msconfig

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with win 98, 98se, me and xp you can run msconfig..
but with win 2k you cant. i want to stop several programs
from running at stertup, how do i do this in w2k ?

 

[Dave Patrick]

Natively you can; 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.

or copy msconfig from Windows XP to the "windows" directory


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| with win 98, 98se, me and xp you can run msconfig..
| but with win 2k you cant. i want to stop several programs
| from running at stertup, how do i do this in w2k ?

 

[Greg Stigers]

Also, a good article on this, in spite of its name, is "Definition of the
Run Keys in the Registry" at
<<http://support.microsoft.com/?id=137367>>

 

[lctyler]

-----Original Message-----
with win 98, 98se, me and xp you can run msconfig..
but with win 2k you cant. i want to stop several programs
from running at stertup, how do i do this in w2k ?
.

 

[Basil Grose]

I used Run and Msconfig as in Win98, worked ok.
With kind regards,

Basil Grose