How to remove dead items from the Startup tab in Task Manager?
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.
- 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
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You can remove the entries using Ccleaner by going to Tools->StartUp-> then you can ENABLE/DISABLE/DELETE any entry