Remove Apps that start automatically

[PKlein]

How does one prevent applications that start automatically when
Win 98 is booted? I have looked in the startup folder and it is
not there. The only way I have found is to uninstall the entire
application.
Thanks.

 

[bealtaine]

Use regedit and search in the registry for RUN and RUNONCE. remove your program from there.

 

[cschaffer]

Run msconfig from the Run menu in the start menu
go to the startup tab....and select the apps you do or do not want to run


CS

 

[reghakr]

PKlein,

The things that make the computer slow are the many unneccessary items that automatically startup when Windows starts.

Right-click on the icons in the tray area, open each, go through the options to turn off the "tray" or "run at startup" feature.

For the others, go to Start>Run, type msconfig. Leave systray, scan registry, Load Power Profile (both), your virus scanner and firewall if you have one.

Go to Start>Run, type sysedit. Look over the autoexec.bat for unneccessary lines, click the win.ini and check for programs loading here:
[windows]
load=
run=

Open Explorer and navigate to c:\windows\temp and delete all files here.


Close all tray applications and hit Alt_Ctl_Del and end task on all items except for explorer and systray, then run scandisk, then defrag.

If you don't know what an entry is or what it does, post back.

Go to

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com,

upgrade Internet Explorer, then go back and download all Critical Updates.

reghakr