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re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?'
Sunday, December 16, 2001 at 8:46 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Trouble exporting Internet Explorer Favorites Jpz
(20 messages posted)
Oh yes, I still get that annoying startup.ini message.
On Sunday, December 16, 2001 at 8:36 pm, Michael wrote:
>Thanks for the tip--I learned more about what this is, but I have but apparently
>it's desktop.ini and there are two versions that start when I boot up.
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>One is associated with AllUsers and the other under my name. Any effort to block
>their startup, either both at one, or one or the other, puts me into a special diagnostic
>mode that directs me to check the startup option.
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>On Sunday, December 16, 2001 at 2:49 am, Jon wrote:
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>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.
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> I realize its probably something that is normally masked in the background. How
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>do I make this go away? Thanks folks.
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>Here it is:
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>[LocalizedFileNames]
>Launch Internet Explorer Browser.lnk=@%systemroot%\system32\shell32.dll,-22037
>Windows Media Player.lnk=@C:\WINDOWS\inf\unregmp2.exe,-4
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>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.
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