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Can't remove Yahoo! Messenger from startup!
Hi all
About 2 months ago I installed the latest update for Yahoo! Messenger. From that day, YM keeps popping out at boot, no matter what I do.
I tried disabling it from YM preference menu but I noticed it still appears in MS Config so I also removed it from there.
I tried using 3rd party apps to remove it from startup, I manually deleted a shortcut from my user's startup folder and I tried searching the registry for some sort of key to remove, all without luck.
I also uninstalled YM, I deleted all related folders and registry keys, I performed a registry clean up and reinstalled it but it still pops out at start up.
Obviouslly, I performed a full system scan with my av (Norton 360), SpyBot S&D and Eset/Bitdefender Online Scanner and none of these found anything.
Any ideas?
It's not YM the fact that YM start on boot bothers me but the fact that it usually starts before other essential drivers and services and it hangs, slowing down everything. And my system already takes a lot of time to boot due to high amount of drivers and services it has on startup and I cannot remove (because I need them on startup).