"Olórin" <incanus@erkljrjre890aeraekj4na.com> wrote in message news:...
> "Ken" <mystery@nomail.net> wrote in message
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>> Olórin wrote:
>>> "William B. Lurie" <billurie@nospam.net> wrote in message
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>>>> In my Startup list there are a dozen
>>>> items listed which apply to applications
>>>> that I tried, didn't like, and deleted from
>>>> my system, using Add/Remove programs. How
>>>> can I go about to edit that list, and remove
>>>> obsolete items?
>>>
>>> It depends on what exactly you mean by your "Startup list".
>>>
>>> If they're in the "Startup" group that appears in the list when you
>>> click on Start > All Programs [XP Start menu] or on Start > Programs
>>> [Classic Start menu], then simply move your mouse over the entry in that
>>> group, right-click and select Delete. In the "Confirm Shortcut Delete"
>>> box that comes up, "Deleting the shortcut... only removes the icon...",
>>> click on "Delete Shortcut". Repeat for each of the other offending
>>> items.
>>>
>>> For other entries, I like to use Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel
>>> (http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml). This lets you safely manage
>>> automatically starting programs in most areas. (I believe the registry
>>> path Malke referred to in her post should have read
>>>
>>> HKEY_Local_Machine>Software>Microsoft>Windows>Shar ed Tools>Msconfig
>>>
>>> Although that said, I have no entries there on my machine.)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I've looked at Lin's program and many others. I cannot see how to change
>> the order that startup programs are loaded. Anyone know how to do that?
>
> Ah; you didn't mention *changing the order* before!
>
> There may well be utilities out there in Google-land. <does quick check>
> Yes, eg Startup Delayer,
> http://www.r2.com.au/software.php?pa...how=startdelay - although it
> doesn't seem to manipulate the order per se, but just put in delays. There
> are probably many other utilities out there.
>
> For doing with Windows, the first thing that occurs to me is: why? Just
> fire your machine up and come back in a few minutes. Just curious...
>
> The second thing that occurs to me is: write yourself a batchfile with
> suitable pauses/counts etc that fires up these programs/services in order,
> and put it in your Startup group (the one on the Start Menu). You'll need
> to research where these programs are starting from (Start Menu, services,
> registry - you still haven't said which you mean) and the correct paths &
> command lines needed. You'll then need to delete/disable each item
> therein from starting in the way it has been up till now. Overall start-up
> time this would probably be longer this way, too.
>
To quote Big_Al:
"OOPS, your subject says msconfig. Sorry, wrong directions. I mentally
blocked out that when reading the body."
Same here; belay my last post!
Don't use msconfig myself - but its Startup tab seems to consist of items in
two of the registry's startups (HKLM Run & HKCU Run) and the current user's
Startup group (in Start > [All] Programs).
Still, you could basically do the same as I outlined last time with a
batchfile - although I'd be coy of disabling items directly from within
msconfig. Mike Lin's app (amongst many others) shows you where each starts
from.
As a postscript, if you're looking at cutting down startup time (although
I'm not sure if that IS your aim...), you could look at the contents of your
Prefetch folder... Opinions vary, but <opens can of worms> deleting items
from there might help.
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