How to Change List of Programs that Run When You Start Windows XP

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* MORE INFORMATION
o Run at Startup Policy
o Run legacy in Startup Policy

* RINGKASANArtikel explains how to use the Group Policy snap-in to memb ...
* MORE INFORMATION LANJUTWindows XP has two separate Run policies: Run at Startup ...
o Run at Startup Policy
o Run a legacy in Startup Policy

This article describes how to use the Group Policy snap-in to create or modify the list of programs that run automatically when you log on to Microsoft Windows XP-based computer.

Windows XP has two separate Run policies:

* Run at Startup

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* Run at Startup legacy


Run at Startup Policy
To create or modify the list of programs that start automatically when you log on to your computer, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type mmc, and then click OK.
3. On the File menu, click Add / Remove Snap-ins.
4. Click Add.
5. Under the Stand-alone Snap-ins that are available, click Group Policy, click Add, and then click Finish.

NOTE: If you do not want to edit Local Computer policy, click Browse to locate the group policy object you want. Please provide your username and password if prompted, and then click Finish when you return to the dialog box Select the Group Policy Object.
6. Click Close, and then in the dialog box Add / Remove Snap-ins, click OK.
7. At the left side of the Group Policy snap-in, expand Local Computer Policy, expand Computer Configuration, and then expand Administrative Templates.
8. Expand the System object, click the Logon object, and then double click the right side of the Run this program on user logon.
9. Click Start, and then click Display.
10. Click Add, type the name of a program or document file executable (. Exe) that you want, and then click OK. You must specify the path to the file except when located in the folder% Systemroot%.
11. Repeat steps 10 to add other items to the list of items that must be executed at logon.
12. Click OK twice.

The item you add to the items that must be run during logon will run automatically at another time when you log on to Windows on your computer. A list of these items lies in the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ policies \ Explorer \ Run

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Run at Startup policy legacy
Legacy programs are configured to run when you log on to computers listed in the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run
Many third-party programs, such as RealAudio, can be included in this category.

You can enable or disable the legacy run list. You can not change directly in the Group Policy snap-ins. If you want to add items to the list of programs that automatically run when you logon to your computer, see the "Run at Startup Policy" from this article.

To determine whether you want to start programs on the legacy run list when you log on to the computer, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type mmc, and then click OK.
3. On the File menu, click Add / Remove Snap-ins.
4. Click Add.
5. Under the Stand-alone Snap-ins that are available, click Group Policy, click Add, and then click Finish.

NOTE: If you do not want to edit the Local Computer policy, click Browse to locate the group policy object you want. Please provide your username and password if prompted, and then click Finish when you return to the dialog box Select the Group Policy Object.
6. Click Close, and then in the dialog box Add / Remove Snap-ins, click OK.
7. At the left side of the snap-in Group Policy, expand Local Computer Policy, expand Computer Configuration, and then expand Administrative Templates.
8. Expand the System object, click the Logon object, and then the right side, double-click Do not process the legacy run list.
9. Do one of the following:
* Click Not Configured if you want to run legacy programs at startup.

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* Click Yes if you want to run legacy programs at startup.

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* Click Off if you want to run legacy programs at startup.
NOTE: legacy programs are configured to start when you logon to your computer may also be listed in the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ RunOnce
To determine whether you want to start a program to run a list of all when you logon to your computer, follow these steps in the section "Policy Run at Startup legacy" of this article. In step 8, click Do not process the run once list, and then enable or disable the policy.

NOTES: To enable the appropriate changes are discussed in this article, you must log off and then log back into the system. Rapid changes users will not be enough (on a separate Windows XP computer).

For more information about the Run and RunOnce registry keys, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
179 365 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/179365/ID/) INFO: Run, RunOnce, RunServices, RunServicesOnce and Startup (This article may contain links to English-language content (not translated)).
314 866 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314866/ID/) Definition of the Run Keys in the Registry of Windows XP (This article may contain links to English-language content (not translated)).
For more information about the RunOnce registry key, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
310 593 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310593/ID/) Description of the RunOnceEx Registry Key (This article may contain links to English-language content (not translated)).
For more information about how to use Group Policy Editor in Windows XP, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
307 882 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307882/ID/) HOW TO: Use Group Policy Editor to Manage Local Computer Policy in Windows XP (this article may contain links to English-language content (not translated)).
For more information about how to use the msconfig utility to change the startup programs in Windows XP, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
310 560 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310560/ID/) How to Solve Problems by Using MSCONFIG utility in Windows XP (This article may contain links to English-language content (not translated)).
NOTE: For testing purposes, can also be done by using the Startup tab in msconfig.

Third-party products discussed on this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft does not provide warranty, implied or whatever, regarding the performance or reliability of the product.