Outlook 2003 starts up at every logon although not in Startup folder

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Stephen Turner

I am using Outlook 2003 on XP Pro and it automatically starts up
whenever I log on to the computer. I want to stop this behaviour, but I
don't know how to. I removed it from the Startup folder, but it is
still launching every time. Can this option have been configured some
other way? Thanks in advance for any assistance.
 
Stephen Turner said:
I am using Outlook 2003 on XP Pro and it automatically starts up
whenever I log on to the computer. I want to stop this behaviour, but
I don't know how to.
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Click Start>Run and enter "msconfig" in the Open field. Click OK. Look at
the Startup tab to see if Outlook is in one of the Registry's startup areas.
If it is, note the key in the Location field. You can use regedit to remove
it from that key.
 
Brian said:
Click Start>Run and enter "msconfig" in the Open field. Click OK. Look at
the Startup tab to see if Outlook is in one of the Registry's startup areas.
If it is, note the key in the Location field. You can use regedit to remove
it from that key.
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Thank you very much for your reply, Brian. Outlook wasn't listed there
itself, but I tried turning all the startup items off and it cured the
problem. Eliminating them by binary chop, I soon discovered that the
culprit was
C:\WINDOWS\ATK0100\Hcontrol.exe
I still don't understand what this program is or why it was launching
Outlook, but I removed it from the registry with no apparent negative
effects, so problem solved.
 
Stephen Turner said:
Eliminating them by binary chop, I soon discovered that the
culprit was C:\WINDOWS\ATK0100\Hcontrol.exe
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That's the Hotkey control from your keyboard. It allows you to launch
programs by pressing the extra buttons you have on your keyboard. Usually
found on Asus notebooks or laptops.
 
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