Program runs on Startup?

I have a program installed that runs a monitor application on start-up. I have had a look at my start-up options using Chameleon Startup Manager 3 but I cannot find this application in the list at all. Any ideas on how this is being launched at start-up?

Hi DirtRider,

It's no doubt being run from the registry or hidden by Windows from 3rd party apps.

You could try running 'msconfig' from the start menu and see if it's present there.




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Bill2 said:

Check in the program configuration window, running the monitoring app at startup could be enabled in the preferences there itself.

I agree with this one.

There are applications that are too persistent on being automatically launched on startup and disabling them using the msconfig>>Startup option or third party startup managers would not help unless you disable the program at startup on its very own settings.

Yahoo! Messenger for one is one of those naughty apps. I tried disabling it on msconfig>>Tabs and I even used CCleaner's startup manager but after I restart and then re-check the enabled startup applications, Yahoo! Messenger always gets listed among those enabled. That is until I found a checkbox on its settings that says something like "start Yahoo Messenger when the computer starts". I unchecked that box then OK and Yahoo! Messenager doesn't bother my startup anymore.

I personally prefer only my antivirus and desktop sidebar to launch at startup cause I want the minimal startup delay as possible.

I have seen a lot of poorly tweaked computers with maybe a dozen or more enabled startup applications. Its not pretty.

Vertex said:

I personally prefer only my antivirus and desktop sidebar to launch at startup cause I want the minimal startup delay as possible.

Yes, the fewer programs that start the quicker the computer will start. I trimmed my Win 7 Desktop down to a 21 second start by trimming unneeded programs some of which were being launched daily from Services and several other Microsoft information gathering programs which were pre-scheduled to continue launching for years to come were being launched from Task Scheduler.

~Maxx~
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DirtRider said:

I have a program installed that runs a monitor application on start-up. I have had a look at my start-up options using Chameleon Startup Manager 3 but I cannot find this application in the list at all. Any ideas on how this is being launched at start-up?

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AutoRuns is fine but it's kind of cluttered. Sometimes it's easier to find it using WinPatrol.

SledgeDG said:

If msconfig doesn't show it I would check it with autoruns (Part of the Sysinternals Suite) that shows you basically everything that starts.
No matter where it comes from.

-DG

Sorry guys for not replying sooner have been a bit busy over the last week. I found it using the autorun and it sits in the task scheduler

DirtRider said:

I found it using the autorun and it sits in the task scheduler

There are a lot of programs that choose Task Scheduler to launch from. I once found a piece of the Ask Toolbar which had sneaked in on a Foxit Reader install launching from there.

~Maxx~
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