Cleaning the MSConfig startup tab listings makes me feel nice, so that is why I’m sharing the pieces of info I know about this part…
When you want to stop a couple of applications from getting started on every startup of the PC (that usually makes your machine slowww), you’ll usually remove it from the “Startup folder” in the Start --> Programs menu. However, if it was not there, then it’s probably in the msconfig configuration tool…
You should click Start and then run, type “msconfig” and click OK. This will open the msconfig dialogue with a tab called “Startup”. Uncheck the items (make sure to know what you’re doing) you don’t want to startup everytime you run your PC. Click “OK” and “Exit without restart”.
Afterwards, open up the registry (*** you shouldn’t change anything in the registry unless you know what you’re doing !! BACKUP your registry is even a good thing to do***) by clicking Start, run and typing “regedit”. Browse to the paths:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder
You should find the disabled items (you removed in msconfig) there, so if you remove them, they’ll be deleted from the msconfig too... :))
To see the enabled and checked items that would be running on every startup, navigate to the paths:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
-and-
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Values named “Run” & “Load”.
Happy cleaning :)
