LMoore Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphirer Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMoore Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwillener Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMoore Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 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! 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!!!!!!!! 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted June 21, 2006 Moderators Share Posted June 21, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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