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StartUp Tool

By ExtraMile Software Free Editors' Rating

Editors' Review

Download.com Staff Feb 27, 2009
Most PCs load a bunch of useless stuff each time they start: launchers, control panels, you name it. StartUp Tool lets you take back your boot processs. It's only a bit more full-featured than Msconfig (which is to say not very), but it does allow you to disable or remove items that automatically launch with Windows. However, unlike similar programs, it doesn't recommend which files to keep or delete. Nor does it let you change the order in which they start. All in all, StartUp Tool is best suited to intermediate users plagued by free-riding start-up files (QuickTime, we're looking at you).

Full Specifications

What's new in version 1.2

General

Release November 7, 2008
Date Added December 8, 2005
Version 1.2

Operating Systems

Operating Systems Windows 95, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows, Windows XP, Windows NT
Additional Requirements Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server

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Total Downloads 72,661
Downloads Last Week 2
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Developer's Description

StartUp Tool is an easy to use start-up items editor, which allows you to identify, add, edit, remove or disable start-up items using an intuitive graphical user interface. Start-Up Tool is a small standalone executable, so you can easily take it with you. The embedded help file explains everything you ever wanted to know about your computer's start-up.
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