Can't Get Rid Of System Config Utility Entry

[Guest DaffyD®]

I deleted Adobe Photoshop and the disabled Adobe Gamma Loader.exe still

shows in the startup window in the SCU. I checked and it's not in the

Common Programs file on the C drive (as shown in Startup), nor is this file

in HKLM in the registry. Where in the registry to you go to remove these

"phantoms? Do I have to reinstall the original program and then delete it

again? How do you delete disabled items that are not shown in the registry?

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If I knew where I was I'd be there now.

[Guest PCR]

Re: Can't Get Rid Of System Config Utility Entry

 

DaffyD® wrote:

| I deleted Adobe Photoshop and the disabled Adobe Gamma Loader.exe

| still shows in the startup window in the SCU. I checked and it's not

| in the Common Programs file on the C drive (as shown in Startup),

| nor is this file in HKLM in the registry. Where in the registry to

| you go to remove these "phantoms? Do I have to reinstall the original

| program and then delete it again? How do you delete disabled items

| that are not shown in the registry?

 

What is the SCU? I've looked even in 3 mouse holes & couldn't find one!

If you mean it still shows in "MSConfig, Startup tab", then...

 

If you have an item in "MSConfig, Startup tab" duplicated, but one is

checked & the other(s) are not, check them all & click "Apply, OK". It

will ask that you reboot. Answer "No". You will be left with just one,

if they were true duplicates. "Then you should either uninstall the

programs you don't want loaded or use their setup/config programs to

disable the parts you don't want loaded", says Richard G. Harper (MVP

MPS-D). But if it doesn't work, or you have an unchecked one without a

duplicate, then...

 

MSConfig keeps it in Startup, just in case you want to check it again.

It has not been loaded to run, as Ctrl-Alt-Del shows. It has been moved

to a Minus (-) Key in the Registry. To remove it from the Registry, you

may navigate to the Key, and delete the entry under it. That will also

remove it from MSConfig Startup, where you will no longer be able to

check it. It's probably under one of these Keys:

 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run-

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run-

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

-

^... That minus sign wrapped away from "RunServices-".

 

Also here:

"C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\Disabled Startup Items"

"START, Run, Win.ini". Delete any 'norun' entries under the [Windows]

section.

 

You would navigate to each key, by clicking the plus signs in the left

pane. When you see "Run-", click it and look in the right pane, for what

looks like the one your looking for. R-Clk it in the right pane and

select "delete". However, first: "Registry menu, Export Registry File".

This will create a .reg file of that Minus Key, which you may run (by

clicking) to undo the delete you are about to do. All of that can more

easily be done with

http://www.pcmag.com/ ' RegEdit+, which has a customizable "Favorites"

list, which includes those Minus Keys. It also has automatic "undo".

Registry Detective is another worthy program freely downloadable there.

StartupCop may really be what you need, also there.

 

Watch out, keep the LoadPowerProfiles, and, I guess, any virus scanner

duplicates.

 

--

| { : [|]=( DaffyD®

|

| If I knew where I was I'd be there now.

 

--

Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

pcrrcp@netzero.net

[Guest glee]

Re: Can't Get Rid Of System Config Utility Entry

 

Enable the items you have disabled in the System Configuration Utility (msconfig),

making a note of which named items you had disabled. Click OK when done but do NOT

restart when prompted.

 

Download and install StartUp Control Panel:

http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

It will show you a different tab for each startup location, and give you the option

to disable or delete items.

 

StartUp Control Panel, disable the items you want disabled.

Delete the items you want to permanently delete.

Close StartUp Control Panel.

--

Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

 

 

"DaffyD®" <daffyd@woohoo.com> wrote in message

news:ubYFJdZKIHA.1324@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>I deleted Adobe Photoshop and the disabled Adobe Gamma Loader.exe still

> shows in the startup window in the SCU. I checked and it's not in the

> Common Programs file on the C drive (as shown in Startup), nor is this file

> in HKLM in the registry. Where in the registry to you go to remove these

> "phantoms? Do I have to reinstall the original program and then delete it

> again? How do you delete disabled items that are not shown in the registry?

