re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' Sunday, December 16, 2001 at 2:49 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Jon (8 messages posted) On Sunday, December 16, 2001 at 12:16 am, Michael wrote: >Every time I start a program, I get a desktop.ini notebook that pops up on my screen. > I realize its probably something that is normally masked in the background. How >do I make this go away? Thanks folks. > >Here it is: > >[LocalizedFileNames] >Launch Internet Explorer Browser.lnk=@%systemroot%\system32\shell32.dll,-22037 >Windows Media Player.lnk=@C:\WINDOWS\inf\unregmp2.exe,-4 > > > If you are running Windows XP go to run and type msconfig and go to the start up tab. Be careful here, you dont want to uncheck the wrong thing. Look for a filename that uses notepad.exe and uncheck the box. Apply, OK, and then reboot. Written in response to: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (Trouble exporting Internet Explorer Favorites Jpz: Sunday, December 16, 2001 at 12:16 am) Responses to this message: re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (Trouble exporting Internet Explorer Favorites Jpz: Sunday, December 16, 2001 at 8:36 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (Trouble exporting Internet Explorer Favorites Jpz: Sun, Dec 16, 2001, 12:16 am) re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (Jon: Sun, Dec 16, 2001, 2:49 am) re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (Trouble exporting Internet Explorer Favorites Jpz: Sun, Dec 16, 2001, 8:36 pm) re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (Trouble exporting Internet Explorer Favorites Jpz: Sun, Dec 16, 2001, 8:46 pm) re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (woody: Thu, Dec 27, 2001, 7:29 am) re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (nodata: Tue, Apr 30, 2002, 3:23 pm) re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (Trouble exporting Internet Explorer Favorites Jpz: Tue, Apr 30, 2002, 11:39 pm) re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (same2you: Wed, Jun 26, 2002, 5:55 am) re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (Steve: Wed, Jun 26, 2002, 11:21 pm) re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (theamzngq: Fri, Jul 5, 2002, 3:44 pm) re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (theamzngq: Fri, Jul 5, 2002, 3:50 pm) re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (Gerald Bright: Sun, Aug 18, 2002, 5:06 pm) re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (Dennis: Sun, Mar 14, 2004, 4:26 pm) re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (Harsh G.: Sat, Apr 10, 2004, 8:50 pm) re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (Alex Pieschel: Thu, May 20, 2004, 11:23 pm) re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (uros: Sun, Oct 9, 2005, 6:39 am) re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (Third Instance: Wed, Mar 19, 2003, 6:52 am) re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' (margaret oliver: Fri, Nov 11, 2005, 12:44 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum