MSCONFIG

[Guest]

How do I permanently remove a program from the MsConfig StartUp tab.
A program which no longer exists on the PC still appears here.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

On the startup tab it will likely tell you where the program is loading from
(most are in the registry, and the key will be indicated). Go to that key
and delete the corresponding string. Here is where you will find most of the
strings:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Guest]

If the startup checkbox was unchecked when the program was removed, the
"Location" will be sans "HKLM" or "HKCU" at the beginning of the startup
location, and the entry will not be visible in Regedit.
Any harm in checking the msconfig box, rebooting, and deleting the entry
after that? Depends on what the Program Was?

 

[S.Sengupta]

As the OP says 'A program which no longer exists on the PC still appears
here' so the entries still remain in the registry.Just make sure that no
parts of the program are still being run at startup. To do that, delete
their entries from
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

 

[Peter Foldes]

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig and delete all Subfolders from Startupfolder and startupreg

 

[S.Sengupta]

If you have disabled items in the System Configuration Utility and would
like to remove them from the registry also they can be found in one of
the following locations:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SharedTools\MSConfig\startupfolder

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


regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

As the OP says 'A program which no longer exists on the PC still appears
here' so the entries still remain in the registry.Just make sure that no
parts of the program are still being run at startup. To do that, delete
their entries from
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

If the startup checkbox was unchecked when the program was removed,
the "Location" will be sans "HKLM" or "HKCU" at the beginning of the
startup location, and the entry will not be visible in Regedit.
Any harm in checking the msconfig box, rebooting, and deleting the
entry after that? Depends on what the Program Was?

:

 

[Uncle Joe]

Hate to butt in, but this topic is of interest to me, too. I've had a problem
researching msconfig entries because the latter half of the keys for
my msconfig entries are cut off in the display, and the display panel
is not scalable to a larger size. Do you guys know of a way to expand
the msconfig display so as to see its full keys? I'd be grateful for advice.

 

[Alan Edwards]

ResizeEnable - http://www.digitallis.co.uk/pc/ResizeEnable/index.html

....Alan

 

[Guest]

Hi Uncle Joe
This is one I can answer.
Pull up the MsConfig Utility.
Move the bottom scroll bar fully to the right.
Now the clever bit.
Where it says "Start up item" "Command" and "Location,
point to the right hand end of the Location bar.
When the mouse pointer changes to a cross,
right click and drag the cross to the right,
even if you go outside the box it doesn't matter.
This results in the right hand end of the bottom scroll bar moving to the
left.
Drag it back to the right and you should expose more of the "Location" data.
Keep doing this 'till you can see it all.
Note that you'll only get the cross if the scroll bar is dragged fully to
the right.
Hope this works for you.

 

[Uncle Joe]

Thank you!

Hi Uncle Joe
This is one I can answer.
Pull up the MsConfig Utility.
Move the bottom scroll bar fully to the right.
Now the clever bit.
Where it says "Start up item" "Command" and "Location,
point to the right hand end of the Location bar.
When the mouse pointer changes to a cross,
right click and drag the cross to the right,
even if you go outside the box it doesn't matter.
This results in the right hand end of the bottom scroll bar moving to the
left.
Drag it back to the right and you should expose more of the "Location" data.
Keep doing this 'till you can see it all.
Note that you'll only get the cross if the scroll bar is dragged fully to
the right.
Hope this works for you.

 

[Guest]

Hi Rick
Thans to you and all others for inputs.
Deleting appropriately from the Registry sorted the problem

 

[Nightowl]

Hi Uncle Joe
This is one I can answer.
Pull up the MsConfig Utility.
Move the bottom scroll bar fully to the right.
Now the clever bit.
Where it says "Start up item" "Command" and "Location,
point to the right hand end of the Location bar.
When the mouse pointer changes to a cross,
right click and drag the cross to the right,
even if you go outside the box it doesn't matter.
This results in the right hand end of the bottom scroll bar moving to the
left.
Drag it back to the right and you should expose more of the "Location" data.
Keep doing this 'till you can see it all.
Note that you'll only get the cross if the scroll bar is dragged fully to
the right.
Hope this works for you.

I couldn't get this to work on my machine (cross pointer would not drag)
so here's another method for anyone having the same problem:

Open MSConfig and click on Startup tab.
Point to the divider just left of the Location heading, left-click and
drag it until it almost covers the Command column.

Now point to the divider at the right end of the Location heading, click
and drag it out all the way to the right side of the box.

Go back to the divider at the left of Location, click and drag it back
to the right until you can read the entries in the Command column. Now
you should be able to use the bottom scroll bar to read the full
location.

Hope this helps.

 

[FrankV]

Double-Click on the mark separating fields and it expands the field to the
full width, same as another programs such as explorer.

Frank

 

[Nightowl]

Double-Click on the mark separating fields and it expands the field to the
full width, same as another programs such as explorer.

Thank you Frank, that's the easiest method so far

 

[FrankV]

That works in almost all Windows programs with columns.

Frank

 

[Guest]

Thanks! Always wondered where they were!

If you have disabled items in the System Configuration Utility and would
like to remove them from the registry also they can be found in one of
the following locations:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SharedTools\MSConfig\startupfolder

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


regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

As the OP says 'A program which no longer exists on the PC still appears
here' so the entries still remain in the registry.Just make sure that no
parts of the program are still being run at startup. To do that, delete
their entries from
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

If the startup checkbox was unchecked when the program was removed,
the "Location" will be sans "HKLM" or "HKCU" at the beginning of the
startup location, and the entry will not be visible in Regedit.
Any harm in checking the msconfig box, rebooting, and deleting the
entry after that? Depends on what the Program Was?

:


Hi,

On the startup tab it will likely tell you where the program is
loading from (most are in the registry, and the key will be
indicated). Go to that key and delete the corresponding string. Here
is where you will find most of the strings:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org


How do I permanently remove a program from the MsConfig StartUp tab.
A program which no longer exists on the PC still appears here.

 

[Guest]

Great to know an easier way! Thanks!

Double-Click on the mark separating fields and it expands the field to the
full width, same as another programs such as explorer.

Frank