How To Easily Disable Startup Applications in Windows 7 Temporarily [Quick Tip]

06. Mar, 2010 3 Comments

Suppose you want to “super” quickly login to Windows 7 and don’t want to wait for the startup applications to load first. Well, there is a simple way built-in Windows 7 to help you out. This will only temporarily disable your start-up applications from starting up during boot time. The simple and quick tip is as follows:

Just hold down the [ Shift ] key during the logon process and Windows will prevent any programs in the following folders from starting up:

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

This trick will also come handy if you want to troubleshoot Windows start-up issues.

[via The Windows Club]

3 Responses to “How To Easily Disable Startup Applications in Windows 7 Temporarily [Quick Tip]”

jon Reply 06. Mar, 2010 at 5:14 am

nice tips !

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