Outlook automatically launches at pc start-up

[manpreet]

I THOUGHT I was pretty good at troubleshooting Windows and Office, but
I have been stumped at correcting this issue. I have a Sony Vaio that
when factory reset/restored, would launch Outlook Express every time
the pc was rebooted (I guess it did this when it was new but it's 2
years old and I don't recall if it did this out of the box).

Now, I have installed Office/Outlook 2003 and of course THAT
automatically launches every time the pc is rebooted. I have checked
msconfig, I have checked admin services in control panel, I have
checked startup folder, I have checked options in Outlook itself.
Either I'm sight impaired or this thing isn't easy to find (could be
both!).

Anyway, I would appreciate any advice on how NOT to have Outlook
automatically launch when the pc is turned on. I don't use it often
but I DO want it on the pc, I just don't want it to launch every single
reboot.

Thanks.

 

[Eric C.]

Have you checked the Startup folder under the All Users Profile (on the pc).
If it's not there, then you may need to look at the registry.

Eric C.

 

[manpreet]

Hi Eric,

So you mean in:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs\Startup, and
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup ?

I checked in both, there's no Outlook in there.

As far as the regedit is concerned, I can all the way from
LOCAL_MACHINE down to Outlook but I have no idea on what I would edit
here...

Thanks for your reply!

 

[DL]

You could try a search, to include hidden, for outlook.exe
May give other locations.

 

[manpreet]

Tried that...outlook.exe only showed up where it should, in the OFFICE
folder (even searching hidden folders).

I can't figure it out! I can't find ANY setting that would make
Outlook (or Outlook Express) automatically launch at pc start-up.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

I am not overly familiar with Sony products, but do they have a "special" tool that they use for items such as that?

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After furious head scratching, manpreet asked:

| Tried that...outlook.exe only showed up where it should, in the OFFICE
| folder (even searching hidden folders).
|
| I can't figure it out! I can't find ANY setting that would make
| Outlook (or Outlook Express) automatically launch at pc start-up.
|
| DL wrote:
|| You could try a search, to include hidden, for outlook.exe
|| May give other locations.
||
|| ||| Hi Eric,
|||
||| So you mean in:
||| C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs\Startup, and
||| C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup ?
|||
||| I checked in both, there's no Outlook in there.
|||
||| As far as the regedit is concerned, I can all the way from
||| LOCAL_MACHINE down to Outlook but I have no idea on what I would
||| edit here...
|||
||| Thanks for your reply!
|||
||| Eric C. wrote:
|||| Have you checked the Startup folder under the All Users Profile
|||| (on the pc). If it's not there, then you may need to look at the
|||| registry.
||||
|||| Eric C.
||||
||||
|||| ||||| I THOUGHT I was pretty good at troubleshooting Windows and
||||| Office, but I have been stumped at correcting this issue. I have
||||| a Sony Vaio that when factory reset/restored, would launch
||||| Outlook Express every time the pc was rebooted (I guess it did
||||| this when it was new but it's 2 years old and I don't recall if
||||| it did this out of the box).
|||||
||||| Now, I have installed Office/Outlook 2003 and of course THAT
||||| automatically launches every time the pc is rebooted. I have
||||| checked msconfig, I have checked admin services in control panel,
||||| I have checked startup folder, I have checked options in Outlook
||||| itself. Either I'm sight impaired or this thing isn't easy to
||||| find (could be both!).
|||||
||||| Anyway, I would appreciate any advice on how NOT to have Outlook
||||| automatically launch when the pc is turned on. I don't use it
||||| often but I DO want it on the pc, I just don't want it to launch
||||| every single reboot.
|||||
||||| Thanks.

 

[manpreet]

I am not overly familiar with Sony products, but do they have a "special"tool that they use for items such as that?

I checked and there is one option in the programs listed, called Sony
Notebook Setup, and there is nothing in there about launching programs
at start-up. I also checked msconfig and there is no mention of
outlook.exe in there.

 

[DL]

Try this;
Start>Run msinfo32
Ok
Expand Software Environment, click on startup group
Copy/Paste or export the results, and post them in a reply

I am not overly familiar with Sony products, but do they have a "special"

tool that they use for items such as that?
I checked and there is one option in the programs listed, called Sony
Notebook Setup, and there is nothing in there about launching programs
at start-up. I also checked msconfig and there is no mention of
outlook.exe in there.

 

[DL]

PS There was also a post that a Bios upgrade for your Sony would prevent
this behaviour
(Why a bios upgrade should be relevant......? a Sony peculiarity?)

I am not overly familiar with Sony products, but do they have a "special"

tool that they use for items such as that?
I checked and there is one option in the programs listed, called Sony
Notebook Setup, and there is nothing in there about launching programs
at start-up. I also checked msconfig and there is no mention of
outlook.exe in there.

 

[manpreet]

I can't post a million lines here and I am unable to email you the txt
file. Any suggestions?

 

[DL]

Provided you exported the startup folder txt it should not be much than 40
lines, approx.
If it is something is seriously wrong with your setup

Then open the txt file, select all/copy/paste in the reply

I can't post a million lines here and I am unable to email you the txt
file. Any suggestions?