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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