Control Startup Programs

Loony wrote:
> Dave-UK you are the king of the pack :-)
>
> That is the simplest by far of the solutions.
>
> If I had a medal to give, it would be yours.
>
> Congratulations!
>
For future reference, note that you didn't get the right answer until
you gave us the correct name of the program. These things matter, and
you could have had the solution a couple of days ago.

The answer for a different program and problemwill be different.

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Tciao for Now!

John.

On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:56:21 -0500, Zaidy036 <>
wrote:

> On 1/22/2012 3:59 PM, Loony wrote:
> > Hello Experts,
> >
> > There are a number of computer progs that I use occasionally in Win 7
> > but they always appear with startups and I find it a nuisance.
> >
> > How to nail them down until I WANT to use them?
> >
> > TIA
> I hate to be too basic but have you:
> 1. looked into Start > Programs > Startup ?
> 2. looked at the options in a running program and see if "Run at
> Startup" is checked ?
> 3. looked at Task scheduler and see if a "Run at Startup" is programmed ?


There is an easier way, try ***CCleaner***
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

Works with ALL versions of Windows. We use it at work (I'm the IT
guy) on Win2003 Server, *Win7*, WinXP).

Under [Tools] on the side-bar, there is [Startup] option that allows
you to delete/disable Windows startup items in the Registry or the
User-Startup Menu, AND startups in IE.

The "cleaner" function is a much friendlier GUI for cleaning things
like temp-files, IE cache, MRUs, etc.



ALSO: There is another utility I recommend for Win7 users...

*Ultimate Windows Tweaker* (freeware, Vista & Win7)
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/ultima...indows-7-vista

This is the equivalent to TweakUI for WinXP.


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IT Technician
San Diego, CA

On 27 Jan 2012, Loony <> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

> If I had a medal to give, it would be yours.
>
> Congratulations!

Go play your childish games elsewhere.

On 1/27/2012, Loony posted:
> On 27/01/2012 11:24, Dave-UK wrote:
>>
>> "Loony" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> OK Guys.
>>>
>>> My aim in this thread was to prevent a Prog1 from starting up every
>>> time I started my computer. That could be any prog.
>>>
>>> Irwell suggested http://www.nirsoft.net/ and it was a good start.
>>> After some messing around I used the prog WhatInStartup and tried to
>>> figure it out. On one occasion Prog1 did not appear in the computer
>>> startup and I thought it was just what I wanted. The next time I
>>> started the computer it did appear. Waaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
>>>
>>> Finally, the only way I could find to stop it was to use the Disable
>>> command in WhatInStartup. I now have a shortcut on my screen and all I
>>> need to do to run Prog 1 is to right click WhatInStartup, go to the
>>> Disabled column, and switch from No to Yes - that disables the Prog 1.
>>>
>>> If Prog 1 has a shortcut on the screen, clicking it will start it up
>>> and WhatInStartup automatically changes the Yes to No and Prog 1 can
>>> be used right away.
>>>
>>> Prog 1 here is ColorFaxLite :-)
>>
>> Now that you have finally decided to tell us the name of this program,
>> why can't you start the program and click on Tools and then clear the
>> box which says ' Start with Windows ' ?

> Dave-UK you are the king of the pack :-)

> That is the simplest by far of the solutions.

> If I had a medal to give, it would be yours.

> Congratulations!

Or you could have tried option 2 in Zaidy036's post of Jan 25th 2012,
13:56 GMT, and solved it two days earlier.

