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Removing W95 Startup Items

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by mongooch

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I know in Windows 98 you can remove items with msconfig but, how do you remove Windows 95 startup items which are not in the startup folder.

Thanks.

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by ann777

You can remove any program from startup by removing them from the following registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_Machine --> Software --> Microsoft --> Windows --> CurrentVersion --> Run

RunOnce

etc.

Be sure to export and save the any keys beforemakeing any modifications.

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To remove programs entirely (not just the startup), use Control Panel --> Add/Remove Programs.

by blackcurrant

Hello Mongooch

As well as editing the registry you can trace startup files in W95 to: C:\autoexec.bat, and the Load= and/or Run= lines in C:\Windows\Win.ini. As above, make sure you have copies of these files on external media before editing them.

Hope this helps

Mark

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