CCleaner & startup items

CCleaner for Windows
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Hi, I'm new to the forum and new to CCleaner.

I tried to use CCleaner to remove items from the Startup file. Some of the startup items don't exist anymore. For instance, about 6 months ago, I tried to uninstall McAfee software and it keeps turning up everywhere!

I also have items that are loading at startup that don't exist as well. I tried going to the locations listed in the startup section of CCleaner and the files for the old programs weren't even there! I have an old app that I deleted ions ago and I can see the icon for it in my startup tray...

...help! What can I do?? Or what am I doing wrong?

Linda...

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I'm not too familiar with the Startup options on CCleaner, but I strongly recommend you try using the StartupControl panel to manage your startup entries.

http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

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I'm not too familiar with the Startup options on CCleaner, but I strongly recommend you try using the StartupControl panel to manage your startup entries.

http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

Thanks, I tried that program but the same processes that I couldn't 'delete' in startup, the processes that don't exist, that don't have actual files associated with them, cannot be disabled or deleted even with StartupControl!!!!!!

Arrrrgggghhhh, this is really frustrating!

Linda...

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A widely used program to control startup applications is Startup Inspector.

Another one that goes much more far is Autoruns; but this should really only be used by experts, so I won't provide a link for this.

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A widely used program to control startup applications is Startup Inspector.

Another one that goes much more far is Autoruns; but this should really only be used by experts, so I won't provide a link for this.

I've gone back over the program you recommended above (the one recommended yesterday, the name escapes me now) and there are STILL the non-existent references! :angry:

And Registry Mechanic, which I run every day, and have run every day for a long time, shows that there are 15 registry entries set for deletion, the ones that I tried to delete with CCleaner and the other program. However, even though Registry Mechanic shows them to be fixed, they are NOT!!!!!!!! :angry::angry:

I have run Registry Mechanic several times and rebooted after each time to no avail.

I will try Startup Inspector. I don't want to use a registry editor because I am NOT an expert. I may have to find one to fix this problem. I do believe that these extra non-existent entries are slowing down the system...I have too many things in the tray, for example.

Ok, off to try Startup Inspector...thanks!

Linda...

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Maybe you need to use DAF to fix registry permissions so that CCleaner and any other registry cleaner will remove them once and for all, instructions here.