Guest martkaufman Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Where is the location of the msconfig "startup" file/tab? After startup items have been "deselected", they still hang around on the list. After a while, it makes it difficult to find other startup items without rolling through the whole thing. Is it possible to "edit" the file to remove these no-longer-used entries?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Re: msconfig startup location "martkaufman" <martkaufman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0A143499-B566-4102-9C52-DB82D2077060@microsoft.com... > Where is the location of the msconfig "startup" file/tab? After startup > items > have been "deselected", they still hang around on the list. After a > while, > it makes it difficult to find other startup items without rolling through > the > whole thing. Is it possible to "edit" the file to remove these > no-longer-used entries? Have a look here: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg If this was my own PC then I would leave these entries where they are. You don't have to "roll through the whole thing" - all disabled items sink to the bottom of the list.
Guest Nepatsfan Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Re: msconfig startup location "martkaufman" <martkaufman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0A143499-B566-4102-9C52-DB82D2077060@microsoft.com... > Where is the location of the msconfig "startup" file/tab? After startup items > have been "deselected", they still hang around on the list. After a while, > it makes it difficult to find other startup items without rolling through the > whole thing. Is it possible to "edit" the file to remove these > no-longer-used entries? The unchecked items are stored in one of these two registry keys. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder You can manually delete them with the Registry Editor (Start -> Run -> regedit.exe), or run the script available from this web site to automatically clean them up. Courtesy of Kelly Theriot, MS-MVP Line 148, right hand column, Clear Disabled Items from Msconfig Startup & Selective http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm On a side note, you might want to consider using this program available from Microsoft when you want to disable start up items. AutoRuns for Windows v9.21 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx Once you've downloaded and extracted the files, run autoruns.exe. Look on the Logon tab for your startup programs. Good luck Nepatsfan
Guest martkaufman Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Re: msconfig startup location Thanks Nepatsfan! "Nepatsfan" wrote: > "martkaufman" <martkaufman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:0A143499-B566-4102-9C52-DB82D2077060@microsoft.com... > > Where is the location of the msconfig "startup" file/tab? After startup items > > have been "deselected", they still hang around on the list. After a while, > > it makes it difficult to find other startup items without rolling through the > > whole thing. Is it possible to "edit" the file to remove these > > no-longer-used entries? > > > The unchecked items are stored in one of these two registry keys. > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder > > You can manually delete them with the Registry Editor (Start -> Run -> > regedit.exe), or run the script available from this web site to automatically > clean them up. > > Courtesy of Kelly Theriot, MS-MVP > Line 148, right hand column, Clear Disabled Items from Msconfig Startup & > Selective > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm > > On a side note, you might want to consider using this program available from > Microsoft when you want to disable start up items. > > AutoRuns for Windows v9.21 > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx > > Once you've downloaded and extracted the files, run autoruns.exe. Look on the > Logon tab for your startup programs. > > Good luck > > Nepatsfan > > > > > >
Guest martkaufman Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Re: msconfig startup location Thanks Pegasus! "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > "martkaufman" <martkaufman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:0A143499-B566-4102-9C52-DB82D2077060@microsoft.com... > > Where is the location of the msconfig "startup" file/tab? After startup > > items > > have been "deselected", they still hang around on the list. After a > > while, > > it makes it difficult to find other startup items without rolling through > > the > > whole thing. Is it possible to "edit" the file to remove these > > no-longer-used entries? > > Have a look here: > HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg > > If this was my own PC then I would leave these entries where they > are. You don't have to "roll through the whole thing" - all disabled > items sink to the bottom of the list. > > >
Guest Nepatsfan Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Re: msconfig startup location You're welcome. Nepatsfan "martkaufman" <martkaufman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:78A897F8-11CA-4FB8-87D2-EE47128A1A4B@microsoft.com... > Thanks Nepatsfan! > > "Nepatsfan" wrote: > >> "martkaufman" <martkaufman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:0A143499-B566-4102-9C52-DB82D2077060@microsoft.com... >> > Where is the location of the msconfig "startup" file/tab? After startup >> > items >> > have been "deselected", they still hang around on the list. After a while, >> > it makes it difficult to find other startup items without rolling through >> > the >> > whole thing. Is it possible to "edit" the file to remove these >> > no-longer-used entries? >> >> >> The unchecked items are stored in one of these two registry keys. >> >> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg >> >> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder >> >> You can manually delete them with the Registry Editor (Start -> Run -> >> regedit.exe), or run the script available from this web site to automatically >> clean them up. >> >> Courtesy of Kelly Theriot, MS-MVP >> Line 148, right hand column, Clear Disabled Items from Msconfig Startup & >> Selective >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm >> >> On a side note, you might want to consider using this program available from >> Microsoft when you want to disable start up items. >> >> AutoRuns for Windows v9.21 >> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx >> >> Once you've downloaded and extracted the files, run autoruns.exe. Look on the >> Logon tab for your startup programs. >> >> Good luck >> >> Nepatsfan >> >> >> >> >> >>
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