs get turned off in msconfig.
| Is there a way to remove/clean up the msconfig window? Like getting rid
of
| the unchecked programs that are no longer there?
| I have seen this on several computers but don't know how or where to go to
| clean them out.
|
|
|

 

[tlviewer]

Hi all,
A simple question (i hope)...
Over the years i have installed and uninstalled programs galore. Sometimes
these programs get turned off in msconfig.
Is there a way to remove/clean up the msconfig window? Like getting rid of
the unchecked programs that are no longer there?
I have seen this on several computers but don't know how or where to go to
clean them out.

Look at the subkeys under here
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg

and delete the obsolete keys

hth,
tlviewer