msconfig

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"Jack & Link" <JackLink@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> When you select Start/Run/msconfig you see a tab for startup items.
> In more than one case I have duplicates and want to delete the duplicate.
> For example I see the audio mixer that came with the computer...one box is
> checked and another is not. I want to delete the unchecked one. There
are
> others, too.
>
> Additionally, entries appear in msconfig that no longer exist on the hard
> drive. In these cases, several of them, the uninstall did not remove the
> entry from msconfig.
>
> None of this is harmful, of course, it's just that housekkeping needs to
be
> done.

1. Wise rule: if it is not broke, do not fix it.
2. MSCONFIG is not designed for permanent
configuration of most software loaded at boot
(e.g. sound volume control, e.g. antivirus apps.)
Most of these should be configured from their
own menus or via / Control Panel.
3. Some boot-loading apps require two
entries in MSCONFIG and others do not.
The whole set appears in Registry as either
Run= or RunOnce= keys so you can try
deleting duplicates you dislike. But you
may need to put them back or otherwise
reconfigure the software.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

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First, start regedit and expand the following keys.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Beneath each key, you will probably find a similar key followed by a hyphen(Run-,
RunServices-). This is where some of the disabled programs are stored. You can
delete individual entries or the entire key. Next, check
"C:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Disabled Startup Items" and move or delete any
unwanted items. Finally, open "C:\Windows\Win.ini" find the "[windows]" section
and remove any lines that begin with "norun=" or "noload=".

Ben

"Jack & Link" <JackLink@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A075EDC7-E030-457F-B1E3-6DEDC8A79E35@microsoft.com...
> When you select Start/Run/msconfig you see a tab for startup items.
>
> In more than one case I have duplicates and want to delete the duplicate.
> For example I see the audio mixer that came with the computer...one box is
> checked and another is not. I want to delete the unchecked one. There are
> others, too.
>
> Additionally, entries appear in msconfig that no longer exist on the hard
> drive. In these cases, several of them, the uninstall did not remove the
> entry from msconfig.
>
> None of this is harmful, of course, it's just that housekkeping needs to be
> done.
>
> Ideas welcomed!
> --
> Jack & Link

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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.


--
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
"Jack & Link" <JackLink@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| When you select Start/Run/msconfig you see a tab for startup items.
|
| In more than one case I have duplicates and want to delete the
duplicate.
| For example I see the audio mixer that came with the computer...one
box is
| checked and another is not. I want to delete the unchecked one.
There are
| others, too.
|
| Additionally, entries appear in msconfig that no longer exist on the
hard
| drive. In these cases, several of them, the uninstall did not remove
the
| entry from msconfig.
|
| None of this is harmful, of course, it's just that housekkeping needs
to be
| done.
|
| Ideas welcomed!
| --
| Jack & Link