June 16, 2007
How to Remove Startup Entries from MSConfig
Do you have obsolete startup entries that flood your MSConfig list? Did you know you can remove them through your registry? Here is how, 9 steps to remove unused entries…
Note: This is for Windows XP only.
- Open your msconfig (you type “msconfig” in your Run from your start menu)
- Switch to “Startup or services tab”
- Uncheck the services or startup programs to stop it from running on windows startup
- Open your registry editor (you type “regedit” in your Run from your start menu)
- Select “My Computer”under the list in Registry Editor
- Select Edit > Find (or Ctrl+F)
- Check on “Keys” while unchecking everything else, and hit Enter to search for “msconfig”
- When done searching, it will bring you to this directory in the Registry Editor (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig)
Note: Only unchecked entries will appear in startupfolder/startupreg/services. - Delete those folders under startupfolder/startupreg, or services.
- You are done!
Note: Unchecked entries were deleted.
Mark said,
September 22, 2007 at 10:28 am
Thanks so much. I’ve been looking to delete all of my obsolete entries for a while now!
Sachin said,
January 2, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Windows defender is a great option. :)
Malc said,
March 28, 2008 at 11:04 pm
I note that to remove items from the services list, you must close msconfig before deleting the registry entries, or they will return! Otherwise, very successful!
Squishi said,
April 22, 2008 at 5:32 pm
ooheee! That’s awesome :)
shaan said,
July 16, 2008 at 2:12 pm
That was really helpful..thanks a lot…
Tunne said,
September 26, 2008 at 6:07 pm
thanks tullapaaaaaaaaa :-)
Ebuoe said,
September 30, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Thanks a ton mate! God Bless ya.. These lil lil info does make a gr8 diff!!
AzarAbu said,
November 27, 2008 at 11:22 am
Thanks
Zaki said,
January 13, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Thanks I was looking for this!!! I knew that it was possible to do almost anything with registry editor but dont have the much needed expertise. Thanks a lot. By the way I tried opening some of the links here … like “Registry Cleaners Exposed” but i cant open them. Most probably due to the protocol…neway ne hints as to how i can view those links??
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Cathy said,
March 12, 2009 at 12:56 am
BLESS YOU!
Ali said,
April 9, 2009 at 6:12 pm
Thanks, it works very well
Cas said,
April 10, 2009 at 8:55 am
Thank you! Got infected by a virus and had all these startup programs lying around.
Felicia said,
May 14, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Bless you! Thank you! That was SO easy and I’ve been living with the frustration literally for years!!!!! You ROCK!!
zulqarnain said,
May 25, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Great TIP ma man. cheers ;)
ghostloader said,
September 21, 2009 at 6:32 pm
how did you delete the catalyst system tray there was no folder for it under startupfolder/startupreg.
cococokie said,
September 22, 2009 at 9:48 am
Hello ghostloader, you can try inserting the below string to RUN (WIN + R).
Tweak the string a bit to your install directory if its not default. After you’ve done it restart your PC.
Alternatively, you can go into the program, uncheck the the run program when computer starts related function.
regsvr32 /U “C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\atiacmxx.dll”
phil said,
October 30, 2009 at 10:32 pm
great man.. . it really helps me a lot.
tiL, next time. feed :P
Maqsood Ahmad said,
December 6, 2009 at 3:50 am
i had a very big problem in my laptop , i tried to uncheck some item from msconfig and i wante to remove that permanently but i could’t, i find this method , it help me a lot, i m very thankful for this
Michael said,
February 26, 2010 at 11:00 am
Thanks man, keep posting these info. more power
Brian said,
May 9, 2010 at 11:11 am
This is a great guide! Thank you!
Any chance that this will work for Win 7 too? I’ve updated myself to 7 b/c I support my wife’s, two sister’s, one brother’s, my mom’s and in-law’s two computers……and I know they’ll be running 7 oneday, so I have to get comfortable with it at some point!
Michael said,
July 18, 2010 at 8:01 am
Thank You!!!!
Got infected with Antivir Solutions and this really helped to finish the clean up after it.
Thanks again.
Michael
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October 31, 2010 at 7:59 am
registry cleaners are really very useful specially if you are encountering registry errors on your windows xp machine ‘
bryan said,
November 18, 2010 at 1:05 pm
at the beginning when it says to uncheck startup programs, does this mean to uncheck all of them?
Gear Knobs said,
November 18, 2010 at 4:47 pm
i really find registry cleaners very necessary to improve the system performance of a desktop PC ~.~
Josh said,
December 6, 2010 at 8:57 am
brilliant! how come i never read about it? קידום אתרים
Hack2heat said,
May 3, 2011 at 12:46 pm
thnks ……. its worked
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May 3, 2011 at 12:46 pm
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July 4, 2011 at 7:34 pm
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mira02 said,
July 8, 2011 at 9:42 am
very thank you
Mark said,
September 8, 2011 at 8:16 am
Many, many thanks for this tip. Spent a whole day trying to get rid of stubborn program. Used a deep uninstaller. Got rid of every process, every exe file, every registry key yet the stubborn thing stayed in msconfig, causing errors every startup. With your help, its now out of msconfig, hopefully for good!
amila said,
December 16, 2011 at 12:36 am
thanks
evelyn said,
December 18, 2011 at 8:29 am
AT LAST!!! finally got rid of it. thank you sooooo much for your help.
Santo Stringfellow said,
February 6, 2012 at 11:44 pm
Do you allow guest posting on this blog?
kell said,
March 14, 2012 at 1:10 pm
thank you so very much. very simple and easy to follow. the screen shots were very helpful. it worked for windows 7 too.
sikander singh rajput said,
April 24, 2012 at 7:13 pm
it’s very helpful for any user. really it’s work
paul spiers said,
June 20, 2012 at 12:29 pm
Okay. First of all you should not change services status from msconfig, but from services.mmc (or Control Panel – Administrative Tools – Services). Next, go to blkviper.com and you can see the default status for all services.
ref:tweaks.com
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Albina Berzas said,
June 22, 2012 at 6:52 pm
Thanks , I’ve just been looking for information about this topic for ages and yours is the best I have discovered till now. But, what concerning the bottom line? Are you sure concerning the source?
Agony said,
August 29, 2012 at 2:13 am
Thank you
Prince Jeewan Zx said,
September 22, 2012 at 3:55 pm
Thank u so much….. this helped me frm deleting a virus….
Glynn said,
September 27, 2012 at 10:54 am
This procedure does not work.
sam said,
October 26, 2012 at 1:07 am
Awesome works nice
Talha Mahmood said,
November 1, 2012 at 3:14 pm
thank u boss! may God bless u
adee said,
December 27, 2012 at 11:03 pm
God Bless you dear…
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chanchal prajapat said,
June 26, 2013 at 7:14 pm
thank you so much . finally i have delete a virus . but still i have one query “when i open the startup in msconfig its showing so many programs but when i open the msconfig in regedit there were no any prorgam in msconfig->startupfolder” so could you tell me what is the problem behind that.
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