MSCONFIG Start Menu

[KenP]

XP Pro - I installed a program and want it in my MSCONFIG Start menu but the
program does not offer the start when Windows starts option. Does anyone have
any instructions on how to add program to MSCONFIG/Start menu.

TIA

Kenp

 

[John John - MVP]

XP Pro - I installed a program and want it in my MSCONFIG Start menu but the
program does not offer the start when Windows starts option. Does anyone have
any instructions on how to add program to MSCONFIG/Start menu.

If I understand correctly you want the program to start when Windows is
booted? Put a shortcut to the program in your (or the All Users')
Startup folder.

John

 

[paul_36]

XP Pro - I installed a program and want it in my MSCONFIG Start menu but the
program does not offer the start when Windows starts option. Does anyone have
any instructions on how to add program to MSCONFIG/Start menu.

TIA

Kenp

Use startup manager 2.4.2 available at "http://startupmanager.org/";
allows add, delete, edit & turn on/off programs; an expanded
msconfig with more capabilities & free.

 

[db]

if the program didn't
install the executable
line item in msconfig,

then there is probably
a good reason for not
doing so.

it would be better for
you to use the basic
startup folder under
to launch the executable
when the desktop
loads.

start>all programs>


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[Ken Blake, MVP]

XP Pro - I installed a program and want it in my MSCONFIG Start menu but the
program does not offer the start when Windows starts option. Does anyone have
any instructions on how to add program to MSCONFIG/Start menu.

First, let me clarify that what you want is *not* to have it in the
MSCONFIG/Start menu. I assume that you want the program to start
automatically when you boot the computer.

The easiest way to do that is to put a shortcut to it into your
Startup folder. After you've done that, you will be to see that
shortcut in MSCONFIG.

In case I've confused you, let me clarify that MSCONFIG is not where
you put it or even where it is. MSCONFIG is just a tool that lets you
see it if you've put it into the right place.

 

[Ben Myers]

XP Pro - I installed a program and want it in my MSCONFIG Start menu but the
program does not offer the start when Windows starts option. Does anyone have
any instructions on how to add program to MSCONFIG/Start menu.

Please repost with more information, including the name of the program
or the name and path of the program's executable file.

Ben

 

[Jose]

XP Pro - I installed a program and want it in my MSCONFIG Start menu but the
program does not offer the start when Windows starts option. Does anyone have
any instructions on how to add program to MSCONFIG/Start menu.

TIA

Kenp

It is correct that you do not add items to the startup with msconfig.
msconfig is not a startup manager - it is a troubleshooting tool. The
referenced Startup Manager is one of many third party tools that are
startup managers you can use but you don't need a third party program
to add a program to the Windows startup procedure.

It doesn't matter what the program is or if it is normal to want it to
be in the Windows startup procedure. I will decide what I want to
startup or not startup when XP starts.

If the installed program created an icon that you double click to
launch it, right click the program icon and choose copy.

Click Start, Programs, right click the Startup link and Open, Explore
or whatever is appropriate for your environment. All Users or just
your user, etc. It is just a folder.

When the Startup folder is open and displaying it's contents, right
click and paste the program you copied before into the Startup
folder. The Startup folder is just a regular folder where you can
copy/paste/delete things just like any other folder.

When you get done and look at the Startup tab in msconfig, you should
see the new startup item.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

It is correct that you do not add items to the startup with msconfig.
msconfig is not a startup manager - it is a troubleshooting tool.

Although it was designed as, and meant to be, a troubleshooting tool,
it also works very well for removing items from automatic startup, and
there is no reason not to use it for that.