ezeflyer
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prevent an app from executing on startup
I installed a utility that dials the modem, connects to the internet, and sets the clock as soon as Windows98 starts. I don't want it anymore. How do I remove it from the group of apps that execute on Windows startup?
ASKER
BTW, I used "Add/remove Programs" in Control Panel, and removed the program. Successfully, so said Win98. The program STILL executes on Win98 Startup!
check your registry in sections:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Softwar
the Run, RunOnce, RunOnceEx, RunServices, and RunServicesOnce keys. If you see a value that looks like the program you described, delete it.
Also, check the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Softwar
the Run, RunOnce, RunOnceEx, RunServices, and RunServicesOnce keys. If you see a value that looks like the program you described, delete it.
Also, check the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software
open the program tree from the start button, and remove from the start menu.
kjanx
kjanx
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Rockwolf, how about posting a comment like everyone else and let the questioner decide.
Ezeflyer, Rockwolf's proposed answer does not remove it from your system, but BeedleGuis's comment does remove it completely presuming that it is in that section of the registry. The registry and startup is where it needs to be removed.
Dennis
Ezeflyer, Rockwolf's proposed answer does not remove it from your system, but BeedleGuis's comment does remove it completely presuming that it is in that section of the registry. The registry and startup is where it needs to be removed.
Dennis
Dew : He never said he wanted to remove it completely from his system !
He just wants to remove it from the group that executes at startup.
And If I think my answer is correct, I post it as an answer.
He can always reject if he doesn't like it.
And how about you stop telling someones answer is not good...are you god or what?
He just wants to remove it from the group that executes at startup.
And If I think my answer is correct, I post it as an answer.
He can always reject if he doesn't like it.
And how about you stop telling someones answer is not good...are you god or what?
Rockwolf, how about reading the entire thread in the future before just jumping on an answer:
His first post: "I don't want it anymore. How do I remove it from the group of apps that execute on Windows startup?"
His follow-up post 3 minutes later: "BTW, I used "Add/remove Programs" in Control Panel, and removed the program. Successfully, so said Win98. The program STILL executes on Win98 Startup!"
Need I say any more?
Dennis
His first post: "I don't want it anymore. How do I remove it from the group of apps that execute on Windows startup?"
His follow-up post 3 minutes later: "BTW, I used "Add/remove Programs" in Control Panel, and removed the program. Successfully, so said Win98. The program STILL executes on Win98 Startup!"
Need I say any more?
Dennis
Like I said, let him decide if the answer is good or not. I don't care if it gets rejected. And I don't wanna start argueing about this problem.
cheers.
cheers.
ASKER
Thanks to all! Rockwolf's suggestion was good, and I learned more abt. MSCONFIG. Thanks also to BeetleGuis for helping me learn more abt. the Registry. I solved the problem myself anyway, though, by continuing to explore, and found the startup folder where the program was "hiding" -- C:\Windows\profiles\ezefly
Well done ezeflyer!
hmm ... so that would mean kjanx had the right answer, right?
I agree BeedleGuis, it was Kjanx's idea not RockWolf. I think Rockwolf owes Kjanx some points here.
ASKER
Well, Kjanx may have had the right answer, ironically I can't precisely judge since I deleted the program in the user profile startup, solving the problem, before I could test his answer. I DID delete everything in the C:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp folder, getting at it through Windows Explorer, that was the first thing I tried that didn't work. Would Kjanx's suggestion have taken me to the StartUp folder under my *profile*, which is the actual StartUp that was launching the app? All in all, I've learned more about Win98, and where all the different StartUp folders hide, and again thanks to BeedleGuis for the registry info.
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