Startup Applications List
Unfortunately, due to a change in my circumstances, the startup programs database here at Sysinfo.org will no longer be updated and the off-line downloads are no longer available. The version at Pacman's Portal will, however, continue to be updated and it's recommended that you refer to that site for more up to date information. The reason for this change in policy cannot be disclosed at this time but I hope you have enjoyed using the database here and thank you for your support and kind comments over the years.
Paul Collins
If you're frustrated with the time it takes your Windows 7/Vista/XP PC to boot and then it seems to be running slowly you may have too many programs running at start-up - and you have come to the right place to identify them. This is the original startup programs (as opposed to processes/tasks) list - one of the most accurate and comprehensive. Services are not included - see below. The database is mirrored in a slightly different format at Pacman's Portal.
"Name or Startup Item" in the table below refers to how an entry is displayed in MSConfig, Windows Defender or the registry "Run" keys. "Command or Data" refers to the program the entry runs. For further information on this and how to identify and disable startup programs you may want to also visit this page.
For further information on random startup entries please visit the Startups Info page.
Last update :- 29th July, 2011
24133 items listed
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| Name or Startup Item | Status | Command or Data | Description | Tested? |
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| TosPEHK | ? | TosPEHK.exe | The Toshiba Picture Enhancement Utility improves the image quality of functions such as watching a DVD movie, viewing information from a video camcorder or recorder, or receiving input from a console such as a PlayStation or X-Box on some laptop models | No |
| TosReelTimeMonitor | U | TosReelTimeMonitor.exe | Toshiba's ReelTime™ software is a "free app shows you a visual timeline of your recently accessed files using graphic thumbnails like movie frames, so you can get to your files faster". Available on newer models | No |
| TosRotation | U | TRot.exe | TOSHIBA Rotation Utility - allows users to rotate a notebook's screen image 180 degrees in order to share information on the screen with others seated across a table or desk | No |
| TosSENotify | U | TosWaitSrv.exe | Part of Toshiba's Hard Drive Impact Sensor - 'a complex system of hardware and software designed to detect sudden movements (as when your laptop starts to fall off the table) and "park" the heads of your hard drive before damage occurs'. Available on some models | No |
| TosWaitSrv | U | TosWaitSrv.exe | Part of Toshiba's Hard Drive Impact Sensor - 'a complex system of hardware and software designed to detect sudden movements (as when your laptop starts to fall off the table) and "park" the heads of your hard drive before damage occurs'. Available on some models | No |
| totacon | X | totacon.exe | Added by a variant of the Storm/Nuwar/Zhelatin WORM! See here for an example | No |
| Total PC Defender | X | Total PC Defender.exe | Total PC Defender rogue security software - not recommended, removal instructions here | No |
| Total PC Defender 2010 | X | Total PC Defender 2010.exe | Total PC Defender rogue security software - not recommended, removal instructions here | No |
| Total Protect 2009 | X | pcpc_starter.exe | Total Protect 2009 rogue security software - not recommended, removal instructions here | No |
| Total Recorder | U | TotRecSched.exe | Scheduler for Total Recorder from High Criteria Inc - which allows you to schedule playbacks or recordings using either the built-in scheduler or use command line options with an external scheduler, such as Microsoft Task Scheduler | Yes |
| Total Virus Protection | X | TotalVirusProtection.exe | Total Virus Protection rogue security software - not recommended, removal instructions here | No |
| TotalMedia Backup Monitor | U | uBBMonitor.exe | ArcSoft's TotalMedia Backup - "Backing up your precious photos, videos, and essential documents couldn't be easier!" | No |
| TotalRecorderScheduler | U | TotRecSched.exe | Scheduler for Total Recorder from High Criteria Inc - which allows you to schedule playbacks or recordings using either the built-in scheduler or use command line options with an external scheduler, such as Microsoft Task Scheduler | Yes |
| TotalSecure2009 | X | scan.exe | Total Secure 2009 rogue security software - not recommended, removal instructions here | No |
| TotRecSched | U | TotRecSched.exe | Scheduler for Total Recorder from High Criteria Inc - which allows you to schedule playbacks or recordings using either the built-in scheduler or use command line options with an external scheduler, such as Microsoft Task Scheduler | Yes |
