Re: startup error - WinExplorer System 32 screen

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From: Thorsten Matzner (tmatzner_at_gmx.net)
Date: 03/16/04 

Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 18:25:56 +0100

"D Sheneman" <dsheneman@charter.net> wrote:

>The key entry which I have turned off in the msconfig startup group, and
>which does resolve the problem, is the one which reads as follows:
>
> /L:Eng
>
>which shows a command of "/L:Eng" and a value of starting in the
>"software\microsoft\current version\run" section of the registry, although
>it doesn't show which of the two sections it comes from. However, when I go
>to either of those related sections of the registry, I cannot find anything
>listed with that parm. Hence my question as to which of the registry
>entries might be triggering that parameter in the msconfig listing. Without
>altering my registry by deleting and then having to reenter each key/value
>one by one, is there any way to just tell the boot process to ignore a
>certain line without actually deleting it from the list, e.g., like putting
>a ";" at the beginning of the value line, or something similar to that?

Export the mentioned Registry keys into REG files via File > Export in
REGEDIT.EXE, then delete the items one by one in the current Registry
until the entry is gone in MSCONFIG and the problem does no longer
occur. Now re-import the REG files by double-clicking them in the
Windows Explorer, delete the offending key again. 

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