Windows Forum

Ask something
Discussion Locked

Startup in MSconfig disapeared entries

0 helpful
3 replies

by paradisd 1 view

Closed to new repliesThis discussion is closed. It stays readable, but it takes no new replies.

Hi,
I think that I have corrupted registry entries here are the symptoms:
A week ago I noticed one app (Nextstart) not loading anymore at startup but didn't do anything about it for a while then, I noticed my system being quite unstable which isn't the norm for mine.
At some point I Ctrl-Alt-Del to have a look what was lurking, just then I noticed that Systray wasn't there.
At about the same time my right button wouldn't work untill I went in the Control Panel to open the mouse app ( settings hadn't change) and then again I noticed that Point32 wasn't in the scrolling list after Ctrl-alt-del.
So I went in MSconfig\Startup and to my surprise these items are absent so that I can't thick them back in???
I sort of fixed the problemby putting shortcuts to these two .exe in my startup folder and this gets those items back in the msconfig list but if I then take the shortcuts out the list is updated and I loose them again.
Where should I look for a permanent fix to this Win.ini Sys.ini registry key (And what needs to be there)?

Thanks,

Denis

3 replies

by fenaikh

Hi
there are 6 places where you can run programs

1- autoexec.bat
2- config.sys
3- startup menu
4- system.ini
5- win.ini
6- registry
You did right when you put shortcuts to your program in the startup folder.
you colud do that also by:
start->setting->taskbar &startmenu->startupmenuprograms(tab)->add then put your program path and name or use the browse to locate it.in win.ini and system.ini there is
load= ,run=,shell= "this is usualy for explorer.exe or progman.exe
the 6th placewhere you can run programs please where you put you programs in the registry please read this article by microsof which explane 7 places for runing programs form registry.
Article name:
Definition of the RunOnce Keys in the Registry
Article ID: Q137367
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q137/3/67.ASP

pls delete spaces if any when you copy the URL.
Best of luck

Mohamed

This discussion is closed to new replies.