Friday, December 11, 2020

How to remove program loading in Windows startup

 There are several areas need to check which programs can load into Windows:

1. In the taskbar program startup

Check in C:\Users\(yourname)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

2. In registry, type regedit in cmd, and go to these keys below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

3. Other areas in registry, either find individually or type msconfig in cmd

 Go to Startup tab, and uncheck those unwanted programs

4. In task scheduler, type taskschd in cmd

Disable or delete those programs that loads during startup

5. Run HijackThis

Do system scan and delete those programs loading during startup

Open Misc Tools section, Generate StartupList log to check lists of programs loading in Windows


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