Guest Richard Harison Posted October 25, 2008 Posted October 25, 2008 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 Posted October 25, 2008 Posted October 25, 2008 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 Posted October 25, 2008 Posted October 25, 2008 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 -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot
Guest Peter Foldes Posted October 25, 2008 Posted October 25, 2008 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 -- Peter 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 Richard Harison Posted October 25, 2008 Posted October 25, 2008 Re: Cleaning up msconfig "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$6tNJHA.4888@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >I am running XP SP3. > Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items such as > Adobe updater, etc. > I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK. > But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are still > there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well as one with > a > blank command column. > Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I don't > have to look at them anymore? > Thank you! > -- > Regards, > Richard Harison > >
Guest Richard Harison Posted October 25, 2008 Posted October 25, 2008 Re: Cleaning up msconfig "Twayne" <nobody@devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message news:es1fo$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? -- Regards, Richard Harison
Guest Daave Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 Re: Cleaning up msconfig "Richard Harison" <rh@noway.invalid.com> wrote in message news:%23AtU%23BvNJHA.1172@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > "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 Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 Re: Cleaning up msconfig "Richard Harison" <rh@noway.invalid.com> wrote in message news:ekj8LHvNJHA.4408@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > "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 Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 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 -------------------------------- "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 Ronaldo Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 Re: Cleaning up msconfig 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$6tNJHA.4888@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>>I am running XP SP3. >>> Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items such >>> as >>> Adobe updater, etc. >>> I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK. >>> But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are >>> still >>> there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well as one >>> with >>> a >>> blank command column. >>> Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I >>> don't >>> have to look at them anymore? >>> Thank you! >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Richard Harison >>> >>> >> >> > >
Guest Twayne Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 Re: Cleaning up msconfig > "Twayne" <nobody@devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message > news:es1fo$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 Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 Re: Cleaning up msconfig "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 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 Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 Re: Cleaning up msconfig "Ronaldo" <private_email5@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:uOJWnqxNJHA.1744@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... | 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 Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 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 > >
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