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Re: Real problem
de Vrodok the Piglet lover 05/27/2006 01:53
Once Upon A Time (on Fri, 26 May 2006 19:43:27 -0400), in alt.comp.freeware,
Susan Bugher <sebugher@yahoo.com>, by way of Message-id
<4dpho5F1b4u21U1@individual.net>, wrote:
>Brian Robertson wrote:
>
>> "ncSkeet" <ncskeet@operamail.com> wrote in message
>> news:n9Ldg.8625$Qg.8121@tornado.southeast.rr.com...
>>
>>>I once read a tip in this newsgroup about how to prevent RealPlayer from
>>>re-installing itself in a start-up folder whenever RealPlayer is ran. This
>>>allows it to start automatically every time Windows is re-started, and I
>>>definitely don't want that to happen. According to the tip, I typed the
>>>word "old" after one of the RealPlayer files, but can't remember which file
>>>it was. Anyone know?
>>
>>
>> Another way of doing it would be to download and install Winpatrol
>> http://www.winpatrol.com/ . With this program you can either remove or
>> disable a program from starting-up with Windows. By disabling programs like
>> RealPlayer or QuickTime you can prevent them from starting-up with Windows,
>> and also prevent them from putting themselves back into the start-up folder.
>> This is also an excellent way of testing the necessity of a start-up program
>> before deleting it from the start-up folder.
>
>another method. . .
>
>Program: Dud
>Author: Undefined
>Ware: Freeware
>http://www3.telus.net/_/
>http://www3.telus.net/_/dud/
>http://www3.telus.net/_/dud/dud.zip
>
><q>
>Dud is a program that does absolutely nothing. Run it and it will
>immediately unload. It can be used as a replacement for annoying system
>files, such as helpctr.exe or stobject.dll. Simply replace the file with
>dud.exe, and you'll never see the offending app again.
>
>The zipped package is 1kb. Dud.exe itself is merely 3kb, using 60kb of
>memory.
></q>
It's used here every time I install a new release of Firefox (backup
'talkback.exe', delete original, then rename 'dud.exe'). Only way to go : )
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