| ToUcamVProperty | Y | VProperty.exe | Philips Web Camera model name pcvc740k, ToUcam driver configuration tray icon | No |
| Touch Manager | U | WinLED.exe | Dell keyboard utility. Disabling can result in loss of screen saver and power saver functionality | No |
| TouchED | U | TouchED.exe | TouchPad On/Off Utility on a Toshiba laptop | No |
| TouchFreeze | U | TouchFreeze.exe | TouchFreeze is simple utility for Windows that automatically disables the touchpad on notebooks while you are typing text - so that you can avoid accidentally changing the position of the cursor in your document or clicking on an option | No |
| tour | N | regedit ..tour.reg | Edits registry values to keep the WinMe tour in Task Scheduler | No |
| Tour | N | wincool.exe | Annoying WinMe component that prompt you to play the %Windir%\Application Data\Microsoft\INTROCONTENT.HTA file - that plays a full screen version of the WinMe product preview and cannot be stopped until it finishes to my knowledge. That prompt will keep popping up after an install/reinstall of WinMe until you give in and watch the thing. It also puts a task scheduler entry to run that annoying thing every 30 minutes - and don't bother deleting that entry as Windows puts it right back. Not only should you disable it from running, you should delete the thing altogether as it somehow can re-enable itself. Apparently you can try setting the file to read only | No |
| tourpath | N | regedit /s [path] tour.reg | Edits registry values to keep the Win 2000 "tour" in Task Scheduler | No |
| TP4EX | U | tp4ex.exe | Supports accessibility features for the TrackPoint stick and associated buttons on IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks. If features such as "Click Sound", "Button Lock" and "Cross Hair cursor" are enabled this entry will run at startup. If none of the accessibility features are used it remains as a startup entry but doesn't run | Yes |
| tp4mon | U | tp4mon.exe | Supports the "pointer stick" in lieu of a mouse on an IBM ThinkPad laptop. Necessary for the "scroll" button to work | No |
| tp4serv | U | tp4serv.exe | Supports the "pointer stick" in lieu of a mouse on an IBM ThinkPad laptop. Necessary for the "scroll" button to work | No |
| TP98TRAY | N | TP98TRAY.EXE | System Tray access to the ThinkPad Configuration utility for IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks. "The ThinkPad Configuration utility is a control center to configure your ThinkPad hardware. With this utility, you can setup or change your device configurations for ThinkPad hardware and options" | Yes |
| TP98UTIL | N | TP98.EXE | IBM Thinkpad feature setup & configuration utility | No |
| Tpam.exe | ? | tpam.exe | TP Attach Manager - part if IBM Personal Communications. What does it do and is it required? | No |
| tpcupdater | X | updatetc.exe | Antivirus XP 2008 rogue security software - not recommended | No |
| TPFNF7 | U | TPFNF7SP.exe | Presentation Director for IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad notebooks - which allows you to create and quickly select between various single and multiple display options via the Fn+F7 key combination | No |
| TPFNF7SP | U | TPFNF7SP.exe | Presentation Director for IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad notebooks - which allows you to create and quickly select between various single and multiple display options via the Fn+F7 key combination | No |
| TPHKMGR | U | TPHKMGR.exe | Hotkey manager for IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad notebooks. Supports the blue "ThinkVantage" or "Access IBM" help key, Fn+Fx (where x is a number) key combinations (for access to features such as quickly locking the computer, wireless management, EasyEject and full-screen magnifier) and audio buttons (mute and volume up/down) | Yes |
| TPHKMGR.exe | U | TPHKMGR.exe | Hotkey manager for IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad notebooks. Supports the blue "ThinkVantage" or "Access IBM" help key, Fn+Fx (where x is a number) key combinations (for access to features such as quickly locking the computer, wireless management, EasyEject and full-screen magnifier) and audio buttons (mute and volume up/down) | Yes |
| TPHOTKEY | U | TPHKMGR.exe | Hotkey manager for IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad notebooks. Supports the blue "ThinkVantage" or "Access IBM" help key, Fn+Fx (where x is a number) key combinations (for access to features such as quickly locking the computer, wireless management, EasyEject and full-screen magnifier) and audio buttons (mute and volume up/down) | Yes |
| TPHOTKEY | U | TPOSDSVC.exe | Supports the hotkeys on IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks - displays the result of the using of function keys on the desktop screen. For example, whenever a user changes system speaker volume, this program displays a volume indicator on the desktop screen | Yes |
