Removing Start Up items in Win2000

[Sandan]

I cannot find a way to delete program start up's in Win 2000. In Win 98 it is easy and there are several ways to do it. In 2000 when use the old methods like searching for the startup folder it doesn't show anything in there. But, about 5 programs I loaded start up. I want to cut down on resource use so please help. Also, in 98 System properities-performance shows % of resource use but Win 2000 doesn't show this. Any thoughts. Thanks in advance.

 

[err]

The first thing I would do is to check the program itself, whether it has it's own option to disable startup.

The second thing I would to is to check your startup menu and cleanup all the useless program in there. I would also check the startup menu of ALL USERS folder.

The last thing I would do is to edit the registry (regedit tool), I am doing this ontop of my head, but it should be something like

currentuser/software/microsoft/windows/current version/run
localuser/software/microsoft/windows/current version/run

delete anything in there that you think are useless.

You might need to verify the correct path for the registry.

you should be ok by doing the above steps.

eRr

 

[jaywallen]

Win NT/W2K Startup Locations

- In the Startup folder for the current user and for all users.
- In the registry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServicesOnce
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServicesOnce

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows, the "run" and
Load" keys.

But it's easier to just use a utility for controlling what's in all of these locations. I use Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel (freeware) which can be downloaded here.

It comes in an executable version and a Control Panel applet version, the one I use. Lets you disable / re-enable items temporarily, or delete them. I've tested it in Win95, WinNT and W2K. Not a hint of a glitch.

Regards,
Jim