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TuneUp StartUp Manager
Many applications start automatically together with Windows
without asking for your permission. There is often a good
reason for this, for example to provide you with important
functions and services such as your virus scanner, an ISDN
call monitor or a text module administration system.
In addition to these sensible applications, there are often also
useless or even dangerous applications that also start together
with your system. Newly installed programs sometimes add
themselves to the Startup folder without asking for your
permission, causing Windows to start more slowly. And
what’s worse, some of these programs even bother you with
messages and dialogs.
Many users know that programs that are started automatically
often simply add a shortcut to the Startup folder in the Start
menu, and that these shortcuts can be deleted there. But that’s
only half of the story. Some start commands are added
directly to the registry, and cannot be found in the Startup
folder. TuneUp StartUp Manager finds every application
that launches itself automatically, no matter where they hide
their start commands.
The limits of the
Startup folder in the
Start menu.
Usage
TuneUp StartUp shows a list of all startup commands found
on your computer in the main window. The entry All is
selected in the folder list when you start the program. You
can reduce the number of start entries shown on the right side
of the window by selecting one of the entries in the list, for
example Startup folder or Registry. In this case, the right
side of the window only contains the startup entries at that
location.
When you select a startup entry in the list, TuneUp StartUp
Manager displays detailed information on the program in the
blue Details box at the bottom of the window. You can easily
determine whether or not you wish to have the program
started on the basis of the Product name and Company. If
How do I find out if
a program that
starts automatically
is necessary?
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