Guide | How To Startup Patrol

[Overkill]

Windows startup management is very important, as the number of startup programs determine how long will it take for your computer to be ready for use after you boot it up. If there are a lot of applications and services scheduled to automatically start each time Windows boots, it is going to take a long time and can be quite annoying, specially when you are in a hurry to get something done. On many occasions, you don’t even need the applications that load at startup and they are there because they were automatically added during the installation of a software. You can edit the Windows Startup entries by either removing them from the Startup folder or by using the System Configuration utility, more commonly known as msconfig. While the native utility only lets you enable or disable entries, third-party applications provide more options. Startup Patrol is a Startup management tool for Windows that allows you to delete items from Windows Startup, as well as create new entries. Moreover, it monitors Windows Startup and whenever a program tries to add an item to it, a notification pops up to inform you about the addition, along with options to Allow, Disable or Delete the startup entry. More on Startup Patrol after the jump.


The main interface lists all the items that are currently set to launch on startup, along with the Value, Section, Status, Product Name, Product Description, Company, Version, Process Path, File Size, Date Created, Date Accessed, Date Modified and Location of each item.

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[Deleted member 178]

looks like a simpler version of Autorun

 

[Overkill]

looks like a simpler version of Autorun

LOL Sheesh

Pretty straight forward for noobs that may not understand more advanced startup utilities

 

[broughie]

Win Patrol is simple to use and offers the same facilities eg alerts for anything starting up with the same delete options etc but it also provides two excellent facilities which Startup Patrol seems to lack .First the option to delay startup of lower priority but essential startup programs for any selected length of time thus reducing an otherwise crowded & protracted pc startup.
Second an extremely useful " delete at bootup" facility for the many types of malware that reinstall themselves even after files and registry entries are deleted. I have experienced two such attacks which AVG, MBam, SuperAS ,& Spybot all failed to eradicate but which the Win Patrol " delete at bootup" facility completely cleared.
I note Littlebits also recommends this program.

 

[Prorootect]

Tiny comparison:

StartupPatrol.exe (from Sterjo): 7.92 MB Working Set (Memory Use) - and icon in the Tray ..

StartupMonitor.exe (from Mike Lin): 240 KB Working Set. No Tray icon .. 'StartupMonitor watches the Start Menu's Startup folders and the Run entries in the registry' ..: http://www.mlin.net/StartupMonitor.shtml