msconfig may not find it all

[archcommus]

I'm curious if any of you have ever come across a program that was set to start on startup via the registry, but does not appear in msconfig. I have come across two such programs and it's too bad because now I might be checking the registry in addition to msconfig for startup items. What do you think might cause this?

 

[techmanc]

It might help if you said what the programs were and how were launched at startup using the registry.

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: techmanc
It might help if you said what the programs were and how were launched at startup using the registry.

Sorry, I was just sort of asking if people had experienced this before. The first program is Pidgin, the IM client. When I installed it it was enabled on startup, but I did not see it in msconfig. It was listed in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, however. The second program is SansaDispatch.exe, a program meant to launch SansaUpdater.exe to update firmware of Sansa MP3 devices. Again, the program was in that registry key and started on startup, but was not listed in msconfig.

 

[techmanc]

I don't know why msconfig doesnt show those programs in startup but you can try Autoruns. It my favorite startup program inspector.

link here http://technet.microsoft.com/e...nternals/bb963902.aspx

 

[archcommus]

Thanks, that's a real useful tool!

 

[techmanc]

Glad I could help.