Editing Startup menu

[Guest]

In Windows 98 one can easily untick an item in Startup under msconfig, but if
I do that in XP, then it automatically changes under the Genral tab to
Selective Startup and then XP tells me not to do that unless troubleshooting!
Nor is there a Delete facility in Startup as there is in Win98.

The situation is made worse because in various Help places the words "Start
Menu" are used but don't refer to the Startup list.

So, how in XP can I get things OUT of Startup? Many programs during setup
automatically put themselves into Startup without being asked or wanted. Why
has XP made countering this so much more difficult?

 

[Eric P.]

In Windows 98 one can easily untick an item in Startup under msconfig, but if
I do that in XP, then it automatically changes under the Genral tab to
Selective Startup and then XP tells me not to do that unless troubleshooting!
Nor is there a Delete facility in Startup as there is in Win98.

The situation is made worse because in various Help places the words "Start
Menu" are used but don't refer to the Startup list.

So, how in XP can I get things OUT of Startup? Many programs during setup
automatically put themselves into Startup without being asked or wanted. Why
has XP made countering this so much more difficult?

Maybe StartUp Control Panel is what you are looking for:
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

 

[Guest]

Maybe StartUp Control Panel is what you are looking for:
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

Thanks very much. Actually, I had this in '98 but I couldn't remember the
name and where to get it, and also I thought it was pretty old and wouldn't
work in XP. In 98 one could make the changes even without this program; it
seems odd that XP is inferior in this way. Thanks again.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

What is the item in the Startup you wish to remove?

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[Bruce Chambers]

In Windows 98 one can easily untick an item in Startup under msconfig, but if
I do that in XP, then it automatically changes under the Genral tab to
Selective Startup and then XP tells me not to do that unless troubleshooting!
Nor is there a Delete facility in Startup as there is in Win98.

The situation is made worse because in various Help places the words "Start
Menu" are used but don't refer to the Startup list.

So, how in XP can I get things OUT of Startup? Many programs during setup
automatically put themselves into Startup without being asked or wanted. Why
has XP made countering this so much more difficult?

Msconfig is designed to be a troubleshooting tool, not a "startup
configurer." 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.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310560



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[Bruce Chambers]

In 98 one could make the changes even without this program; it
seems odd that XP is inferior in this way. Thanks again.

WinXP isn't "inferior," you're simply making the egregious mistake of
thinking it would be anything like Win98. MSConfig, even on Win98, was
*never* intended to be anything more than a diagnostic tool.
Unfortunately, Win98's primitive implementation of the idea allowed
MSConfig to be misused by a large number of people who knew no better.


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