Cleaning up msconfig

[Guest Richard Harison]

I am running XP SP3.

Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items such as

Adobe updater, etc.

I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK.

But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are still

there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well as one with a

blank command column.

Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I don't

have to look at them anymore?

Thank you!

--

Regards,

Richard Harison

[Guest Twayne]

Re: Cleaning up msconfig

 

> I am running XP SP3.

> Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items

> such as Adobe updater, etc.

> I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK.

> But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are

> still there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well

> as one with a blank command column.

> Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I

> don't have to look at them anymore?

> Thank you!

 

You did it incorrectly. MSConfig is only a TOOL, not useful for long

term fixes. Now that you know what programs are the culprits, go there

and uninstall or turn things off, and put MSConfig back to normal boot

up.

[Guest Bruce Chambers]

Re: Cleaning up msconfig

 

Richard Harison wrote:

> I am running XP SP3.

> Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items such as

> Adobe updater, etc.

> I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK.

> But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are still

> there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well as one with a

> blank command column.

> Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I don't

> have to look at them anymore?

> Thank you!

 

 

Msconfig was designed to be a troubleshooting tool, not a "startup

configurer." Use MSConfig to determine the location of the command that

is attempting to start the program, and remove it. To cease the

selective startup notifications, either return your settings to the way

they were, or permanently remove the undesirable programs from your

startup configuration.

 

In most cases, with "well-mannered" applications, it's usually as

simple as opening the undesired program and deselecting the option to

"display icon in the system tray" or to "start when Windows starts."

 

Additionally, Look in the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start

Menu\Programs\Start Up and C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start

Menu\Programs\Start Up folders, and in the system registry, primarily in

the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and

HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run keys.

 

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310560

 

 

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[Guest Peter Foldes]

Re: Cleaning up msconfig

 

Richard

 

Yes there is a way to get rid of them. Doing the following will do it but make sure that when deleting you delete the correct item

 

Regedit\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\Startupreg and highlight and delete the unwanted entries

 

 

 

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"Richard Harison" <rh@noway.invalid.com> wrote in message news:ecy%23$6tNJHA.4888@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>I am running XP SP3.

> Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items such as

> Adobe updater, etc.

> I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK.

> But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are still

> there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well as one with a

> blank command column.

> Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I don't

> have to look at them anymore?

> Thank you!

> --

> Regards,

> Richard Harison

>

>

[Guest Richard Harison]

Re: Cleaning up msconfig

 

"Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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Richard

 

Yes there is a way to get rid of them. Doing the following will do it but

make sure that when deleting you delete the correct item

 

Regedit\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOTWARE\Microsoft\Shared

Tools\MSConfig\Startupreg and highlight and delete the unwanted entries

 

 

 

--

Peter

 

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Thanks, Peter...

Still didn't get them all, especially the mystery blank command one.

 

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Richard Harison

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"Richard Harison" <rh@noway.invalid.com> wrote in message

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>I am running XP SP3.

> Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items such as

> Adobe updater, etc.

> I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK.

> But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are still

> there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well as one with

> a

> blank command column.

> Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I don't

> have to look at them anymore?

> Thank you!

> --

> Regards,

> Richard Harison

>

>

[Guest Richard Harison]

Re: Cleaning up msconfig

 

"Twayne" <nobody@devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message

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|> I am running XP SP3.

| > Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items

| > such as Adobe updater, etc.

| > I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK.

| > But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are

| > still there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well

| > as one with a blank command column.

| > Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I

| > don't have to look at them anymore?

| > Thank you!

|

| You did it incorrectly. MSConfig is only a TOOL, not useful for long

| term fixes. Now that you know what programs are the culprits, go there

| and uninstall or turn things off, and put MSConfig back to normal boot

| up.

 

Thanks Twayne....

My OP noted that I did that.

So what to do with the one that has a blank command line column?

 

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Regards,

Richard Harison

[Guest Daave]

Re: Cleaning up msconfig

 

 

"Richard Harison" <rh@noway.invalid.com> wrote in message

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> "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:ObKhWRuNJHA.1668@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Yes there is a way to get rid of them. Doing the following will do it

>> but

>> make sure that when deleting you delete the correct item

>>

>> Regedit\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOTWARE\Microsoft\Shared

>> Tools\MSConfig\Startupreg and highlight and delete the unwanted

>> entries

> Thanks, Peter...

> Still didn't get them all, especially the mystery blank command one.

 

Try Autoruns:

 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: Cleaning up msconfig

 

"Richard Harison" <rh@noway.invalid.com> wrote in message

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> "Twayne" <nobody@devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message

> news:es1fo$tNJHA.3320@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> |> I am running XP SP3.

> | > Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items

> | > such as Adobe updater, etc.

> | > I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK.

> | > But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are

> | > still there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well

> | > as one with a blank command column.

> | > Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I

> | > don't have to look at them anymore?

> | > Thank you!

> |

> | You did it incorrectly. MSConfig is only a TOOL, not useful for long

> | term fixes. Now that you know what programs are the culprits, go there

> | and uninstall or turn things off, and put MSConfig back to normal boot

> | up.

>

> Thanks Twayne....

> My OP noted that I did that.

> So what to do with the one that has a blank command line column?

 

Look in the "location" column. That will tell you where, in the registry

or the Startup folder, to look. Go there, find the entry, and delete it.

 

HTH

-pk

 

 

> --

> Regards,

> Richard Harison

>

>

[Guest Ronaldo]

Re: Cleaning up msconfig

 

Keys and entries created under Startupreg or Startupfolder depending on

where the aplication had been started from, the Run key or the Start Menu.

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder

 

 

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"Richard Harison" <rh@noway.invalid.com> escribió en el mensaje

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> "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:ObKhWRuNJHA.1668@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Richard

>

> Yes there is a way to get rid of them. Doing the following will do it but

> make sure that when deleting you delete the correct item

>

> Regedit\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOTWARE\Microsoft\Shared

> Tools\MSConfig\Startupreg and highlight and delete the unwanted entries

>

>

>

> --

> Peter

>

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> Thanks, Peter...

> Still didn't get them all, especially the mystery blank command one.

>

> --

> Regards,

> Richard Harison

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

>

> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others

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>

> "Richard Harison" <rh@noway.invalid.com> wrote in message

> news:ecy%23$6tNJHA.4888@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>I am running XP SP3.

>> Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items such

>> as

>> Adobe updater, etc.

>> I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK.

>> But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are still

>> there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well as one

>> with

>> a

>> blank command column.

>> Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I don't

>> have to look at them anymore?

>> Thank you!

>> --

>> Regards,

>> Richard Harison

>>

>>

>

>

[Guest Ronaldo]

Re: Cleaning up msconfig

 

Or use "MSConfigCleanUp" it removes only orphaned entries from MSConfig.

 

 

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"Ronaldo" <private_email5@hotmail.com> escribió en el mensaje

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> Keys and entries created under Startupreg or Startupfolder depending on

> where the aplication had been started from, the Run key or the Start Menu.

>

> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg

> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder

>

>

> --------------------------------

> "Richard Harison" <rh@noway.invalid.com> escribió en el mensaje

> news:%23AtU%23BvNJHA.1172@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:ObKhWRuNJHA.1668@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Richard

>>

>> Yes there is a way to get rid of them. Doing the following will do it but

>> make sure that when deleting you delete the correct item

>>

>> Regedit\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOTWARE\Microsoft\Shared

>> Tools\MSConfig\Startupreg and highlight and delete the unwanted entries

>>

>>

>>

>> --

>> Peter

>>

>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>> Thanks, Peter...

>> Still didn't get them all, especially the mystery blank command one.

>>

>> --

>> Regards,

>> Richard Harison

>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>>

>>

>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others

>> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

>>

>> "Richard Harison" <rh@noway.invalid.com> wrote in message

>> news:ecy%23$6tNJHA.4888@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>I am running XP SP3.

>>> Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items such

>>> as

>>> Adobe updater, etc.

>>> I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK.

>>> But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are

>>> still

>>> there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well as one

>>> with

>>> a

>>> blank command column.

>>> Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I

>>> don't

>>> have to look at them anymore?

>>> Thank you!

>>> --

>>> Regards,

>>> Richard Harison

>>>

>>>

>>

>>

>

>

[Guest Twayne]

Re: Cleaning up msconfig

 

> "Twayne" <nobody@devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message

> news:es1fo$tNJHA.3320@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>> I am running XP SP3.

>>> Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items

>>> such as Adobe updater, etc.

>>> I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK.

>>> But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are

>>> still there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well

>>> as one with a blank command column.

>>> Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I

>>> don't have to look at them anymore?

>>> Thank you!

>>

>> You did it incorrectly. MSConfig is only a TOOL, not useful for long

>> term fixes. Now that you know what programs are the culprits, go

>> there and uninstall or turn things off, and put MSConfig back to

>> normal boot up.

>

> Thanks Twayne....

> My OP noted that I did that.

> So what to do with the one that has a blank command line column?

 

Patrick's advice is good if you're up to editing the registry. Be sure

to create a REstore point first, just in case and it's best to be sure

your backups are current. Again, just in case. Sometimes things just

get out of sync.

