how to delete items from startup

[yeewah]

I'm talking here not about the startup folder but about
msconfig/startup.

I can disable whatever item I wish but I can find no way
to delete an item permanently from msconfig/startup. I'm
referring specifically to "msnmsgr" and "aim" which you
will recognize and MS Messenger and AOL Instant Messaging -
- which I use from time to time. But every time I use one
or the other, the program unchecks itself and consequently
loads when I reboot, whereupon I have to go disable it
again.

So how can I permanently delete them from startup?

 

[Guest]

go into the programs preferences and find the option.

 

[Ananth]

Click Start -> Run and type regedit
You will see the registry information. Go to the following

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
You will see all the programs that starts underneath this entry.
Delete AOL, MSIM or whatever you do not want. Ensure that you do not delete
the system applications.
Good luck

 

[Phil]

Start, run, type in: regedit, hit enter.
Navigate to these keys and delete what you need to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg

Export the keys before deleting if needed.

 

[Phil]

That key stops them from running, but to delete them from msconfig you need
to delete the entries from these keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg

 

[Fizzikal]

I'm talking here not about the startup folder but about
msconfig/startup.

I can disable whatever item I wish but I can find no way
to delete an item permanently from msconfig/startup. I'm
referring specifically to "msnmsgr" and "aim" which you
will recognize and MS Messenger and AOL Instant Messaging -
- which I use from time to time. But every time I use one
or the other, the program unchecks itself and consequently
loads when I reboot, whereupon I have to go disable it
again.

So how can I permanently delete them from startup?

Check here - Line 148 right side
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

[Fizzikal]

I'm talking here not about the startup folder but about
msconfig/startup.

I can disable whatever item I wish but I can find no way
to delete an item permanently from msconfig/startup. I'm
referring specifically to "msnmsgr" and "aim" which you
will recognize and MS Messenger and AOL Instant Messaging -
- which I use from time to time. But every time I use one
or the other, the program unchecks itself and consequently
loads when I reboot, whereupon I have to go disable it
again.

So how can I permanently delete them from startup?

Check here - Line 148 right side
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm