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Aenygma

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Wow, you people answer fast.... I just came home from dinner, but had found it in the "shared" folder already. Thanks!! :)
 

dderidex

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You mean, you want to remove it from the list entirely, as opposed to just disabling it?

Well, the last tab of MSConfig tells you were to find the application you are toggling. Registry branch, if relevant, or which startup group it is in (common startup vs user-specific startup).

If you are referring to something that is 'common startup' or 'startup', and you can't figure out why it is still listed even though it is unchecked, and the application is NOT in the startup groups, check a look at this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder\

For a list of everything that should appear in the MSCONFIG util that has been otherwise disabled. (It saves it here in case you want later to enable it).
 

redbeard1

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Try doing a search of your hard drive for the word startup. You also probably need to enable view hidden files. Somewhere under an aplication data folder is another start up folder. I posted how a win98 system has it. I found this location for start up stuff when I was fighting a virus on a customers computer, and I couldn't figure out where it was starting from. It wasn't anywhere in the registry, yet msconfig said it was starting. I did a search for the file and found it in this spot.

C:\WINDOWS\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp

I'm pretty sure XP has a similar spot, but I don't have an XP system to look at right now. That's why searching for startup should direct you to where it is found.