StartEd

Some programs tend to load on startup, place their shortcuts on your desktop and fail to close when requested to do so - that can be very annoying at times. While with the last two types of questionable software behavior we shall deal in future articles, the 'loads-on-startup-but-I-didn't-opt-for-it' thing is not there to stay with StartEd.
StartEd is an extremely useful tool that lets you control what your system loading on startup via the StartUp folder, win.ini file and the registry. Lately, some nasty programs shifted from the StartUp folder method to the registry method, thus making it harder for the user to prevent the program from loading on startup. StartEd lets you edit and delete startup menu entries and back up your changes just in case you got paranoid and deleted a vital system service, thinking it was a trojan.
More than that, the program checks whether the files in the startup menu exist at all, lets you jump to the source folder of the file and has other minor useful features. Download it today and wipe out those pesky programs that have no right to load on startup.

StartEd is a tool which helps you to manage Programs which load from the Registry, Startup folders and as System Services at Windows Startup. If you need total and direct control over the programs loaded during the booting processes, then StartEd is the answer. It lets you modify and backup the Startup configuration, detects more than 150 Trojan Horses. StartEd displays detailed info about the functionality of every System Service so that even novice users are able to manage their startup configuration. A warning message will be displayed when a System Service vital for your computer's stability is about to get disabled. Version 5.02 adds the ability to uninstall programs directly from StartEd.
A freeware edition of StartEd (for private and educational usage) is available as a separate download.
What can you do with StartEd?
- View, Edit, Delete, Disable and Add entries to your program startup configuration
- Manage System Services with detailed notes and description
- Backup and Restore of your startup configurations
- See new startup items since last StartEd use
- Show detailed information about every startup entry
- Launch files
- Uninstall programs
- Create shortcuts on desktop (useful for temporary disabled items)
- Print out and copy startup list to clipboard
- StartEd recognizes more than 150 Trojan Horses in the Startup configuration and displays a warning message