# Help with systray **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 4, 2000, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-systray/24590 "2000-07-04T22:18:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Athorita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@Athorita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athorita)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2000, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-systray/24590/1 "2000-07-04T22:18:51Z")
Can someone tell me how I can shut off what automatically starts upon opening Windows. I think it involves your systray, I may be wrong about that too. For some reason, when windows starts up on my computer it searches for a file that is no longer on my hard drive. I would like to turn off everything that starts up when I open Windows so I can speed up the start up process. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![DarkHeart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@DarkHeart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkHeart)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2000, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-systray/24590/2 "2000-07-04T22:49:39Z")
Find your start up menu. Delete whatever you dont want. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2000, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-systray/24590/3 "2000-07-04T23:07:53Z")
start menu does not cover .dll’s. and you may accidently eliminate programs that you need starting. You would probalbly need a tweak program such as Tweaki for Power Users. It has a system configuration utility (SCU) that can help you which progrms start using which .ini files (win.ini, start.ini, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2000, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-systray/24590/4 "2000-07-04T23:29:16Z")
Actually, with win98 (and probably 2000), you can type “msconfig” into the run menu, and it brings up a program that lets you edit exactly what you need to. Just go to the Startup tab in msconfig, and uncheck everything that you don’t want starting up every time. ---
**Author:** ![HorseloverFat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@HorseloverFat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorseloverFat)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2000, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-systray/24590/5 "2000-07-05T00:51:07Z")
Follow TheNerd’s advice, but also make sure to uninstall programs using the add/remove programs program in the Control Panel, don’t start deleting directories until you’ve done this. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2000, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-systray/24590/6 "2000-07-05T00:58:43Z")
TheNerd is right… for win95 its a little trickier… go start/run/regedit then go to hkey\_local\_machine/software/microsoft/windows/currentversion In there you’ll find folders called “Run” “run once” “Run services” stuff like that… you can rename those… (I just renamed them with a dash at the end… ie… “run-” Screeme ---
**Author:** ![Athorita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@Athorita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athorita)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2000, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-systray/24590/7 "2000-07-05T17:00:02Z")
Thanks Nerd…that’s exactly what i needed to know! It worked perfect! ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-systray/24590/8 "2000-07-06T00:41:26Z")
My work here… is done. _flies off into the sunset_