Removing programs from my startup

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I have Win98 running. In my msconfig settings, in the startup tab, I have a program set to run but there is no name and no description. I thought it was very suspicious so I removed the checkbox so that it does not get started and I have had no problems. I ran an recent version virus checker and it found nothing.

I would like to permanently remove it from my computer so it doesn’t show up in my msconfig. Is there a way to find out what program it is? I have a C:WindowsStart MenuProgramsStartup folder but there are twice as many programs in msconfig than there is in this folder. I do not hide system files in my explorer so that can

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Try doing a file search on the whole of C:. Also, if you post the name, one of the Loungers may know what it is.

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Try doing a file search on the whole of C:. Also, if you post the name, one of the Loungers may know what it is.

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I had a couple of those “blank” enrties on my startup tab in msconfig on my old Win 98 system. I also unchecked them with no apparent negative consequences. Never discovered what they represented, but always felt that they were the remnants of something that I uninstalled and it just left behind a little souvenir or a program or part of one that I disabled from it’s default to start when Windows started (FindFast and Office Startup come to mind) and it was just “saving it’s place in line” if you will.

Also, there are some things in msconfig that are started from the registry and they won’t show up in Windows Explorer. HTH

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I did a search on all the startup folders under the C drive and that didn’t find anything. It’s weird that MSconfig hides names in the first place. It looks like I will have to live with it. Thanks to all for the remarks.

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Do a search on your complete system. These nasties will not need to be in a “Startup” folder. Any program can get things started by using a “ini” file or an entry in the registry.

DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am First
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Do a search on your complete system. These nasties will not need to be in a “Startup” folder. Any program can get things started by using a “ini” file or an entry in the registry.

DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am First
Genealogy....confusing the dead and annoying the living

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I did a search on all the startup folders under the C drive and that didn’t find anything. It’s weird that MSconfig hides names in the first place. It looks like I will have to live with it. Thanks to all for the remarks.

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I had a couple of those “blank” enrties on my startup tab in msconfig on my old Win 98 system. I also unchecked them with no apparent negative consequences. Never discovered what they represented, but always felt that they were the remnants of something that I uninstalled and it just left behind a little souvenir or a program or part of one that I disabled from it’s default to start when Windows started (FindFast and Office Startup come to mind) and it was just “saving it’s place in line” if you will.

Also, there are some things in msconfig that are started from the registry and they won’t show up in Windows Explorer. HTH

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If you want to remove items from msconfig, see post 310675 for instructions. If you see a name of an item that you want to look up, see post 310873.
Hope this helps,

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If you want to remove items from msconfig, see post 310675 for instructions. If you see a name of an item that you want to look up, see post 310873.
Hope this helps,

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