Applications that make themselves startups

[Lee]

Is there a general way to prevent programs like Quicktime and Nero from
becoming startup programs every time they're run once?

 

[lallous]

Hello

The solution is application specific.

For example if you take MSN Messenger and use msconfig.exe to remove
messenger.exe from startup list then when you run messenger.exe again it
will re-register itself so that it runs @ startup.

In the case of messenger you would go to its options and uncheck the "start
with windows" check box.

There must be something similar with Nero or QuickTime.
But first try to remove their entry using msconfig.exe

 

[Dave]

Is there a general way to prevent programs like Quicktime and Nero from
becoming startup programs every time they're run once?

uninstall them?

or try asking in a quicktime or nero support group.

 

[Lee]

Hello

The solution is application specific.

True, and I just located the option setting in Quicktime. What I was
wondering was if there was any kind of mechanism in XP that would prevent
apps from doing that, i.e., an msconfig option to lockout new Startups.
Appears there isn't.

Thanks.

 

[*Vanguard*]

"Lee" said in news:[email protected]:

Is there a general way to prevent programs like Quicktime and Nero
from becoming startup programs every time they're run once?

If they have no option to not load on Windows startup, and if deleting
their registry Run key entry results in them replacing it when they are
next executed, try simply disabling them (uncheck them in msconfig.exe).
If that doesn't work, uninstall them and inform the developer they need
to stop interferring with the owner's choice regarding their own system
usage.

 

[Malke]

"Lee" said in news:[email protected]:

If they have no option to not load on Windows startup, and if deleting
their registry Run key entry results in them replacing it when they
are next executed, try simply disabling them (uncheck them in
msconfig.exe). If that doesn't work, uninstall them and inform the
developer they need to stop interferring with the owner's choice
regarding their own system usage.

To answer your original question: no. It's annoying, isn't it? I totally
agree with you that it is obnoxious how a lot of applications decide
for you that they are so special you'll want them cluttering up your
start time. Unfortunately, there isn't any way that I know of to stop
them ahead of time. You have to just go into each app's preferences.
Maybe the next Windows operating system will give the user more control
over what happens when a program gets installed.

Malke

 

[cquirke (MVP Win9x)]

Is there a general way to prevent programs like Quicktime and Nero from
becoming startup programs every time they're run once?

Yes: Peruse thie internal Options to see if you can disable this
behaviour. There's no system-level way to cleanly suppress this
otherwise; simply nuking the startup entries via MSConfig etc. just
causes them to be re-asserted when the apps run again.

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