Re: Word 10 autolaunch problem

From: Jay Freedman (jay.freedman_at_verizon.net)
Date: 04/26/04 

Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 20:01:23 -0400

OK, instead of hacking at this piecemeal, let's go through the whole
list of how programs can start automatically at boot time.

1. In C:\Documents and Settings, you will find a folder for each logon
identity, plus ones for Administrator, All Users, and Default User.
Under each of those folders you may see the path ...\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup. Any one of those may contain a shortcut to
Winword.exe or to a Word document.

2. In the registry, you may find the path to Winword.exe or a document
listed as an entry under the keys
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

3. Winword.exe may be listed in the file autoexec.bat in the C:\
folder. Windows XP doesn't need an autoexec.bat at all; mine exists
but is empty.

4. Conceivably, something (a program or batch file) in one of those
places could start Word. This is unlikely but possible.

Under most conditions I would expect msconfig to list any of these,
but I suppose it could miss something, such as autoexec.

"Becky" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>-----Original Message-----
>>"Becky" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>>Becky wrote:
>>>>> Help! Word keeps starting when I reboot on my XP
>>>>> system. For the life of me, I can't figure out how
>to
>>>>> stop it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas? Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>Do you have winword in your Windows startup folder?
>>>>Start > All programs > startup
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>><>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<>
>>>> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
>>>>
>>>> Web site www.gmayor.com
>>>> Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word
>>>><>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>No...It is not there
>>
>>In the Start menu, click Run. Enter the command
>>
>> msconfig
>>
>>and click OK to start the msconfig program
>>
>>On the General tab, click Selective Startup.
>>On the Startup tab, find "winword" in the Startup Item
>column and
>>uncheck it.
>>Click OK. You'll be prompted to restart your system, so
>do it. Word
>>shouldn't come up any more.
>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>>Jay Freedman
>>Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word
>>.
>>
>Thanks, but I had already tried msconfig. It's not in
>there. 

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP        FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word

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