Start-up Programs

[Dooling37]

Simple question:

Where do I go to change what programs are loaded on start-up in Win95 to the right
side of the toolbar (next to the clock).
I'm trying to get rid of programs like RealPlayer, joystick, FTP, etc... from loading
automatically, as I always just close them out immediately anyways.

I went through Windows-StartMenu-Programs-StartUp, but none of them were listed there.

Your help is greatly appreciated!

PS - I did a search but couldn't find any related threads; if I missed some, please just
link me there...

 

[warlord]

some of them should have properties, that you can access by right clicking on them from the system tray, to disable them. hope this helps a little.

 

[Dan]

Start --> Run --> msconfig --> Startup

Delete the checkmark next to anything you don't want to launch when you bootup.

 

[BT7990]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=32&threadid=222998

 

[Nih]

I don't think you can msconfig win95 or was that sfc?? hmmm. I think you can edit your registry by running regedit , and hkeylocal machine/software/micros/windows/current vers... look in the run key and see if you can remove the start up strings for those items... lemme know how it turns out gl🙂

 

[Tates]

Follow Dans' advice. After you turn off the applications you want, reboot, you'll see a new program folder (start> programs) called "Disabled Startup Items". It works.

 

[Nih]

Now i gotta ask, because i just gotta know,,, is there and msconfig in win95??

 

[Dooling37]

Hey all -

I took a little bit of all of your advice...
I manually got rid of RealPlayer from starting up by going under properties.
Then, I ran msconfig (yes, in Win95) and got rid of the rest from StartUp.
I also took a look at regedit but that was a little more complicated, so I left it alone... 😉

Thanks alot for your help everyone.