 

Another thing you might try that's a long shot, but easy to do, is

perform a Cold boot from a powered down state, then do a Restart when

the system is fully booted. Then check to see if it's still there. Most

people recommend 3 Restarts, but in this case I don't know that all 3

are needed. XP does registry and other system housekeeping during

restarts and 3 times in theory does a sort of registry optimization. It

can't hurt, and might help.

 

 

If still no joy or you dont' want to mess with your registry, come back

and let us know. Include any data that is there for the errant line,

whatever it may be: Item, location, etc. for the missing command. There

is a 3rd party app that may help but I tend to avoid them if I can.

 

Twayne

[Guest Richard Harison]

Re: Cleaning up msconfig

 

"Richard Harison" <rh@noway.invalid.com> wrote in message

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|I am running XP SP3.

| Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items such as

| Adobe updater, etc.

| I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK.

| But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are still

| there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well as one with

a

| blank command column.

| Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I don't

| have to look at them anymore?

| Thank you!

| --

| Regards,

| Richard Harison

 

 

I would like to thank one and all for your help in solving this problem.

I not only used all of your sage tips, but learned something about the

registry in the process.

I removed the unwanted run entries from the registry and finished off the

job with MSConfigCleanUp

Thank you so much again...

--

Regards,

Richard Harison

[Guest Richard Harison]

Re: Cleaning up msconfig

 

"Ronaldo" <private_email5@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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| Or use "MSConfigCleanUp" it removes only orphaned entries from MSConfig.

|

|

| ----------------------------------

| "Ronaldo" <private_email5@hotmail.com> escribió en el mensaje

| news:ObwXmnxNJHA.4760@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

| > Keys and entries created under Startupreg or Startupfolder depending on

| > where the aplication had been started from, the Run key or the Start

Menu.

| >

| > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg

| > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared

Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder

| >

| >

| > --------------------------------

| > "Richard Harison" <rh@noway.invalid.com> escribió en el mensaje

| > news:%23AtU%23BvNJHA.1172@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

| >> "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message

| >> news:ObKhWRuNJHA.1668@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

| >> Richard

| >>

| >> Yes there is a way to get rid of them. Doing the following will do it

but

| >> make sure that when deleting you delete the correct item

| >>

| >> Regedit\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOTWARE\Microsoft\Shared

| >> Tools\MSConfig\Startupreg and highlight and delete the unwanted entries

| >>

| >>

| >>

| >> --

| >> Peter

| >>

| >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| >> Thanks, Peter...

| >> Still didn't get them all, especially the mystery blank command one.

| >>

| >> --

| >> Regards,

| >> Richard Harison

| >>

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| >>

| >>

| >> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others

| >> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

| >>

| >> "Richard Harison" <rh@noway.invalid.com> wrote in message

| >> news:ecy%23$6tNJHA.4888@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

| >>>I am running XP SP3.

| >>> Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items

such

| >>> as

| >>> Adobe updater, etc.

| >>> I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK.

| >>> But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are

| >>> still

| >>> there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well as one

| >>> with

| >>> a

| >>> blank command column.

| >>> Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I

| >>> don't

| >>> have to look at them anymore?

| >>> Thank you!

| >>> --

| >>> Regards,

| >>> Richard Harison

| >>>

 

Thanks Ronaldo

I removed the unwanted run entries from the registry and finished off the

job with MSConfigCleanUp

Worked like a charm!

--

Regards,

Richard Harison

|

[Guest ju.c]

Re: Cleaning up msconfig

 

This is the best tool for the job:

 

MsConfig Cleanup Utility 1 MB (Freeware)

http://camtech2000.net/Pages/MsConfig_Cleanup_Utility.htm

 

 

ju.c

 

 

"Richard Harison" <rh@noway.invalid.com> wrote in message news:ecy#$6tNJHA.4888@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> I am running XP SP3.

> Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items such as

> Adobe updater, etc.

> I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK.

> But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are still

> there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well as one with a

> blank command column.

> Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I don't

> have to look at them anymore?

> Thank you!

> --

> Regards,

> Richard Harison

>

>

[Guest Kelly]

Re: Cleaning up msconfig

 

Run the script on line 148 (right hand side):

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

Manual edit:

 

Or...remove the runkeys from here: Start/Run/Regedit

 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

 

Troubleshooting, Removing and/or Cleaning Add or Remove Programs

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_a.htm#addremove

 

 

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"Richard Harison" <rh@noway.invalid.com> wrote in message

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>I am running XP SP3.

> Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items such as

> Adobe updater, etc.

> I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK.

> But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are still

> there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well as one with

> a

> blank command column.

> Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I don't

> have to look at them anymore?

> Thank you!

> --

> Regards,

> Richard Harison

>

>