start up

[herbzee]

In Win98, under start>programs, there's a heading called "Disabled
Startup Items".

I can't find this in WinXP, does it exist?

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Yes, but that information is stored in the Registry now.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder

Each subkey will represent a disabled item.

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"herbzee" > wrote in message
...
> In Win98, under start>programs, there's a heading called "Disabled
> Startup Items".
>
> I can't find this in WinXP, does it exist?

[herbzee]

Doug Knox MS-MVP wrote:
>
> Yes, but that information is stored in the Registry now.
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder
>
> Each subkey will represent a disabled item.
>
> --
> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> http://www.dougknox.com
> --------------------------------
> Associate Expert
> ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
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> "herbzee" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In Win98, under start>programs, there's a heading called "Disabled
> > Startup Items".
> >
> > I can't find this in WinXP, does it exist?

Thanx Doug, the reason I asked was that in Win98, I found it
a very convenient way to store seldom run programs that
would offer prompts that had to be responded to before it
would allow to boot cycle to continue. Now I find that doing it
thru "run>msconfig>startup" and uncheck the item can do the same thing.
Is there any danger in that, or can u suggest an easier way to do it?
Cheers-Herb.

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

No, that's a pretty effective way of doing it :) Other than that, you
move/delete the shortcut, or delete the associated Registry entry. MSConfig
gives you an easy way of "undoing" your changes.

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Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
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"herbzee" > wrote in message
...
> Doug Knox MS-MVP wrote:
> >
> > Yes, but that information is stored in the Registry now.
> >
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared
Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder
> >
> > Each subkey will represent a disabled item.
> >
> > --
> > Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
> > Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> > http://www.dougknox.com
> > --------------------------------
> > Associate Expert
> > ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > --------------------------------
> > Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
> > Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
> >
> > "herbzee" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > In Win98, under start>programs, there's a heading called "Disabled
> > > Startup Items".
> > >
> > > I can't find this in WinXP, does it exist?
>
> Thanx Doug, the reason I asked was that in Win98, I found it
> a very convenient way to store seldom run programs that
> would offer prompts that had to be responded to before it
> would allow to boot cycle to continue. Now I find that doing it
> thru "run>msconfig>startup" and uncheck the item can do the same thing.
> Is there any danger in that, or can u suggest an easier way to do it?
> Cheers-Herb.