> --

> { : [|]=( DaffyD®

>

> If I knew where I was I'd be there now.

>

>

[Guest DaffyD®]

Re: Can't Get Rid Of System Config Utility Entry

 

That's a great little program. Thanks.

 

"glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message

news:O2pd7mZKIHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> Enable the items you have disabled in the System Configuration Utility

(msconfig),

> making a note of which named items you had disabled. Click OK when done

but do NOT

> restart when prompted.

>

> Download and install StartUp Control Panel:

> http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

> It will show you a different tab for each startup location, and give you

the option

> to disable or delete items.

>

> StartUp Control Panel, disable the items you want disabled.

> Delete the items you want to permanently delete.

> Close StartUp Control Panel.

> --

> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

>

>

> "DaffyD®" <daffyd@woohoo.com> wrote in message

> news:ubYFJdZKIHA.1324@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> >I deleted Adobe Photoshop and the disabled Adobe Gamma Loader.exe still

> > shows in the startup window in the SCU. I checked and it's not in the

> > Common Programs file on the C drive (as shown in Startup), nor is this

file

> > in HKLM in the registry. Where in the registry to you go to remove

these

> > "phantoms? Do I have to reinstall the original program and then delete

it

> > again? How do you delete disabled items that are not shown in the

registry?

> > --

> > { : [|]=( DaffyD®

> >

> > If I knew where I was I'd be there now.

> >

> >

>

[Guest DaffyD®]

Re: Can't Get Rid Of System Config Utility Entry

 

Just for the record, SCU is the System Configuration Utility aka msconfig.

And a thanks to you and a "duh" to me. The item was in the Disabled Startup

folder on the Startup menu. I would have never thought to have looked there.

It did the trick.

 

"PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message

news:OjvSXmZKIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> DaffyD® wrote:

> | I deleted Adobe Photoshop and the disabled Adobe Gamma Loader.exe

> | still shows in the startup window in the SCU. I checked and it's not

> | in the Common Programs file on the C drive (as shown in Startup),

> | nor is this file in HKLM in the registry. Where in the registry to

> | you go to remove these "phantoms? Do I have to reinstall the original

> | program and then delete it again? How do you delete disabled items

> | that are not shown in the registry?

>

> What is the SCU? I've looked even in 3 mouse holes & couldn't find one!

> If you mean it still shows in "MSConfig, Startup tab", then...

>

> If you have an item in "MSConfig, Startup tab" duplicated, but one is

> checked & the other(s) are not, check them all & click "Apply, OK". It

> will ask that you reboot. Answer "No". You will be left with just one,

> if they were true duplicates. "Then you should either uninstall the

> programs you don't want loaded or use their setup/config programs to

> disable the parts you don't want loaded", says Richard G. Harper (MVP

> MPS-D). But if it doesn't work, or you have an unchecked one without a

> duplicate, then...

>

> MSConfig keeps it in Startup, just in case you want to check it again.

> It has not been loaded to run, as Ctrl-Alt-Del shows. It has been moved

> to a Minus (-) Key in the Registry. To remove it from the Registry, you

> may navigate to the Key, and delete the entry under it. That will also

> remove it from MSConfig Startup, where you will no longer be able to

> check it. It's probably under one of these Keys:

>

> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run-

> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run-

> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

> -

> ^... That minus sign wrapped away from "RunServices-".

>

> Also here:

> "C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\Disabled Startup Items"

> "START, Run, Win.ini". Delete any 'norun' entries under the [Windows]

> section.

>

> You would navigate to each key, by clicking the plus signs in the left

> pane. When you see "Run-", click it and look in the right pane, for what

> looks like the one your looking for. R-Clk it in the right pane and

> select "delete". However, first: "Registry menu, Export Registry File".

> This will create a .reg file of that Minus Key, which you may run (by

> clicking) to undo the delete you are about to do. All of that can more

> easily be done with

> http://www.pcmag.com/ ' RegEdit+, which has a customizable "Favorites"

> list, which includes those Minus Keys. It also has automatic "undo".

