re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?'
Tuesday, May 25, 2004 at 5:03 pm
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by jabuck
(2274 messages posted)
James , Ever what it is it is looking in the wrong place for iexplore.exe. Go to
start>run>type msconfig>ok>startup tab>look down the list of programs and see if
it is listed, if it is remove the check in the box beside it>apply>ok. Restart the
computer, you will get a box telling you that you are using selective startup. Check
the little box (do not show this again)>ok.Have you checked for viruses or spyware?
If not. First disable system restore. Go to control panel>system>performance>file
system>troublshooting>check the box beside disable system restore>apply>ok.Be sure
to uncheck the box when things return to normal. Then go control panel>internet
options:
clear history>yes
delete files>ok
delete cookies>ok
settings>view
files,if there>edit>select all>file>delete. Try these spyware removers Ad-aware 6.0 and Spybot
update them>run them. Then download and run this hijacker remover from the bottom
of this page cwshredder.
Then close all program>go offline>run it. And once you have them removed download
this spyware preventer Spywareblaster
Be sure to update these weekly. If you were successful enable system restore and
create a new restore point. Go to start>run>msconfig>ok>launch system restore>check
the circle beside create a restore point>next>type new>next>home>click the x at the
top right of the screen. Restart the computer. If you still have problems follow
the directions Here
and post a HT log. Be sure to check the box "check this box to preserve your spacing"
below under options so it is readable. ---jabuck
On Tuesday, May 25, 2004 at 2:45 pm, James wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?:
>
>For some strange reason, recently, whenever I start up my computer, it looks for
>iexplore.exe as soon as windows starts (before any of the other startup programs
>or taskbar programs). It gives me an error saying that the program is incompatible
>with this version of windows.
>
>My win.ini file has the following line under "load=": RUN=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IEXPLORE.EXE.
>
>
>I tried to delete the line, but when I restart, the same problem occurs and the
above
>line again apears in the win.ini file.
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>
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