MSCONFIG question

I have stuff in MSCONFIG that has been deleted from my computer. How can I get this stuff out of MSCONFIG????

win 98se
192mbs ram
1.2 ghz

 

You mean on the Startup tab of Mscconfig?

If it's not in your Startup folder (Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\) or in your All Users Startup folder (Windows\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp\), then it's still in your registry, even though the files referred to are gone. If THAT's the case, you need a good registry cleaner.

Look here for one if you don't have one.

(BTW, if you get a good Startup Manager (like StartupCPL, but get the Standalone exe Version (34 KB), not the Control Panel installation), it will tell you EXACTLY where the keys are that contain calls for old programs that you've uninstalled.)
Standalone exe Version of Startup CPL

 

Is there an awful ECHO in here???

 

I would like to do it manually. I did it on my old computer but I just forgot how!

 

OK, so get the Startup manager, and it'll tell you where the entries ARE, then go into the registry and take them out. (But first check those two startup folders to make sure there's nothing there that's dead.)

Back up first, etc.

 

You have gained much of my respect.

I always tip my hats to those who want to do it themselves, and learn how.

If they are startup items only, you will find most, if not all in one of these locations:


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run (Most common)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run (most common)





As Wisewiz said, msconfig should give you the path to where they are being loaded. But if not, these are places to check.

Make sure you backup any registry key you modify.

Edit: oops, didnt see you were using Windows 98. In that case, also "explore" your start menu and see if the startup folder is blank.

 

Thank you very much. You dont learn by letting something or somebody else do what you can learn to do............Bobby

 

msconfig for Win98 doesn't give registry paths, unfortunately, as you know.

That's why I suggested the manager--so he'd find out by using it exactly where to look for the deadwood in the reg. Kinda my way of helping him learn how to DO IT MANUALLY, rather than GIVING him the registry keys to look into.

I agree completely with you, Adrynalyne, as always. We just took different paths to the same end: helping him on the DIY road.

 

Admittedly, I didn't know that. I do now though