Re: Total Uninstall question

de HVS 06/03/2006 11:38

On 03 Jun 2006, ncSkeet wrote

> I just ran Total Uninstall for the first time since
> re-installing Windows, and it tried to surreptitiously install
> itself into my startup folder. Thankfully WinPatrol caught it
> and I denied permission, and of course when I did so WinPatrol
> closed the program. (I'm using Total Uninstall 3, reportedly
> the last freeware version.) Before I uninstall Uninstall, I
> thought I would check here to see if there's a way to prevent
> this behavior. There's nothing in TU's "Options" that
> addresses this. And I like the program, I just don't want it
> eating up RAM by starting itself every time I start
> Windows...I may not use it that session and would prefer to
> start the program only when needed.
>
> Am I missing something? Any suggestions?

Under XP, if you go Start>Run>services.msc, you'll be given a
list of what's running as services at start up.

You could see if the Total Uninstall background launcher is in
there; then double click it and choose "disabled" from the three
choices under the drop-down menu for "Startup Type".

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Cheers,
Harvey