> Registry Detective is another worthy program freely downloadable there.

> StartupCop may really be what you need, also there.

>

> Watch out, keep the LoadPowerProfiles, and, I guess, any virus scanner

> duplicates.

>

> --

> | { : [|]=( DaffyD®

> |

> | If I knew where I was I'd be there now.

>

> --

> Thanks or Good Luck,

> There may be humor in this post, and,

> Naturally, you will not sue,

> Should things get worse after this,

> PCR

> pcrrcp@netzero.net

>

>

[Guest PCR]

Re: Can't Get Rid Of System Config Utility Entry

 

DaffyD® wrote:

| Just for the record, SCU is the System Configuration Utility aka

| msconfig. And a thanks to you and a "duh" to me. The item was in the

| Disabled Startup folder on the Startup menu. I would have never

| thought to have looked there. It did the trick.

 

Glad to hear it. (OK, that's right, it's in the title of the MSConfig

requestor. Sheesh, yea.)

 

| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message

| news:OjvSXmZKIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

|> DaffyD® wrote:

|> | I deleted Adobe Photoshop and the disabled Adobe Gamma Loader.exe

|> | still shows in the startup window in the SCU. I checked and it's

|> | not in the Common Programs file on the C drive (as shown in

|> | Startup), nor is this file in HKLM in the registry. Where in the

|> | registry to you go to remove these "phantoms? Do I have to

|> | reinstall the original program and then delete it again? How do

|> | you delete disabled items that are not shown in the registry?

|>

|> What is the SCU? I've looked even in 3 mouse holes & couldn't find

|> one! If you mean it still shows in "MSConfig, Startup tab", then...

|>

|> If you have an item in "MSConfig, Startup tab" duplicated, but one is

|> checked & the other(s) are not, check them all & click "Apply, OK".

|> It will ask that you reboot. Answer "No". You will be left with just

|> one, if they were true duplicates. "Then you should either uninstall

|> the programs you don't want loaded or use their setup/config

|> programs to disable the parts you don't want loaded", says Richard

|> G. Harper (MVP MPS-D). But if it doesn't work, or you have an

|> unchecked one without a duplicate, then...

|>

|> MSConfig keeps it in Startup, just in case you want to check it

|> again. It has not been loaded to run, as Ctrl-Alt-Del shows. It has

|> been moved to a Minus (-) Key in the Registry. To remove it from the

|> Registry, you may navigate to the Key, and delete the entry under

|> it. That will also remove it from MSConfig Startup, where you will

|> no longer be able to check it. It's probably under one of these Keys:

|>

|> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run-

|> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run-

|>

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

|> -

|> ^... That minus sign wrapped away from "RunServices-".

|>

|> Also here:

|> "C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\Disabled Startup Items"

|> "START, Run, Win.ini". Delete any 'norun' entries under the [Windows]

|> section.

|>

|> You would navigate to each key, by clicking the plus signs in the

|> left pane. When you see "Run-", click it and look in the right pane,

|> for what looks like the one your looking for. R-Clk it in the right

|> pane and select "delete". However, first: "Registry menu, Export

|> Registry File". This will create a .reg file of that Minus Key,

|> which you may run (by clicking) to undo the delete you are about to

|> do. All of that can more easily be done with

|> http://www.pcmag.com/ ' RegEdit+, which has a customizable

|> "Favorites" list, which includes those Minus Keys. It also has

|> automatic "undo". Registry Detective is another worthy program

|> freely downloadable there. StartupCop may really be what you need,

|> also there.

|>

|> Watch out, keep the LoadPowerProfiles, and, I guess, any virus

|> scanner duplicates.

|>

|> --

|> | { : [|]=( DaffyD®

|> |

|> | If I knew where I was I'd be there now.

|>

|> --

|> Thanks or Good Luck,

|> There may be humor in this post, and,

|> Naturally, you will not sue,

|> Should things get worse after this,

|> PCR

|> pcrrcp@netzero.net

 

--

Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

pcrrcp@netzero.net