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- Startup Control Panel
- ---------------------
- by Mike Lin (mlin@monmouth.com)
-
- Startup Control Panel is a nifty control panel applet that allows you
- to control what programs run at system startup. I wrote it because
- I was tired of digging through the registry all the time; I hope you
- like it!
-
- TO INSTALL:
-
- Startup Control Panel uses the Microsoft Windows Installer engine for
- its setup routine. Many applications from Microsoft and other third
- party vendors now use this engine, so there is a good chance that it
- is already present on your system. If, however, you are unable to open
- the *.msi package contained in this zip file, you will need to install
- the runtime.
-
- The runtime is about 1.5MB and is available from Microsoft -
-
- For Windows 9x:
-
- http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=17343
-
- For Windows NT 4.0:
-
- http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=17344
-
- Windows 2000 and Windows Me have the Windows Installer built-in.
-
- TO USE:
-
- Open control panel and select "Startup".
-
- You are presented with a dialog box with several tabs. Each tab
- represents a different method of starting a program at system
- startup. These include:
-
- Startup (user) - Run the program from the current user's Startup
- folder.
-
- Startup (common) - Run the program from the common (all users) Startup
- folder (NT only)
-
- HKLM / Run - Run the program from the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (all users)
- Registry key.
-
- HKCU / Run - Run the program from the HKEY_CURRENT_USER Registry key.
-
- Services - Run these system services before the user logs on. This
- is usually used for things like virus scanners.
-
- Run Once - These programs are run once and once only at the next
- system startup.
-
- To add an item to a list, right-click some blank space in the list
- and select "New...". Here you can enter a descriptive name for the
- program, and the path to the program's executable (you can also
- browse for it).
-
- To modify an existing item, right-click it and select "Edit...".
-
- To delete an item, right-click it and select Delete.
-
- Items can be disabled by clearing the checkbox next to them or by
- right-clicking them and selecting "Disable". Disabled items do not
- run at system startup, but they still appear on the list so that you
- can re-enable them later. To enable a disabled item, makr the
- checkbox next to it or right-click it and select "Enable".
-
- You can also drag & drop files from Windows Explorer into one of
- the lists to add it to the list.