Re: How to clean traces of uninstaled programs from Startup tab in msconfig?
- From: "Iopoulos" <Iopoulos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 15 May 2005 09:45:20 -0700
Thanks to each and every one of you who came up with things to try.
In my case, the only thing that worked was the second option given by
Nepatsfan:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared
Tools\MSConfig\startupreg
I found all those pesky traces of old, uninstalled programs there.
Once I removed the absolete entries, they were completely gone from
within msconfig's Startup tab.
It's really a pleasure to see how we can really help each other here.
Thanks again to all of you.
Nepatsfan wrote:
> To remove the entries for the items you've unchecked in the
> System Configuration Utility try the following:
> Run the registry editor, Start -> Run -> regedit.
> Navigate to the following locations:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared
> Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared
> Tools\MSConfig\startupreg
>
> Right click the Values listed in the right hand pane and select
> delete.
>
> You can also go to this web site and download the script from
> line 148 on the right:
>
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>
> --
> Nepatsfan
> "Iopoulos" <Iopoulos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1116107289.712763.69530@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Windows XP Home SP2 - Working Great
> >
> > I've had Windows XP Home installed in my computer for years,
> > only
> > updating and upgrading it from the original version through SP1
> > and
> > SP2. I use it every day and have never had any major problems
> > to make
> > me re-install the O/S
> >
> > This is a one user/one account machine, and over the years,
> > I've
> > uninstalled programs that I no longer needed, but some have
> > left traces
> > behind in the System Configuration Utility (msconfig) Startup
> > tab.
> >
> > An example of one is:
> >
> > FastTVSync C:\Program Files\Common
> > Files\InterVideo\FastTVSync\FastTVSync.exe
> >
> > It is supposedly in the registry in
> > HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
> >
> > But using regedit to get there manually, FastTVSync is not
> > there at
> > all, nor is there anything pertaining to InterVideo either, but
> > System
> > Configuration Utility still shows it.
> >
> > I have unchecked those that no longer exist in my system from
> > the
> > Startup tab, but how can I manually make them disappear from
> > the
> > Startup tab in msconfig?
> >
> > Can anyone shed some light on this subject?
> >
.
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