Startup Apps

ConUladh

I've a miserly 64MB RAM so I decided to stop a few things which were loading on startup

Ahead InCD starts up after windows (has a nice splash screen and everything), there's no option to disable it as far as I can see

I can't find any ref to it in mscongfig -> startup tab

Can't find any ref to it in the registry either (runservices and all those) or win.ini or system.ini

The filename is ptudfapp.exe, renaming it didn't cause any errors and fair enough it didn't load but what I want to know is where the hell is it putting itself to startup

BNC

In the start-up folder on your start menu?

Red Moose

Maybe this is too basic an answer (!) but it wouldn't be in the Startup folder in the basic root Programs menu off the Start button (links to the Startup folder in C:\Windows\Startup)

Renton

in Win.ini
->

[windows]
load=
run=

Check that (sysedit.exe does the trick)


RentZ

K!LL!@N

Run MSCONFIG.
Now you can edit all sorts of wonderful stuff.
Just go to the Startup, and you can tick off the stuff you don't want.
Have fun, but not too much.

Kali

Killian.. go back and read the third line in his post

you could do worse than to use Find to try and locate a file with that program name in it.

[This message has been edited by Kali (edited 13-07-2001).]

Bard

Startup Manager, a handy (tiny) application takes care of the lot... I use it all the time...

It's available here.

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Bard

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I've got a plan... and it's as HOT... AS MY PANTS!!!" - Lord Flashheart.

K!LL!@N

Oooops, sorry.
I didn't read that properly.
Cheers Kali.

Straker

Another thing to do (on top of the options already discussed:

Use regedit. Do a search for "run", "run service", "run once" keys, then ...

Put a ";" in front of all the entries except explorer, and systray.

ConUladh

Thanks Guys

BNC/Red Moose, I'm bad but I'm not that bad

Renton, 4th line of my post

Kali, did that, only turns up the actual executable (in system folder), as I said I renamed it as a temporary measure

Bard, Cheers, I'll see if that turns up anything this evening

Straker, I didn't search but went straight to windows current version run whatever keys, I'll search later in case I missed one

I though I knew all the places an app could place itself to start, tad worrying that I appear to have missed at least one, I can just uninstall it but I don't want a less friendly app doing the same thing in future

Supercell

Did a little look in google, This seems promising (go to response 21), this may also be pertinent.

[This message has been edited by Longfield (edited 13-07-2001).]