How to delete disabled startup items in Windows 7

Discussion in 'Software' started by whicky1978, Sep 8, 2010.

  1. whicky1978

    whicky1978 Staff Sergeant

    1. Run Regedit and go to file/export to backup your registry.
    2. Navigate to HKEY Local Machine/Software/Microsoft/Shared Tools/MsConfig

    3. Here you will find folders called startupreg and startupfolder, and the entries in these folders are the disabled items. You may even find items that are left over from uninstalled programs. Deleting the entries will delete the disabled startup items (only disabled startup items appeared here).

    4. Once you delete the entries, you can run msconfig and the disabled items should be gone.

    This may work with other operating systems, but I've only done it with Windows 7. I could find a program online that would make it easy.

    I discovered this by doing a search in my registry to find the items that I wanted to delete.

    Additional Info:, I have restarted my laptop twice with no issues.
     
    whicky1978, Sep 8, 2010
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  2. selvan777

    selvan777 Private E-2

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    selvan777, Sep 9, 2010
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  3. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Yes indeed the way to delete an orphaned entry in msconfig if you have been managing startups using msconfig, which is not a recomended as msconfig is and always was a troubleshooting tool. Yes it does work with the likes of XP and Vista. One think to note also is that if you have x64 Windows then you may also need to check the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MsConfig area too.

    Best to manage with a dedicated startup manager like StartupCPL.
     
    DavidGP, Sep 9, 2010
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