How to remove startup item

[Rob Rutherford]

When I run msconfig and select the Startup tab an item called netyi32 is listed.
I have deleted both the file this item refers to and its reference in the registry.
What else do I have to do to remove it from the Startup list?
Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

[Peter Forster [MVP]]

Hello Rob,

I have deleted both the file this item refers to and its reference in
the registry. What else do I have to do to remove it from the Startup
list?

Look at this article:
How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434

Most interest for you is the section "How to remove registry entries"

 

[Malvern]

When I run msconfig and select the Startup tab an item called netyi32 is listed.
I have deleted both the file this item refers to and its reference in the registry.
What else do I have to do to remove it from the Startup list?
Thanks in advance for any advice.

Right-click Start button, then click on "Open All Users" or Explore All
Users" in resulting menu. Delete the shortcut (should have a curved arrow
in lower-left corner of icon) to the unwanted item in the next window.

Malv.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Update your Anti Virus software and run a full system scan.

 

[Rob Jenkins]

You could try Startup Control Panel at www.mlin.net - Its
freeware and enables you to remove startup items. The
program places an entry in Control Panel from where it
can be run.

 

[Rob Rutherford]

Thanks Peter, I'll have a look.

Hello Rob,



Look at this article:
How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434

Most interest for you is the section "How to remove registry entries"

 

[Rob Rutherford]

I didn't absorb all the details, but since you pointed me to an article on changing the registry I thought I may
have missed something so did another registry search and found a reference I had missed previously
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg\netyi32.exe
and deleted it. This did the trick and the item no longer appears on the startup tab in msconfig. Thanks for your help.

Thanks Peter, I'll have a look.

 

[Rob Rutherford]

Thanks guys, but I've sorted it (see above reply to Peter Forster).

 

[Alex Nichol]

When I run msconfig and select the Startup tab an item called netyi32 is listed.
I have deleted both the file this item refers to and its reference in the registry.
What else do I have to do to remove it from the Startup list?

If you had unchecked it in msconfig, its data will have been moved from
the registry Run key to one of its own under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SharedTools\MSconfig\startup reg

Delete that sub-key

 

[Peter Forster [MVP]]

Hello Rob!

Thanks for your help.

Not for that...