how do you delete a startup program

hussey · 18-02-2003 5:00pm #1

??

Kazaa installed a prog called WhenUSave on my comp

now I've got rid of it on the registry
I was wondering how to get rid of it when starting up??

its not on the startup menu by the way

tman · 18-02-2003 5:05pm

go to run & type in msconfig

click on the startup tab & the world is your lobster

you should have used kazaa lite in the first place tbh

hussey · 18-02-2003 5:07pm

result = Cannot find "msconfig" make sure path yada yada yada

using win 2k by the way

did a search for "*msconfig*" and got no results

leeroybrown · 18-02-2003 5:16pm

regedit

In the following to hives:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
HKEY_LOCAL_USER

Following key location (in both):
//Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Run/

All the Keys in hte two Run directories start programs on boot. Kazaa should be there.

Be careful!

tman · 18-02-2003 5:19pm

hmmmm, msconfig doesn't seem to want to work on this one either, i guess it's hidden somewhere else in 2k...

adaware is another way to get rid of it.

Pimp Ninja · 18-02-2003 5:19pm

There are a couple of places where programs auto-start when you log into windows.

1. Startup Folder in the start menu.
You've already eliminated this

2. win.ini
there ate two lines at the beginning

load=
run=

If those lines are equal to nothing, theyre not starting any apps. If theyre equal to something for example stuff.exe then thats what they are starting.
You can use either a ; to ignore the line or remove whatever is after the = sign.

3. Registry
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run Services
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run Services

Any keys listed in these folders are also starting wehen you log into windows.

4 Services
Some applications can use services to start automatically
Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Services

Then there's somewhere else that I havent found yet.. I have had apps auto starting that havent been listed in any of the above mentioned places, and I've had no luck tracking them down.. Anyway hope some of this helps.

Usual warnings apply re: Editing registry and win.ini...

hussey · 18-02-2003 5:20pm

yeah worked fine nice one lb/PN

Saruman · 18-02-2003 5:22pm

I know its been sorted but anyway...
There is no msconfig in 2k though technically you can copy the .exe file from 98 and run it if you want..

Anyway These little crappy things.. like savenow.exe and the like.. all usually end up in program files.. easy thing is to go in there. look for the crap and then run the uninstall thats in there.. always works and its the only way they dont get a law suit filed so they have to provide the uninstall option i think.

Winters · 18-02-2003 7:14pm

I would strongly advise getting the following program:

Spybot - Search & Destroy
This program will remove any of thoese nasty spybots that are put in in your computer by free and shareware software and will remove them for you. Also allows you to edit programs that run on Start Up among other things. Id advise everyone to get it.

Spybot - Search & Destroy (Dortmund, Direct Link)
Spybot - Search & Destrpy (XangelX.com)

daveirl · 18-02-2003 11:24pm

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parasite · 18-02-2003 11:41pm

vaguely o.t., but aggh i can't stop "directcd.exe" from starting up, it seems inexorably attached to my cd-drive ...hrmmm ...
it will take brute force probably

daveirl · 19-02-2003 12:10am

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parasite · 19-02-2003 12:29am

dat's de wan

you'd think they'd give you the option of removing it in the prog itself ...
gah

SouperComputer · 19-02-2003 4:09am

they do, its called a custom install

how do you delete a startup program

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