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by hakan

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Hi!

I just wonder how to get rid of program that sits in the traybar besides the clock on win2000 pc.
It's an internet shortcut and it starts with with windows. A colleague received a file which he doubleclicked on, he shouldn't have done that!I haven't find a way to remove it.
Greaful for some help here!

Regards
//Hakan

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by cactus pete

If it's from a service, disable the service.

If it's something that runs on login, edit the registry and remove the "RUN" entry - be sure to check under default user as well as current.

by ann777

Depending on what program it is, you have a few options for removing this.

1) Control Panel --> Add/Remove Programs.... remove and uninstall.

2) Right-lick on the traybar item and go through it's options to disable/close the program.

3) Remove the program from the Start --> Programs --> Startup folder (if it exists there).

4) Remove the program from the registry by Start --> Run --> Regedit --> and navigating to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE --> Software --> Microsoft --> Windows --> CurrentVersion --> Run and removing the line from the right-side that pertains to this program (It could also be in RunOnce).

by msimone69

You can also try to run 'msconfig' from the Start -> Run command. A window will pop up with 'Startup' tab. From that tab you can tell certain programs not to run at the start. Additionally, you could use AdAware (a free download from LavaSoft available at download.com) to remove any spyware that this person may have inadvertently installed.

by mark22660

Try going to PCWorld .com and download a program called "Startup Cop". With this program you can easily and safely disable any program that starts up when windows starts up. It's a great little program.

by nomorepapers

If it's compuserve or AOL, right click to open the program and uncheck to box that offers the option of displaying the taskbar icon. If it's not one of the above, click start, then run and type "msconfig". When the box pops up, click the tab labled "startup". You will find all programs that run automatically when windows starts up. Uncheck the program that activates the tasbar icon. You'll be prompted to restart. After that, the icon should disappear. The msconfig option is not availablein windows 95

by edsdave

Go to the internet and download MSCONFIG. Install MSCONFIG. Go START-RUN and type in MSCONFIG and then go to the STARTUP tab and remove the checkmark from the box next to the application that you want to remove icon of.

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