How to make the autorun program in Windows unavailable

The presence of any application at startup (autorun, English) increases the expectation of when you can finally get to work. When working on a PC, an unused program takes precious RAM and takes time to really work on the right thing. How can I turn off autorun in Windows and thus increase my useful time?

When you turn on the computer automatically run a number of applications

Theory of the question and what can be removed from the startup

When you turn on a modern computer, the operating system, the desktop, and the programs necessary for the operation of the operating system are loaded. In addition, those applications for which automatic loading is configured are automatically downloaded. On different PCs, they can be completely different. After all, each user has his own profession, his preferences, his hobby, etc.

You need to know that some of the applications install themselves into autoload. These are such as: Skype (Skype), DropBox (DropBox), SkyDrive (SkyDrive) or Google Drive (GoogleDrive), torrent clients, etc.

All of them can be safely removed from the initial load. After all, they are not used constantly. The torrent client itself will start when you try to download something, you can start Skype as needed, printers, scanners, cameras in the on state occupy a significant place.

At the same time, keep in mind that autorun of some of them can be disabled in the settings of the application itself. However, in the overwhelming majority of them there is no such option.

How to remove applications from autorun?

Consider how you can disable applications from the initial load in different Windows operating systems.

Magic Start Button in XP

To disable the automatic download of the application in Windows XP, you need to find the Start button in the lower left part of the screen, click it, find the Run command in the menu that opens and also click it. Then in the information input field type msconfig command and press "Enter" (Enter).

In the window that appears, go to the “Startup” tab and uncheck the checkbox next to the task to be disabled. After that, click on “Apply” and “OK”.

Use the "Start" button to remove autoload

Multivariance off in the seven

In the seven there are several possibilities in order to remove the autorun application:

  • Delete from the autorun folder. To do this, follow the path: Start / All Programs / Startup. From the destination folder, delete the shortcut of the application that you do not want to see during the automatic boot.
  • The msconfig command. After pressing the “W + R” combination, in the command field of the window that appears, enter the msconfig command. In the next window that appears, move to the "Startup" tab. We see on it a representation of all startup tasks. Find the one that interests us, remove the tick near it (you can simultaneously with several), click "OK". We will receive an offer to reboot, but this is not necessary.
  • Setup autorun with external help. You can disable a task from the initial launch by using the Autoruns program. It has an exceptional opportunity to find in all possible places everything that can boot up without permission. And remove it in one click. You need to download the archive, unzip it, run the autoruns.exe file. Setup and installation are not needed. The only negative is in English.
  • Service and task scheduler. If previous attempts were unsuccessful, you can still search for a self-starting task in the Services and in the Task Scheduler. The “Services” tab opens when you type the services.msc command in the window that opens after pressing the “W + R” combination. To run the Task Scheduler, follow the path: Start / Control Panel / Administration / Task Scheduler, or in the search box on the Start button write “Scheduler”.
  • Manual registry editing. After pressing the “W + R” combination in the command field of the window that appears, type the regedit command. As a result of this command, the registry editor window appears (registry editor). Getting into "Autorun" we find two subsections: for the global system) - Computer \ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run, and for the current user - Computer \ HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run. Disabling the application from any section is done using the right mouse button.

Disable applications with the right mouse button.

IMPORTANT! In safe mode, most applications from startup do not start.

Task Manager and three keys in the eight

No matter how the dignities of the eight were painted when it appeared, but it also turned out to be fraught with many mistakes. And as a result - failures and freezes. The hung process consumes a lot of resources and overloads the processor by almost one hundred percent. The computer stops responding to user commands. Then the best way out is to interrupt the work of the hung process.

To do this, use the simultaneous keystroke Ctrl + Shift + Esc. This is perfect when the mouse hangs. When this is called Task Manager to remove the process.

Also in the eight programs are removed from the startup through the Task Manager by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del. After switching to the “Autorun” tab, tasks can be disabled either by clicking the button below, or by right-clicking the mouse.

In the "Autostart" tab, disable automatic application downloads.

Types of startup, registry and task manager in Windows 10

  • Disable from the startup folder for a favorite user. The folder location is as follows: C: \ Users \ Favorite Name \ AppData \ Roaming \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Main menu \ Programs \ Autorun - autorun for a specific user. The principle of this folder is the usual for all folders. The label of the desired application in the usual way it is added or deleted. Accordingly, the program can either be attached to the autorun or removed from it by removing the shortcut.
  • Disable from the startup folder for the entire system. The folder location is C: \ ProgramData \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Main Menu \ Programs \ Autorun - for all users. The principle of disconnection is the same as in the previous paragraph.
  • You can disable the task by deleting from the registry. This is done as follows: type the regedit command in the command field (in the window that appears after pressing the “W + R” combination). Two branches are responsible for autoloading in the registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run (for the current user), and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run (for the entire system). To delete from the registry, select the line with the cursor, call the context menu with the mouse, select “delete” in it and press “Enter” (Enter).
  • Task Manager. Configuring Task Manager in Windows 10 allows you only to disable the autorun of the selected task. To do this, you need to call it by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc, go to the tab "Startup" and disable the right mouse button.

Never disable programs whose purpose you do not know!

We advise not to disable unknown applications.