Cannot remove programs from startup

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Pam wrote:
> O.K., I have been reading posts for over an hour, forgive me
> if this has been answered. I have several programs I want
> to remove from the startup so they don't start when windows
> starts.
>
> There is no option in the program itself to turn it off.
> When I deselect in msconfig, the computer reboots and they
> "re-select" themselves.
> When I go to the startup folder on the menu, these programs
> are not listed. When I go to the startup through windows
> explore, they are not listed.
> I did a search while in windows explore, nothing.
> I checked the file location within msconfig, it says they
> are located at
> HKLM\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run and you
> guessed it, when I go there, the programs are not listed.
>
> These are programs like office, real player, roxio cd
> creator....
>
> I hope someone can help as I am at a loss. Thank you in
> advance!

If you're using msconfig to accomplish this then you should see
"Selective Startup" as the active selection on the General
page. If you change this to "Normal Startup" any items you
unchecked would be restored.

Here are a couple of free utilities that will allow you to
exercise some control over which programs load at startup:

Autoruns
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html

Startup Control Panel
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

Nepatsfan

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Pam wrote:
> No, I expected to see selective startup, but that never came
> up. I didn't hit the normal startup, so I don't know how or
> why it does that. But!!! The Startup Control Panel is a
> very nice utility! Easy to operate and it does the trick.
>
> Thank you!
>

You're welcome.

Nepatsfan

>
> "Nepatsfan" wrote:
>
>> Pam wrote:
>>> O.K., I have been reading posts for over an hour, forgive
>>> me if this has been answered. I have several programs I
>>> want to remove from the startup so they don't start when
>>> windows starts.
>>>
>>> There is no option in the program itself to turn it off.
>>> When I deselect in msconfig, the computer reboots and they
>>> "re-select" themselves.
>>> When I go to the startup folder on the menu, these programs
>>> are not listed. When I go to the startup through windows
>>> explore, they are not listed.
>>> I did a search while in windows explore, nothing.
>>> I checked the file location within msconfig, it says they
>>> are located at
>>> HKLM\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run and you
>>> guessed it, when I go there, the programs are not listed.
>>>
>>> These are programs like office, real player, roxio cd
>>> creator....
>>>
>>> I hope someone can help as I am at a loss. Thank you in
>>> advance!
>>
>> If you're using msconfig to accomplish this then you should
>> see "Selective Startup" as the active selection on the
>> General page. If you change this to "Normal Startup" any
>> items you unchecked would be restored.
>>
>> Here are a couple of free utilities that will allow you to
>> exercise some control over which programs load at startup:
>>
>> Autoruns
>> http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html
>>
>> Startup Control Panel
>> http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
>>
>> Nepatsfan