Comments on: Control Startup Program Order with PowerShell http://www.ideaexcursion.com/2009/04/14/control-startup-program-order-with-powershell/ Technology Musings Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:04:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jen McCownhttp://www.ideaexcursion.com/2009/04/14/control-startup-program-order-with-powershell/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Jen McCown Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:00:28 +0000 http://www.ideaexcursion.com/?p=673#comment-269 Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for! We're making free PowerShell (and other) training vids for our site; I'd like to make one on this topic & give you a credit. -Jen Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for! We’re making free PowerShell (and other) training vids for our site; I’d like to make one on this topic & give you a credit. -Jen

]]> By: Jimhttp://www.ideaexcursion.com/2009/04/14/control-startup-program-order-with-powershell/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Jim Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:40:25 +0000 http://www.ideaexcursion.com/?p=673#comment-243 Removing out of the MSConfig will keep the from starting regardless of registry settings. The only problem I have heard but have not confirmed is that if you uninstall one of those apps you may not get a clean uninstall and thus have a dirty registry that might cause problems later.Solution is to check them all on again when you install or uninstall apps. Hmmm maybe a powershell script can be created for shutting those off and on again. Oh well. Removing out of the MSConfig will keep the from starting regardless of registry settings. The only problem I have heard but have not confirmed is that if you uninstall one of those apps you may not get a clean uninstall and thus have a dirty registry that might cause problems later.

Solution is to check them all on again when you install or uninstall apps. Hmmm maybe a powershell script can be created for shutting those off and on again. Oh well.

]]> By: Alexyhttp://www.ideaexcursion.com/2009/04/14/control-startup-program-order-with-powershell/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Alexy Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:42:22 +0000 http://www.ideaexcursion.com/?p=673#comment-171 Very nice! Interestingly, I moved my Program Files folders to a B: drive by editing the registry, ProgramFilesDir => B:\Applications, and now trying to click Change Startup Options from Control Panel=>Programs fails, saying "Windows cannot find B:\Applications\windows". Perhaps it's looking for C:\Windows\win.ini? So that also must be taken into account! As well as the question whether it's good to supress startup via msconfig -- will it leave any registry settings for those programs believing they are starting up, or it does clear the Run in registry? Very nice! Interestingly, I moved my Program Files folders to a B: drive by editing the registry, ProgramFilesDir => B:\Applications, and now trying to click Change Startup Options from Control Panel=>Programs fails, saying “Windows cannot find B:\Applications\windows”. Perhaps it’s looking for C:\Windows\win.ini? So that also must be taken into account! As well as the question whether it’s good to supress startup via msconfig — will it leave any registry settings for those programs believing they are starting up, or it does clear the Run in registry?

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