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1. STOP SKYPE FROM AUTO STARTING WHEN WINDOWS START INSTALL
2. STOP SKYPE FROM AUTO STARTING WHEN WINDOWS START FULL
3. STOP SKYPE FROM AUTO STARTING WHEN WINDOWS START SOFTWARE
4. STOP SKYPE FROM AUTO STARTING WHEN WINDOWS START WINDOWS 8

New item in task manager startup section Startup folderĮvery user has a folder which can contain shortcuts, and windows starts them automatically, when that user logs in. Because we added this to the HKLM section of the registry, the process explorer will start automatically for every user after logon. Now if you go back to the task manager, you can verify the new startup item.

STOP SKYPE FROM AUTO STARTING WHEN WINDOWS START FULL

Paste your executable’s full path and select OK. Type a descriptive name and double click the entry to edit the value data. Right click on an empty are on the right panel and select New / String value. To add an item for every user, open the registry editor, by typing regedit into the run window (Win + R) and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Run hive in registry The first one starts for everyone, the second is effective only for the actual user.

For example the Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager item is disabled on the screenshot above. You can easily disable a few if you want, by right clicking on the item and selecting Disable. Review the items, check the status and pay attention to the newly introduced Startup impact column.

STOP SKYPE FROM AUTO STARTING WHEN WINDOWS START WINDOWS 8

msconfig startup tabĪs you can see now, Windows 8 redirects to the task manager, so click on the link, which eventually brings up the correct tab in task manager. You can access them by typing msconfig into the Run dialog box (Win+R) and switch to the Startup tab. In older versions of the Windows OS, I always kept a view on the Startup programs. Next time you log in (or the configured user), the program will start automatically. Review additional settings on other tabs, but basically you are mostly finished, so click OK. Optionally specify arguments, which can be handy scheduling a powershell script with parameters. Verify that the action is Start a program, and browse your executable. Switch to the Actions tab and click on the New button.

If you want, you can add multiple triggers, for example 2 users on the machine but not for everyone. Optionally you can limit on which user applies this to. Give it a descriptive name, and change to the Triggers section, click on New. To create a new one, simply right click the node and select Create Task. Open Task scheduler / Task scheduler library and check the already configured tasks on the middle pane. Now you can manage the scheduled tasks on the machine. Select local computer on the dialog panel and click OK. Select task scheduler on the left side and click add. Go to File menu / Add/Remove Span-in Add mmc snapin Press Windows button + R to bring up the Run panel. You can use computer management ( Details in this post) or you can add to your custom mmc console. After logon, a windows explorer window starts and the desktop appears. Add a new item and simply put explorer.exe there. Tip: Some might want to log in to the desktop and skip the metro UI. Not much difference, though, but please keep in mind that the programs specified under Computer node will start before the programs specified under the user node. There is also an equivalent settings under the Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / System / Logon.

Good to know, that these programs will start automatically after any user on the machine logs on, so it is available for everyone. It is also possible to set up multiple ones after each other. On the panel specify the full path followed by the executable. On the Run these program at user logon panel, set it Enabled, then click on the Show… button Run these program at user logon panel Local group policy editor, logon settings In the local group policy editor navigate to User Configuration / Administrative Templates / System / Logon and double click the Run these programs at user logon setting. Hit Windows button + R and type gpedit.msc, then press Enter. In my examples, I always use process explorer, but you can use anything you want of course. I would like to show a couple of methods to do this in Windows 8 for every user, or only for selected ones. Sometimes it might be wished for to configure later a program to start up automatically, though. So I like to keep an eye on what is starting up every time.

STOP SKYPE FROM AUTO STARTING WHEN WINDOWS START SOFTWARE

I find this quite irritating, why every software company thinks their software must be started on the machine automatically.

STOP SKYPE FROM AUTO STARTING WHEN WINDOWS START INSTALL

When I install a new software on my pc, very often it starts automatically next time, especially if the authors did not pay attention to offer the possibility to disable it.