>I have a question about How 
>do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?:

>I have several programs that re-appear in my system tray after every restart of 
Windows 
>98 (notSE). I have used the MSCONFIG tool and unchecked these items in the Selective 
>Startup list of startup items but each program re-appears anyway and adds itself 
>to the list again, time after time. Curiously, my Windows Explorer does not display 
>a Startup Folder inside my Start Menu Folder. The only things in the Start Menu 
Folder 
>are shortcuts to 10 programs. So, I have these questions: 1: where is the Startup 
>Folder if it is not inside the Start Menu Folder; 2: Do these shorcuts do any resource 
>consumption if they are in my Start menu Folder (shorcuts are only shorcuts, right? 
>Their targeted programs only run when the shortcut is clicked upon, otherwise it-the 
>shorcut-justs sits there, right?; 3: Anybody have any 1st hand experience with programs 
>that "police" the windows registry to prevent stuff from loading at reboot? Thanks 
>for your thoughts on all this!   
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