How to get into the Startup Menu

L

Lynn

When I have used Wiindows XP and 98, if I wanted to change
the number of programs that automatically start up with
the computer, I simply went to "msconfig" and used the
Startup menu to delete which programs I didn't want to
start up. With Windows 2000, the msconfig simply get a
message saying a file or other indicator is missing. Does
anybody know what to use vice msconfig to get into the
startup menu? Thanks. Lynn
 
D

Dave Patrick

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.

%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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