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I was just wondering how I can remove old start up files from MSCONFIG.
I'm running Win XP Pro

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open google.
open msconfig.
one at a time, type in the word in the "startup item" column into the google query. search.
you now know what you have.
unistall that program if you wish.

happy hunting!

Member Avatar for caperjack

i think the question is how to remove from msconfig the programs listed that have all ready been uncheck and stopped from starting up!!.i don't know the answer as i don't use msconfig to stop the programs i don't want starting up ,i use hijackthis to do that

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my answer answers that... if you uninstall them, they are no longer listed.

i would not want to hack the registry to remove entries from msconfig; that would make it difficult to detect some running programs, unless that is your intent...

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