# Turn off magnifier on start up. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 28, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-magnifier-on-start-up/479006 "2008-12-28T23:55:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-magnifier-on-start-up/479006/1 "2008-12-28T23:55:39Z")
I have Vista Home Personal. Somehow wile checking out all the features I turned on Magnifier to launch on start up. I can easely close it from the task bar but cannot keep it from launching again at next start up. I have tryed everything in the control panal, Windows Defender, even the small button in the lower left corrner after hitting control,alt delete. I have even tryed system restore to no avail. Is there anything I can do short of F Disk and reinstall. I have too many programs that I’ve downloaded that would be a bitch to reinstall. Please tell me there is an easy fix I am overlooking. Thanks to all. Happy Happy Merry Merry ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-magnifier-on-start-up/479006/2 "2008-12-29T00:06:09Z")
Go to the Start menu and click Run… Then type in MSCONFIG and hit \. When MSCONFIG starts, click the Startup tab and locate the entry for Magnifier and uncheck it, then click OK. You may reboot at this point. In any case, the next time you restart, it should be gone. If you’re not sure which entry it is, you can take your best guess(es); there’s nothing in there you can disable which will damage anything. If you guess wrong, you may lose some functionality until you re-enable it. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-magnifier-on-start-up/479006/3 "2008-12-29T00:21:45Z")
The other method is usually to go through the accessories and pull up the Accessibility folder where you use the Accessibility Wizard. It is buried in the Wizard. ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-magnifier-on-start-up/479006/4 "2008-12-29T00:56:42Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > Go to the Start menu and click Run… Then type in MSCONFIG and hit \. When MSCONFIG starts, click the Startup tab and locate the entry for Magnifier and uncheck it, then click OK. You may reboot at this point. In any case, the next time you restart, it should be gone. If you’re not sure which entry it is, you can take your best guess(es); there’s nothing in there you can disable which will damage anything. If you guess wrong, you may lose some functionality until you re-enable it. I disabled everything. No joy ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-magnifier-on-start-up/479006/5 "2008-12-29T01:05:35Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > The other method is usually to go through the accessories and pull up the Accessibility folder where you use the Accessibility Wizard. It is buried in the Wizard. There is no Accessibility folder but there is an Ease of Access folder. No wizard there but Ease of Access Center has no option to disable magnifier on start. Ease of Access Center also has a Magnifier button witch launches Magnifier but still no option to dissable. I don’t even know how I got it to launch on start to begin with, it’s not the kind of thing I would choose. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-magnifier-on-start-up/479006/6 "2008-12-29T01:15:06Z")
Odd, try the \*\*control panel \*\*and then the **Ease of Access center** : Go to bottom of screen and click the **Make the Computer easier to see**. Go to bottom of the this screen and uncheck **Turn off Magnifier** Hit \*\*Apply \*\*and **Save** Hope this one works, Jim ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-magnifier-on-start-up/479006/7 "2008-12-29T01:15:36Z")
Weird. Did you check the Startup folder on the Start menu? ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-magnifier-on-start-up/479006/8 "2008-12-29T01:48:37Z")
**What Exit** , thank you I don’t know how I missed the Make the Computer easier to see link. but that did the trick. **Q.E.D.** , thank you as well, dissableing everything in MSCONFIG cleared everything in my system tray and vastly speeeds up my reboot and frees upresources. This should help with my games. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-magnifier-on-start-up/479006/9 "2008-12-29T01:54:02Z")
> [@Glazer](#): > > **What Exit** , thank you I don’t know how I missed the Make the Computer easier to see link. but that did the trick. > > **Q.E.D.** , thank you as well, dissableing everything in MSCONFIG cleared everything in my system tray and vastly speeeds up my reboot and frees upresources. This should help with my games. Your Welcome, I mainly support XP and not Vista so I my first post was probably for XP, 98 & 95 and not Vista.