Some entries can not be deleted from startup

Hi there.

I have couple of entries in my startup that cannot be deleted. When I try, I get "Failed to delete startup item: cannot find the file".

While not a big deal, I do have some of these troublesome entries that I hope to remove somehow.

If I try to open in regedit, I'll get just see the line (Standard) under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg.

Any ideas?

4 things to try (not sure what you have tried yet)

1) In CC either try to delete or disable those start-up entries.

2) In MSCONFIG, try unticking the entries.

3) In Regedit, do a Find on 'runonce' & for it and the one above it in the left column(which is Run), see if you can delete that key value(in the right side). Keep hitting F3 till all are found.

4) Reinstall the entry just so you can uninstall.

For extra measure you could try each of those steps in Safe Mode and/or with Run as Administrator.

Usual safety warning for Regedit; tread with caution !

I had a crash and decided to reformat, so there's really not much to say about this... ;-)

well, yep, that would fix it also :D