Which items can i remove from the startup menu.?

Question

I am talking about the thing in the lower right corner of the start bar.

I use start, run, msconfig, to get to the menu.

But, there are a lot of items on the menu which i do not recognize and do not load an icon in the corner.

Which of these can i remove?

the ones i dont recognize have locations of something then
microsoft windows\current version\run

I do not want to remove anything that may harm my computer or leave it vulnerable to viruses/spyware/adware.

Answer 1

The lower right-side of the taskbar is the "notification area." These are programs running in the background.

If you want to remove programs from the Start Menu:
Start
Settings
Taskbar and Start Menu

click the Start Menu tab, then click Customize
Here you remove programs from Start, but do not delete the programs.

Caution: do not remove anything you did not install. It could be a Windows file and you will render your computer useless.

Answer 2

You should only get involved with the items on the 'Startup' tab and leave the other tabs alone.

You can look up the name of the file of each startup item at this website:

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm

It will tell you about the item so you can decide whether you need it running or not.

To permanently remove the startup item, you'll need to remove it from the registry manually, which you should only do if you know what you're doing.

Answer 3

Read the page on my PC help site on using Msconfig.
http://www.phpbbserver.com/stevie19605/viewtopic.php?t=30&mforum=stevie19605

Answer 4

would help us, help you if we knew what idems start up. go to the black vipers site, lots of reading about start ups.

Answer 5

right click start menu
properties
start menu - customize
advanced

you can remove whatever you want.