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On 1/27/2012 9:11 AM, Tecknomage wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:56:21 -0500, Zaidy036<>
> wrote:
>
>> On 1/22/2012 3:59 PM, Loony wrote:
>>> Hello Experts,
>>>
>>> There are a number of computer progs that I use occasionally in Win 7
>>> but they always appear with startups and I find it a nuisance.
>>>
>>> How to nail them down until I WANT to use them?
>>>
>>> TIA
>> I hate to be too basic but have you:
>> 1. looked into Start> Programs> Startup ?
>> 2. looked at the options in a running program and see if "Run at
>> Startup" is checked ?
>> 3. looked at Task scheduler and see if a "Run at Startup" is programmed ?
>
>
> There is an easier way, try ***CCleaner***
> http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
>
> Works with ALL versions of Windows. We use it at work (I'm the IT
> guy) on Win2003 Server, *Win7*, WinXP).
>
> Under [Tools] on the side-bar, there is [Startup] option that allows
> you to delete/disable Windows startup items in the Registry or the
> User-Startup Menu, AND startups in IE.
>
> The "cleaner" function is a much friendlier GUI for cleaning things
> like temp-files, IE cache, MRUs, etc.
>
>
>
> ALSO: There is another utility I recommend for Win7 users...
>
> *Ultimate Windows Tweaker* (freeware, Vista& Win7)
> http://www.thewindowsclub.com/ultima...indows-7-vista
>
> This is the equivalent to TweakUI for WinXP.
>
>


Although the problem is solved, there are programs out there that are
ill behaved.

One of the behaviors is to insert themselves in the startup sequence
whenever they are run. One I had to deal with was a "helper" program
that checked for a registry entry, and if not present, added it. The
cure was to fool the program by editing the registry entry so that the
program saw it, but the entry did not actually start the program.

On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:28:00 +0000, Loony <> wrote:

>OK Guys.
>
>My aim in this thread was to prevent a Prog1 from starting up every time
>I started my computer. That could be any prog.
>
>Irwell suggested http://www.nirsoft.net/ and it was a good start.
>After some messing around I used the prog WhatInStartup and tried to
>figure it out. On one occasion Prog1 did not appear in the computer
>startup and I thought it was just what I wanted. The next time I started
>the computer it did appear. Waaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
>
>Finally, the only way I could find to stop it was to use the Disable
>command in WhatInStartup. I now have a shortcut on my screen and all I
>need to do to run Prog 1 is to right click WhatInStartup, go to the
>Disabled column, and switch from No to Yes - that disables the Prog 1.
>
>If Prog 1 has a shortcut on the screen, clicking it will start it up
>and WhatInStartup automatically changes the Yes to No and Prog 1 can be
>used right away.
>
>Prog 1 here is ColorFaxLite :-)


Try start.cpl program from Mike Lin

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


Win 7 make sure you run as administrator.

Have used this proggy for years.

Note that some programs as soon as you delete/untick the entry it
immediately puts it back. you may have to either stop that program, or
do your selection in safe mode.

On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:50:34 +0000, Bob L <>
wrote:

>On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:28:00 +0000, Loony <> wrote:
>
>>OK Guys.
>>
>>My aim in this thread was to prevent a Prog1 from starting up every time
>>I started my computer. That could be any prog.
>>
>>Irwell suggested http://www.nirsoft.net/ and it was a good start.
>>After some messing around I used the prog WhatInStartup and tried to
>>figure it out. On one occasion Prog1 did not appear in the computer
>>startup and I thought it was just what I wanted. The next time I started
>>the computer it did appear. Waaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
>>
>>Finally, the only way I could find to stop it was to use the Disable
>>command in WhatInStartup. I now have a shortcut on my screen and all I
>>need to do to run Prog 1 is to right click WhatInStartup, go to the
>>Disabled column, and switch from No to Yes - that disables the Prog 1.
>>
>>If Prog 1 has a shortcut on the screen, clicking it will start it up
>>and WhatInStartup automatically changes the Yes to No and Prog 1 can be
>>used right away.
>>
>>Prog 1 here is ColorFaxLite :-)
>
>
>Try start.cpl program from Mike Lin
>
>http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
>
>
>Win 7 make sure you run as administrator.
>
>Have used this proggy for years.
>
>Note that some programs as soon as you delete/untick the entry it
>immediately puts it back. you may have to either stop that program, or
>do your selection in safe mode.
>
>Startupcpl will work with Win 7 ? I used that for years with XP.
>


KenW