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Disable MS Office from startup
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Name: Doxy
Date: July 21, 2004 at 16:24:58 Pacific
Subject: Disable MS Office from startupOS: Win 98seCPU/Ram: P4 2.0a Ghz 512mb DDR PC |
Comment: Hi
I'm running win98se and installed MS Office XP. I want to disable MS Office from my Startup group, however when I diable it from the MSCONFIG startup, it just comes back again to haunt me. Very strange. Thanks
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Response Number 1
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Name: Krystyna
Date: July 21, 2004 at 17:50:46 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Hi Doxy Go to Start / Programs / Startup
Delete the MS Office shortcut from there.
The item will then disappear from the MSCONFIG list. Krystyna
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Response Number 2
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Name: Derek
Date: July 21, 2004 at 17:54:03 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I'm not familiar with Office XP but I guess it's similar to Office 2k in this respect. Try this: In msconfig see where the file is located (might be a "shortcut"). It will probably be in: c:\windows\start menu\programs\startup Wherever it is, go to Windows Explorer and move it to: c:\windows\start menu It will then appear at the top of your menu when you hit the Start button, so you can activate it manually as required. Derek.W
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Response Number 3
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Name: Derek
Date: July 21, 2004 at 17:56:25 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Krystyna Ooops, we overlapped. Same meat different gravy, mine just gave the manual start option. Nice to see you around these parts again. Derek.W
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Response Number 4
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Name: Doxy
Date: July 21, 2004 at 20:10:15 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Thank you both. I should add that under Start>Programs, MS Office appears in both the "Startup" and the "Disabled Items"
What I'm after is to simply free up a bit more system resources. Thanks
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Response Number 5
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Name: Krystyna
Date: July 22, 2004 at 02:26:56 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Hi Doxy It is quite safe to delete the MS Office shortcut from Startup folder, and you can also delete the Disabled Items folder. Krystyna
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Response Number 6
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Name: Doxy
Date: July 22, 2004 at 07:06:14 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Yes, deleting the shortcut from the Startup folder did work. The entry has been removed from MSCONFIG startup, and I got back 4% more system reasoures. Thanks! Doxy
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