Win98 startup items

[Cruez]

Under MSconfig, how do I remove, not disable, the items in the statup group. I have a few duplicates that I want out...its getting a little crowded in there....Thx

[Praetorian]

If you're talking about the startup folder then just delete the duplicates. If you talking about the taskbar and you want to remove them, open up the program you want to remove and search around in preferences and stuff. Look for something that will disable it to be placed in taskbar.

[Fingers]

If they're truely duplicates and not items with the same name (ie two different versions of the same program), just check them all, and Windows will remove the duplicates on reboot.

...or you can manually remove them from the registry.

How to remove items listed in startup/Msconfig (http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/Forum2/HTML/008084.html) - SysOpt Discussion Forums

[Cruez]

Ok...I already went through the registry...still showed up.....for 1 thing its ms Office...in there twice...one was disabled..the another came up....is there any way to uninstall word and excel and reinstall without office??...

[the xenon]

Download this program Xteq X-Setup 6.1. Its a win tweaking prog and there you will find an option that will let you delete the start up entries with a click of a button.
also you will find lots of other good stuff there

[the xenon]

Download this program Xteq X-Setup 6.1. from download.com Its a win tweaking prog and there you will find an option that will let you delete the start up entries with a click of a button.
also you will find lots of other good stuff there

[the xenon]

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[This message has been edited by Fingers (edited 09-03-2001).]

[Fingers]

So you cleared all the entries out of
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run-
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run-
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\RunServices-

and those items still appear unchecked in msconfig after a re-boot?

Anything in "RUN" or "RUNSERVICES" will appear with a checkmark in msconfig, and anything in "RUN-" or "RUNSERVICES-" should appear unchecked in msconfig.

What are the specific items you want to get rid of?

[Cruez]

Thats the odd thing they dont show up in the (*run*) keys at all...but there are still two copies in the startup...one is diabled
I did notice that one is referenced from the C: drive and the other is D:...I had uninstalled and reinstalled when I got the new drive.
Not at the computer at the moment but I know that the item points to a *OSA.exe file....

[This message has been edited by Cruez (edited 09-04-2001).]

[Cruez]

Any more suggestions?