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From: Ben Myers on 9 Mar 2010 03:02 "KenP" <KenP(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E9555E88-0F77-4DE5-BB17-D54415A84F11(a)microsoft.com... > XP Pro - I installed a program and want it in my MSCONFIG Start menu but the > program does not offer the start when Windows starts option. Does anyone have > any instructions on how to add program to MSCONFIG/Start menu. Please repost with more information, including the name of the program or the name and path of the program's executable file. Ben
From: Jose on 9 Mar 2010 08:13 On Mar 8, 9:58 am, KenP <K...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > XP Pro - I installed a program and want it in my MSCONFIG Start menu but the > program does not offer the start when Windows starts option. Does anyone have > any instructions on how to add program to MSCONFIG/Start menu. > > TIA > > Kenp It is correct that you do not add items to the startup with msconfig. msconfig is not a startup manager - it is a troubleshooting tool. The referenced Startup Manager is one of many third party tools that are startup managers you can use but you don't need a third party program to add a program to the Windows startup procedure. It doesn't matter what the program is or if it is normal to want it to be in the Windows startup procedure. I will decide what I want to startup or not startup when XP starts. If the installed program created an icon that you double click to launch it, right click the program icon and choose copy. Click Start, Programs, right click the Startup link and Open, Explore or whatever is appropriate for your environment. All Users or just your user, etc. It is just a folder. When the Startup folder is open and displaying it's contents, right click and paste the program you copied before into the Startup folder. The Startup folder is just a regular folder where you can copy/paste/delete things just like any other folder. When you get done and look at the Startup tab in msconfig, you should see the new startup item.
From: Ken Blake, MVP on 9 Mar 2010 09:43
On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 05:13:50 -0800 (PST), Jose <jose_ease(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Mar 8, 9:58�am, KenP <K...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > XP Pro - I installed a program and want it in my MSCONFIG Start menu but the > > program does not offer the start when Windows starts option. Does anyone have > > any instructions on how to add program to MSCONFIG/Start menu. > > > > TIA > > > > Kenp > > It is correct that you do not add items to the startup with msconfig. > msconfig is not a startup manager - it is a troubleshooting tool. Although it was designed as, and meant to be, a troubleshooting tool, it also works very well for removing items from automatic startup, and there is no reason not to use it for that. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |