# Computer question, how do you remove software from Win 95? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 18, 2000, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question-how-do-you-remove-software-from-win-95/41731 "2000-11-18T07:26:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KP235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@KP235](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KP235)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question-how-do-you-remove-software-from-win-95/41731/1 "2000-11-18T07:26:05Z")
I’m using Windows 95 as my OS. I recently installed some software that included Yahoo Messenger. Now, every time I start my PC, Yahoo messenger starts. I want it to stop doing this. I looked in the Startup file and it’s not there to delete. I ran the uninstall program for it and it’s still there. I even went in Regedit and deleted any reference I found for it and it’s still there. How do I remove this from my machine ? Ya, I made a bad call installing this stuff, but I would like to remove it without crashing everything. Any thoughts ? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![zyzzyva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@zyzzyva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zyzzyva)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question-how-do-you-remove-software-from-win-95/41731/2 "2000-11-18T07:36:05Z")
Check out [http://www.geek.com/tipstrix/w98tpman.htm](http://www.geek.com/tipstrix/w98tpman.htm) under “Removing Startup Programs”. This works for Win98. Dunno whether or not it works for Win95, but it’s worth a shot. ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question-how-do-you-remove-software-from-win-95/41731/3 "2000-11-18T08:37:07Z")
Look in all the Yahoo Messenger menus. There may be a menu option that lets you choose whether or not to run it at startup. In any case, I think software developers whose products run at startup without you telling them to should be herded into concentration camps in the desert and used for medical experiments. ---
**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question-how-do-you-remove-software-from-win-95/41731/4 "2000-11-18T16:28:43Z")
Right click on the little icon in the bottom right corner of your screen. I think your start-up options are there. ---
**Author:** ![Yeah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/dbc845/32.png) [@Yeah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeah)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question-how-do-you-remove-software-from-win-95/41731/5 "2000-11-18T16:34:51Z")
The link below should take you the following article from PC Magazine by Neil J. Rubenking, “Take Charge of Windows Start-up: Startup Cop controls which programs Windows launches at start-up.” The article provides a link to Startup Cop which you can download for free. [http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/pctech/content/18/08/ut1808.001.html](http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/pctech/content/18/08/ut1808.001.html) ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question-how-do-you-remove-software-from-win-95/41731/6 "2000-11-18T16:38:37Z")
It could be loading from your win.ini under the RUN or LOAD area. But Yahoo web site must have instructions on what to do, I can’t believe they don’t.