removing programs at start up

[Richard]

How do I remove programs that start up when I boot Windows
2000 Pro? For example, Acrobat and WinZip are in the task
bar after Win2000 boots. I ran "msconfig" to select start
up options in Win98 but don't have anything similiar in
Win2000.

 

[Dave Patrick]

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.