Fig

I know I've asked this before, but cannot for the life of me find the thread or remember the answer.

I want to find out what some of the things being started from the registry Run section are. The descriptions against them is vague to say the very least. I seem to recall there was a site that listed thousands of apps and gave chapter and verse about them.

Fosters

I wrote an application a while back to show the contents of HKLM & HKCu start up (Run/Run Once/etc) and located the exe file and gave you the company name from the exe header information. If someone can host it I'll email it to them, so you all can download.

Mike

darlodge

Mike, let me have it an I'll host it.

Darren

Fig

Ditto

wrx03ppp

You can get some info by typing 'msconfig' from run under start menu.

Daz34

These two sites give helpful info

http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mentor/startup/

http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

Fig

MSCONFIG will tell you what the exe file being run is, and where it is coming from, but the description is still very vague (identical to the description from registry), but does nowt to let you know what it actually is.

For example, could you tell what XRXFTPLT.EXE was for, without searching the net?

Fig

Also found http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup...artup_full.htm while searching for answers.

Dude!

I work in tech suport and constantly use the above one to clear unneeded sh!te out of peoples systems.

I almost know all 2000+ items off by heart

Fosters

here you go chaps.

http://www.qucami.net/RegRunCheck.exe

Me and my dad use this in the windows start up folder (start menu) as it's the last auto Start Up section that windows runs.

It's very useful to see what places itself in your startup, like any spyware, trojans, etc

Fosters

I also wrote a desktop cpu/memory monitor a while back, which you're all welcome to use.



www.qucami.net/sysMon.exe