How to stop programs from automatically starting in windows 7

The System Configuration applet will open, click on the Startup tab. Under the Startup tab, a list of all the programs that are installed on your machine and configured to be run on startup will be listed. Any program that you don't want it to load anymore on startup, simply uncheck the box beside that program's name. If later on you found your self that you need that program to load on startup, then you will have to check the box beside the application again.

Also note that in single click you can disable all program that are listed inside the System Configuration and load at the startup of your Windows.

This is done by clicking on the Disable all button. For example, I will stop Windows Live Messenger to load on startup, so what I will be doing is to remove the checkbox from the box beside the Windows Live Messenger. Click on Apply and you will notice that the date on which the selected application was disable on will be mentioned under the Date Disabled column.

Once you click on OK , you will receive a dialog box informing you that the changes will not be applied till you reboot your machine, click Restart to reboot your machine, or if you want to reboot later, then click on Exit without restart. When your machine boots up, the programs that were disable to load on startup will not load this time. For example, previously I have disabled Windows live Messenger to load on startup, and after I rebooted the machine, the Windows Live Messenger tray icon was not loaded into the notification area.

Before Disabling Windows Live Messenger. After Disabling Windows Live Messenger and rebooting machine. If necessary, you can then continue to the next set of instructions.

If a shortcut you want in the Startup folder is pointing to the wrong program, correct it as follows:. Some startup items have no shortcut in the Startup folder. Otherwise, they are only accessible through the registry.

If you are unfamiliar or uncomfortable with registry editing, use these utilities. This is document adlf in the Knowledge Base. Last modified on Skip to: content search login.

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