programs in startup group

[Guest]

In previous versions of Windows OS it was easy to add or remove programs
from the "startup" group. Some software that I have installed loads on
boot, and I want to disable it. I'm having difficulty finding help in the
"help" menu. In Win98se I could run the "MSconfig" utility. How does it
work in Win2k?

 

[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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| In previous versions of Windows OS it was easy to add or remove programs
| from the "startup" group. Some software that I have installed loads on
| boot, and I want to disable it. I'm having difficulty finding help in the
| "help" menu. In Win98se I could run the "MSconfig" utility. How does it
| work in Win2k?
|
|

 

[Steve Parry [MVP]]

In previous versions of Windows OS it was easy to add or remove
programs from the "startup" group. Some software that I have
installed loads on boot, and I want to disable it. I'm having
difficulty finding help in the "help" menu. In Win98se I could run
the "MSconfig" utility. How does it work in Win2k?

http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk/downloads/msconfig.zip

Unzip the files and place them in your system path