msconfig startup location

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Where is the location of the msconfig "startup" file/tab? After startup items
have been "deselected", they still hang around on the list. After a while,
it makes it difficult to find other startup items without rolling through the
whole thing. Is it possible to "edit" the file to remove these
no-longer-used entries?
 
martkaufman said:
Where is the location of the msconfig "startup" file/tab? After startup
items
have been "deselected", they still hang around on the list. After a
while,
it makes it difficult to find other startup items without rolling through
the
whole thing. Is it possible to "edit" the file to remove these
no-longer-used entries?
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Have a look here:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg

If this was my own PC then I would leave these entries where they
are. You don't have to "roll through the whole thing" - all disabled
items sink to the bottom of the list.
 
martkaufman said:
Where is the location of the msconfig "startup" file/tab? After startup items
have been "deselected", they still hang around on the list. After a while,
it makes it difficult to find other startup items without rolling through the
whole thing. Is it possible to "edit" the file to remove these
no-longer-used entries?
Click to expand...


The unchecked items are stored in one of these two registry keys.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder

You can manually delete them with the Registry Editor (Start -> Run ->
regedit.exe), or run the script available from this web site to automatically
clean them up.

Courtesy of Kelly Theriot, MS-MVP
Line 148, right hand column, Clear Disabled Items from Msconfig Startup &
Selective
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

On a side note, you might want to consider using this program available from
Microsoft when you want to disable start up items.

AutoRuns for Windows v9.21
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx

Once you've downloaded and extracted the files, run autoruns.exe. Look on the
Logon tab for your startup programs.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
Thanks Nepatsfan!

Nepatsfan said:
The unchecked items are stored in one of these two registry keys.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder

You can manually delete them with the Registry Editor (Start -> Run ->
regedit.exe), or run the script available from this web site to automatically
clean them up.

Courtesy of Kelly Theriot, MS-MVP
Line 148, right hand column, Clear Disabled Items from Msconfig Startup &
Selective
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

On a side note, you might want to consider using this program available from
Microsoft when you want to disable start up items.

AutoRuns for Windows v9.21
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx

Once you've downloaded and extracted the files, run autoruns.exe. Look on the
Logon tab for your startup programs.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
Click to expand...
 
Thanks Pegasus!

Pegasus (MVP) said:
Have a look here:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg

If this was my own PC then I would leave these entries where they
are. You don't have to "roll through the whole thing" - all disabled
items sink to the bottom of the list.
Click to expand...
 
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