How to Prevent the Registry from loading programs on Start Up!
Launch Control I
Some programs tell Windows to launch them at start-up by placing a shortcut in the Startup
folder. To remove start-up programs, right-click on the Start button and select Open. Double-click
on the Programs folder, then the Start Up folder. Delete shortcuts to programs you don't want to
run at start-up. Or just drag the shortcut out to the Desktop to temporarily remove it from the
Start Up folder. You can drag it back later or delete it.
Launch Control II
Other programs tell Windows to launch them at start-up by editing the Windows Registry. (This tip is for the advanced user with a backed-up Registry.) To remove these programs, open the Registry Editor, and then Delete any programs from the Name column that you don't want to run at start-up.
To open the Registry Editor, go to Start,
Run, type in: regedit
then click OK.
Generally applications are started from these areas: run= or load= lines of the win.ini file, the
start up folder on the start menu and the registry run keys:
1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
2. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
3. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
4. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
5. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
RunServices
6. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
RunServicesOnce
7. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
RunOnce\Setup
Launch Control III
To temporarily abort all Start Up folder launches, hold down the Shift key as Windows opens. Programs listed in the
Start Up folder won't open this time, but will be there next time. To selectively launch these unopened programs, open the
Start Up folder and double click on any icon.
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