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I don’t know if this is a Win 7 issue, but I’m thinking it is. I use a program called “Mailwasher”, which I have set up to start when I boot up my computer. Entering “shell:starup” in the search’s Start menu shows me there is a shortcut in that startup file, but the program does not start like it has been doing properly until a couple of weeks ago. I don’t recall changing any settings in the program, and the box is checked to “launch when Windows starts up”. Any thoughts?

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Have you put msconfig in the Start, Search box or Start, Run box [if you have it showing or press Windows + R] to check its Startup tab to assure there’s a checkmark on the program?

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Did you try putting msconfig in the Start, Search box or press Windows + R and type msconfig to assure there is a checkmark on the program in the Startup tab?

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Okay, I looked at the programs in the Startup tab in the system configuration file and see that Mailwasher is not listed. I know the box is checked in the actual program settings. I don’t know what I need to do to get that to translate to the system configuration file.

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Okay, I looked at the programs in the Startup tab in the system configuration file and see that Mailwasher is not listed. I know the box is checked in the actual program settings. I don’t know what I need to do to get that to translate to the system configuration file.

I use Mailwasher myself. From memory whenever I have installed Mailwasher the installer places a shortcut in one of the “Startup” folders.

Click “Start” then right-click “All Programs” then click “Open” or “Open All Users” then double-click the “Startup” folder to view its contents (if any). If there is no existing Mailwasher in either “Startup” folder, then you could copy and paste a Mailwasher shortcut from your Desktop or Mailwasher’s folder in the “All Programs” menu.

I prefer to not have Mailwasher start with Windows, rather I have it “pinned” to my Taskbar.

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I use MailWasherPro 6.5.4 and have it under Delayed Start in WinPatrol Plus. If it does not start, I go to Process Hacker 2 and Restart it. Sometimes the icon does not appear in the Task Bar, but when I click the icon in Quick Launch, I usually get a ‘Program is running’ message. This means that when mail is located by MailWasher, the icon will reappear flashing and I have full access to the Program. 6.5.4 might be old, but it does exactly what I want without all the fancy garbage they added to their later versions. (I hope MS allows use of Quick Launch in WIN 10, I would be lost without it and I despise Icons cluttering my Personalized Home Screen. I have 66 icons in QL, which is faster than using Windows Explorer to access each program.)

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…I hope MS allows use of Quick Launch in WIN 10…

Vista had “QuickLaunch”, but it was discontinued in Win7.

Not a problem; I simply created a “QuickLaunch” folder in Documents, copied the shortcuts I wanted to it, then added the folder as a toolbar on my taskbar (right-click Taskbar, point at Toolbars, click “New toolbar…” and browse to the “QuickLaunch” folder).

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Coochin – thanks so much! It worked perfectly. I created a shortcut on my desktop from the program file and dragged it to the Startup file, as you suggested, restarted my laptop and, Voila! Thanks again!

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I’ve always taken the absence of a program intended to run at startup/in the background as meaning the program either is not installed or isn’t set to run as desired.
Maybe something here?
http://www.firetrust.com/products/mailwasher-pro/support/frequently-asked-questions

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