DKelly
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Daemon32
Bought and loaded Microsoft Sidewinder game pad.Now a file Daemon32.*.* loads during boot-up and puts an icon in the systray,which gives us options to configure the game pad or unload the "driver." Q. Is there a way to turn off this automatic loading,and set up an icon to install it when we're going to use the game pad?
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Try: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWAR
also Runonce,RunServices, RunServicesOnce
The registry is huge; I know there are prabably other places to run programs, but I don't know what they are. If its not in the above places try searching for it.
If you find it you can delete it and then make a shortcut to it on the startmenu or desktop.
Be careful deleting keys from the desktop. Not all references to the program should be deleted!! Make a backup copy first.
From the regedit do a registry export before you begin.
also Runonce,RunServices, RunServicesOnce
The registry is huge; I know there are prabably other places to run programs, but I don't know what they are. If its not in the above places try searching for it.
If you find it you can delete it and then make a shortcut to it on the startmenu or desktop.
Be careful deleting keys from the desktop. Not all references to the program should be deleted!! Make a backup copy first.
From the regedit do a registry export before you begin.
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Thank you, n3mtr. Will proceed with caution and a back-up in the registry. DKelly
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F.Y.I. Your suggestion worked n3mtr! Had no problems with the registry,and stopped all the resouce robbers from starting up. Had no problems creating shortcuts for starting the programs,when needed. Many thanks,DKelly
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