How to remove dead items from the Startup tab in Task Manager?
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00:00 How To Remove Dead Items From The Startup Tab In Task Manager?
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 20
Based on an answer that got deleted, I wound up installing Autoruns and removed the items from within the program.
Alternatively, I could have deleted them from the HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run branch using RegEdit.
ANSWER 2
Score 8
- Startup programs for current user:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- Startup programs for currently logged on users (also applicable to current user):
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXX\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Where S-1-5-21-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXX is the SID of the logged on user.
- Startup programs ran by System account (for all users):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- 32-bit Startup programs on 64-bit system ran by System account (for all users):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
ANSWER 3
Score 5
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
You can remove the entries using Ccleaner by going to Tools->StartUp-> then you can ENABLE/DISABLE/DELETE any entry
ANSWER 4
Score 2
Task Manager gets this list usually from sys-reg, but it may not always be safe to delete all reg keys related to this dead item. This fix shows how to detect the file origins and how to safely remove them forever, worked with me Windows 10 Pro .. https://www.winhelponline.com/blog/task-manager-unknown-program-startup-entry-fix/
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Cleaning the registry here did worked for me : HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Though not every dead program moved from the tab, then I tried Ccleaner "Tools->StartUp-> then you can ENABLE/DISABLE/DELETE any entry" and it did worked perfectly.