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

whenever i start windows a really old version of msn messenger keeps starting up... 
I know i dont have this thing anymore and i cant find it on my computer it doesnt 
show up in the start-up folders either

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re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' Wednesday, October 22, 2003 at 3:46 pm Posted by triplate (20834 messages posted) Find the file in search and name it .old....it,ll stop then. On Wednesday, October 22, 2003 at 3:43 pm, Matt wrote: >I have a question about How >do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?: >whenever i start windows a really old version of msn messenger keeps starting up... >I know i dont have this thing anymore and i cant find it on my computer it doesnt >show up in the start-up folders either > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' Wednesday, October 22, 2003 at 3:53 pm Posted by triplate (20834 messages posted) Type C:\ into RUN, open programs,rght click Messenger and change it to Messenger.old.....clearer??..;) On Wednesday, October 22, 2003 at 3:43 pm, Matt wrote: >I have a question about How >do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?: >whenever i start windows a really old version of msn messenger keeps starting up... >I know i dont have this thing anymore and i cant find it on my computer it doesnt >show up in the start-up folders either > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?' Wednesday, October 22, 2003 at 6:49 pm Posted by Troy (34 messages posted) Another, cleaner but not easier way to do this is go to Start > Run > MSCONFIG, then go to the startup tab and find your MSN thing and uncheck it. Click Apply and it will tell you to restart your computer, so do so. Your MSN should no longer run. On Wednesday, October 22, 2003 at 3:43 pm, Matt wrote: >I have a question about How >do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?: >whenever i start windows a really old version of msn messenger keeps starting up... >I know i dont have this thing anymore and i cant find it on my computer it doesnt >show up in the start-up folders either > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum