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Start/All Programs/Startup shows three programs, Office Startup, Yankee
Clipper and Quicken Startup. MSConfig/Startup shows several others in
addition to those three. They are
navapw32,hplamp,RunDll32.cmicnfg and
MBM5.
I am curious why those extra in MSconfig don't show up in the Start/All
Programs/Startup. No big deal, just wondering.
Thank you.
They are in the run section of the registry. It's the same
as it used to be for Win9x/Me in the Run= or load= in the
win.ini file.
A program can be told to start from any of several
locations:
1) Startup folder (User). The %UserProfile%\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup folder contains shortcuts that run
when a specific user account logs on.
2) Startup folder (Common). Shortcuts in the %
AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\ Programs\Startup folder run
automatically whenever any user logs on.
3) Run key (Machine). Programs listed in the registry's
HKLM\Software\ Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run key
are available for all users.
4) Run key (User). Programs listed in the
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Run
registry key run when the current user logs on.
5) Scheduled Tasks folders. You can use Scheduled Tasks to
specify per-user tasks that run at startup. In addition,
an administrator can set up startup tasks for your user
account; by default such tasks are listed only in the
administrator's Scheduled Tasks folder, not your own.
Other users can also schedule tasks that run when you log
on; these tasks run as background processes only.
6) Win.ini. Programs written for 16-bit Windows versions
may add commands to the Load= and Run= lines of this
startup file located in %SystemRoot%, a legacy of the
Windows 3.1 era.
7) RunOnce and RunOnceEx keys. This group of registry keys
identifies programs that run once and only once at
startup. These keys may be assigned to a specific user
account or to the machine.
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx
8) Group Policy. Group Policy has two policies (both
called Run These Programs At User Logon) that contain a
list of programs to be run whenever anyone logs on. In
Group Policy, you'll find the policies in Computer
Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Logon and
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Logon.
9) Logon scripts. Logon scripts, which run automatically
at startup, can open other programs. Logon scripts are
specified in Group Policy in Computer
Configuration\Windows Settings\Scripts and User
Configuration\Windows Settings\Scripts (Logon/Logoff).
Windows XP includes a System Configuration Utility,
Msconfig.exe, which allows you to see all programs that
are running at startup.
Hope this helps!
Gary Thorn
MVP-Windows Technologies/Xbox
Associate Expert
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