Some Startup Items Not Loading...

[siouxdax]

Hello all:
I'm having a problem with items in the startup folder. Upon (re)starting Win7 it will load all the startup items, but one or two don't load. The items that don't load appear to be random, so it's not always one item. I have Win7 on two machines and both exhibit this problem.

So anyone having this problem? What can I do to resolve this issue? Any help is very much appreciated!

 

[Dinesh]

Hi there click start, in the start search button, type msconfig and hit Enter. Click Startup tab, click Enable All, apply & Ok. Restart your pc.

 

[siouxdax]

Hi there click start, in the start search button, type msconfig and hit Enter. Click Startup tab, click Enable All, apply & Ok. Restart your pc.

I appreciate your help, but as I initially said, the items that don't load appear to be random at each startup/restart. I have already checked msconfig, and obviously everything there is as it should be.

 

[aem]

Can you give examples of the items?

 

[siouxdax]

Can you give examples of the items?

Sure. Stickies, Process Explorer, WinWarden, etc. Other than essential items like Logitech SetPoint, it's just little tweaking apps.

 

[siouxdax]

Can you give examples of the items?

Sure. Stickies, Process Explorer, WinWarden, etc. Other than essential items like Logitech SetPoint, it's just little tweaking apps.

I'm also noticing that some system icons won't show up, such as the volume icon...

 

[hwee71]

My windows 7 home premium also the same. Sometimes the Network icon or Volume icon or Antivirus icon went missing. Once I reboot, everything become ok. I also checked the msconfig but the problem still exist. I can't find any reason for this.

 

[Brink]

Hello Hwee, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Sometimes resetting the notification area icons may be able to help this.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[hwee71]

Thanks, Shawn

 

[Brink]

You're welcome Hwee. Did that sort the problem for you?

 

[hwee71]

No Shawn. But this happens only once in a while. Not every time.

 

[Brink]

Hwee,

You might also run a sfc /scannow command to see if it may be able to find and fix a possible corrupted system file that could be causing this eradic behavior.

 

[hwee71]

Shawn,

I have done the scanning. It says "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations". It seems even Microsoft does not know about this problem.

 

[tranqueirex]

I was having that exactly problem until yesterday. without any reason some of the startup programs could not be loaded at startup. and it was not following a pattern...

would you please check if your behaviour are like that described at an article at winhlp.com:

http://winhlp.com/node/16



it looks my problem has go away but I am not 100% sure and not sure what I did to solve it once I've tried a dozen different things

thanks

 

[siouxdax]

My windows 7 home premium also the same. Sometimes the Network icon or Volume icon or Antivirus icon went missing. Once I reboot, everything become ok. I also checked the msconfig but the problem still exist. I can't find any reason for this.

Yep, I've found that the volume icon is particularly sketchy. No rhyme or reason as to when it decides to show itself.

 

[hwee71]

The bad thing about this is you would not know when it will happen. It just happen suddenly. Once you reboot, everything will turn out fine. I think it is similar to what the article in winhlp.com says.

 

[tranqueirex]

The bad thing about this is you would not know when it will happen. It just happen suddenly. Once you reboot, everything will turn out fine. I think it is similar to what the article in winhlp.com says.

hwee71

I am wondering if you already defined a password at your current windows 7 user.... if your windows are loggin in automatcly try to define any password and tell me if it solves your problem.

 

[hwee71]

I have not use any password. Will use a password. Wait and see if it happens again.

 

[hwee71]

Still happening

 

[Brink]

You might see if uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers for the device for that icon may help in case it had gotten corrupted.