Change order of programs in startup

Can anyone tell me an easy way to change the order of the programs at startup. Currently the first program that loads is my Pop Up Blocker. I'd like to move it further down or even to the end of the startup order.

Is their a program that would allow me to change the order?

One other minor thing I would like to change is when I go to the Internet Explorer, it opens in a small window. I would like to have it open maximized as a default. I can't find any where to make that happen. Any Suggestions?

 

There are 2 ways to review startup info.

1)MSConfig allows you to enable/disable programs, but doesn't allow you to set the order of the load!

2) using regedit.... the info is in two places as there are programs that start for the machine as a whole and programs that start for each individual user. The paths to this information are..

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
...Software
......Microsoft
.........Windows
............CurrentVersion
...............Run

HKEY_CURRENT_USER
...( same as above )

I've never tried it, but it would make sense that if you changed the order of the registry entries that you change the order of the load!

Regards......

 

Thanks nightcrawler. It appears that when you use regedit, the order is listed alphabetically, not even in the order things were installed. I'm afraid to try to change the order in regedit; I figure it will just resort back to an alphabetical list and order. Am I right and/or is there another way?

 

This is the most direct way, and even if it does resort back to alphabetical series, no harm done!

Back up your reg first, and Good Luck!!

 

HUTCHFRED: Go to http://www.cottonwoodsw.com and look into a program called DELAYER. I think you will be satisfied. Also, see http://forum.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=22758 for some other ideas...

 

Great find!


I'd also use a ".bat(ch) or .cmd" file in the thread.