SnapperOne 0 Posted December 18, 2001 I have two Taskbar icons (far right side of task bar by volume icon) that I apparently picked up while surfing. While I can make these icons disappear by right-clicking each icon and selecting their "exit" option, I've been unable to find the file that's associated with them that initiates their being loaded into the taskbar in the first place. My question is this. Does Win2KPro have a run command I can initiate that will allow me to track "load commands" during bootup? Or, is there a better way to find where these icon/files are coming from, so I can kill them permanently? Or, is there an equivalent Win98SE's msconfig that provides a method for stopping load-commands by simply checking them off from a list? Steven Share this post Link to post
Nemesis 1 Posted December 18, 2001 SnaperOne, You need to check the following registry entries (use REGEDT32): HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx Check the "Load" key for the following: HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Windows Share this post Link to post
El_Mono 0 Posted December 18, 2001 While the aboe reply is very helpful, some of us don't like tinkering in the registry. Mike Lin has a perfect GUI that does it all for you, and has reversible changes. Try it. http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml Share this post Link to post
SnapperOne 0 Posted December 19, 2001 Nemesis and El_Mono, thanks for the info. I've already downloaded Startup Control Panel, but will still go poking around inside the Registry simply because I like to see what's going on in there. Thanks again.............one annoying little file is well on its' way to extinction. Steven Share this post Link to post
felix 0 Posted December 19, 2001 use msconfig.exe to find your program. Just type "msconfig" into your run line and the program lets you find stuff. Share this post Link to post
SnapperOne 0 Posted December 25, 2001 felix...........didn't think msconfig worked with Win2000. Doesn't work with mine. SnapperOne Share this post Link to post
Brian Frank 0 Posted December 26, 2001 Uhhhh, yeah, I don't remember MSCONFIG being in 2k. It is in XP--not that that helps much. Share this post Link to post
crossy 0 Posted December 28, 2001 G'day SnapperOne and all, To manage my applications that startup on boot I use a tool called Startup Manager. It has great write-ups and can be found here http://www.delphifreestuff.com/ Let me know how you go......I know you won't be disappointed Share this post Link to post