Deleting programs from startup

Hello every one, I use windows 10 64 Bit home edition. I found in the startup menu an unknown program named ' program' and there is no publisher name! I tried use regedit. Where can I find this program and delete it from the startup menu?

I have the same question 8. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. DaveM Independent Advisor. Hi rcweb Task Manager and indeed Msconfig offer only limited control over Startup items. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to DaveM's post on April 18, You can simply launch the task manager by right-clicking on the taskbar and selecting Task Manager. You can enable the programme later if needed via the Task Manager using the same steps.

You can add as many apps to launch at the time of booting the PC, but this may adversely affect the time your machine takes to boot as well as hinder its performance while running as a greater number of apps will be sharing the system memory.

Windows 11 taking too long to boot? Check out these troubleshooting tips to fix slow startup times on Windows Apps won't open on Windows 11? After you uncheck an entry in the Startup list, it remains there, waiting for you to change your mind, I imagine. You can remove the unselected items by editing the Registry, but a simpler way is to use the free MSConfig Cleanup utility from Virtuoza.

After you download and install the program, simply open it to view a list of the deselected items in your machine's Startup list. Check those you want to remove permanently and click Clean Up Selected to give the entries the boot for good. Stop Msconfig from starting automatically One of my Windows XP systems insisted on starting Msconfig every time it booted. I deleted the key, restarted the machine, and was delighted to see it start without Selective Startup appearing.

Note that before you make any changes to your Registry, create a system-restore point, just in case.