Stopping Applications from Starting Automatically

For Windows2000 or WindowsXP, you can now use the MSCONFIG.EXE that comes with WindowsXP.

Download the one from the full release product(64K)

It also lets you change the Services and BOOT.INI file as well.

Updated 12/20/99

With Windows98, you can run MSCONFIG.
Click on the Startup tab to remove apps that are starting automatically from the registry.
You can also search through the AUTOEXEC.BAT and WIN.INI files as well.

Added 11/30/97

If you have applications that you want to stop from starting automatically, there are three places you need to look, the WIN.INI file, the Startup Folder and the Registry.

1. The load= or run= lines in the WIN.INI file. This is in the directory where you installed Win95, usually the C:\WINDOWS directory
   
2. The StartUp folder.

   Start the Explorer.
   Go to C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp folder.
   Remove any shortcuts you find there that you don't want.

3. The Registry.

   Edit the Registry
   Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run.
   Remove any programs from there.