Dec 07, 2013 Where is the list of 'All Programs' Windows XP? I'm now using Windows 8.1. What happened to the list of 'All Programs' on Windows XP' in the lower left? This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. Microsoft removed the start button and Menu in Windows 8.0 by design. Apr 17, 2018 To modify the list of programs that run when you start Windows, choose one of the following methods. Method 1: Use Windows Defender to modify the list of programs that run when a Windows XP Home Edition-based or a Windows Vista-based computer starts. Quickly Remove Items from Windows XP Startup. Brian Burgess @mysticgeek Updated February 15, 2016, 11:24pm EDT. Do you sigh when it comes to starting up your computer because it takes what seems an eternity to boot up? Here is a quick tip which should make your computer start up faster by removing startup items quickly.
On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:16:00 +0000, georgeinirvingf wrote:
My PC boot-upis sluggish. I want to eliminate as many items as possible from startup list.
To cover your question in the subject line first, there are none
that must be in the startup list. Which ones you start automatically is up to you (although almost certainly you should want your security software to start automatically).
Wanting to 'eliminate as many items as possible from startup list' is
very much the wrong thing to do, as far as I'm concerned. The issue with startup programs is which, not how many. Here's my standard reply on this subject:
My personal view is that the attention many people pay to how long it
takes to boot is unwarranted. Assuming that the computer's speed is otherwise satisfactory, it is not generally worth worrying about. Most people start their computers once a day or even less frequently. In the overall scheme of things, even a few minutes to start up isn't very important. Personally I power on my computer when I get up in the morning, then go get my coffee. When I come back, it's done booting. I don't know how long it took to boot and I don't care.
However if you do want to address it, it may be because of what
programs start automatically, and you may want to stop some of them from starting that way. On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its Options to see if it has the choice not to start (make sure you actually choose the option not to run it, not just a 'don't show icon' option). Many can easily and best be stopped that way. Carrot mania pirates. If that doesn't work, run MSCONFIG from the Start | Run line, and on the Startup tab, uncheck the programs you don't want to start automatically.
However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the purpose of
running the minimum number of programs. Despite what many people tell you, you should be concerned, not with how many of these programs you run, but which. Some of them can hurt performance severely, but others have no effect on performance.
Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you should do
is determine what each program is, what its value is to you, and what the cost in performance is of its running all the time. You can get more information about these with internet searches and asking about specifics here.
Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent informed Ken Blake
decision about what you want to keep and what you want to get rid of. Edit Windows Xp Startup Menu
If you need to reinstall Windows for any reason, you may want a list of the programs you have installed on your system so you can easily know what programs you need to reinstall once you have installed Windows again.
NOTE: This procedure shows you how to generate a list of installed programs only. The license keys and serial numbers for the programs are not included in the list. To generate a list of license keys and serials numbers for your installed programs, see our post, Recover License Keys for Installed Software.
Also, the steps below work for Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10.
To generate the list of installed programs, open the Command Prompt as Administrator. To do this, click on Start, type in cmd and then right-click on Command Prompt and choose Run as Administrator.
If you are using Windows 7 or higher and the User Account Control dialog box displays, click Yes to continue.
At the command prompt, type in wmic (wmic is the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line tool) and press Enter.
NOTE: For more information about WMIC, see Microsoft – Using the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) tool.
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Enter the following line (copy and paste) at the wmic:rootcli prompt and press Enter.
NOTE: There is a space between .txt and product, between product and get, and between get and name.
You can also change the name of the output file and drive letter and path (right after /output:) if you want to modify the output location.
The InstallList.txt file is created on the root of the C: drive.
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NOTE: Depending on how many programs are installed, you may have to wait a bit for the list of installed programs to be created. You will know that the list is complete when you get the wmic:rootcli prompt again.
When you open the InstallList.txt file in a text editor, you can view the Name and Version of every program installed on your computer in a nice table.
To exit out of wmic, enter “exit” (without the quotes) at the wmic:rootcli prompt.
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To close the Command Prompt window, enter “exit” (again, without the quotes) at the main prompt.
You can also change the name of the output file and drive letter and path (right after /output:) if you want to modify the output location. Enjoy!
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