| TPKBDLED | U | TpScrLk.exe | IBM Thinkpad utility for displaying the Scroll Lock status on the System Tray - for Thinkpad's that don't have a Scroll Lock LED | Yes |
| TpKmapAp | N | TpKmapAp.exe | Part of the Keyboard Customizer Utility for IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad notebooks. This is the main user interface for the utility but it doesn't normally seem to be running if enabled at startup. Also, it doesn't appear to need to be running for custom key combinations to work (via TpKmapMn.exe) | Yes |
| TPKMAPHELPER | N | TpKmapAp.exe | Part of the Keyboard Customizer Utility for IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad notebooks. This is the main user interface for the utility but it doesn't normally seem to be running if enabled at startup. Also, it doesn't appear to need to be running for custom key combinations to work (via TpKmapMn.exe) | Yes |
| TPKMAPMN | U | TpKmapMn.exe | Keyboard Customizer Utility for IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad notebooks. This startup entry will be enabled if either the default or custom key combinations are selected for use with the built-in keyboard (such as AltGr for the Windows key) or an external keyboard (such as Right Ctrl + Up arrow for volume up) | Yes |
| TpKmapMn.exe | U | TpKmapMn.exe | Keyboard Customizer Utility for IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad notebooks. This startup entry will be enabled if either the default or custom key combinations are selected for use with the built-in keyboard (such as AltGr for the Windows key) or an external keyboard (such as Right Ctrl + Up arrow for volume up) | Yes |
| tpopservice | U | tpopservice.exe | DirecWay two-way satellite internet service enhanced POP proxy server for email | No |
| TPOSDSVC | U | TPOSDSVC.exe | Supports the hotkeys on IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks - displays the result of the using of function keys on the desktop screen. For example, whenever a user changes system speaker volume, this program displays a volume indicator on the desktop screen | Yes |
| TPOSDSVC.exe | U | TPOSDSVC.exe | Supports the hotkeys on IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks - displays the result of the using of function keys on the desktop screen. For example, whenever a user changes system speaker volume, this program displays a volume indicator on the desktop screen | Yes |
| TPP Auto Loader | U | Tppaldr.exe | Installed with DataStor's (and some other manufacturers) USB 2.0 based external DVD, CD-ROM and CD-RW drives. System tray icon allowing the user to disconnect the external drive without an error message being displayed | No |
| Tprtray | U | Tprtray.exe | Displays the Power icon in the System Tray on a Toshiba laptop | No |
| Tpscrex | U | Tpscrex.exe | Lenovo (IBM) ThinkPad hotkey related | No |
| TpScrLk | U | TpScrLk.exe | IBM Thinkpad utility for displaying the Scroll Lock status on the System Tray - for Thinkpad's that don't have a Scroll Lock LED | Yes |
| TpScrLk.exe | U | TpScrLk.exe | IBM Thinkpad utility for displaying the Scroll Lock status on the System Tray - for Thinkpad's that don't have a Scroll Lock LED | Yes |
| TpShocks | Y | TpShocks.exe | Part of the Active Protection System found on some IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad models - including the T, W, X and Z series. This provides airbag-like protection for your hard drive as the system has "an integrated motion sensor that continuously monitors the movement of the notebook, and, if a sudden change in motion is detected, it temporarily stops the hard drive to protect it from a potential crash". The user can also temporarily suspend APS via the Start Menu or (optional) System Tray icon and view the real-time status | Yes |
| TPSmain | U | TPSMain.exe | Toshiba Power Saver - associated with Toshiba laptops/desktops. Manages the power save function to make sure that the system goes to a power saver mode when not used | No |
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Notes & Warnings
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DISCLAIMER: It is assumed that users are familiar with the operating system they are using and comfortable with making the suggested changes. We will not be held responsible if changes you make cause a system failure.
WARNING: This is NOT a database of tasks/processes taken from Task Manager or the Close Program window (CTRL+ALT+DEL) but a database of startup applications, although you will find some of them listed via this method. Pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL identifies programs that are currently running - not necessarily at startup. For a list of tasks/processes you should try the Process Library from Uniblue, the list at PC Pitstop or one of the many others now available. Therefore, before ending a task/process via CTRL+ALT+DEL just because it has an "X" recommendation, please check whether it's in MSConfig or the registry first. An example would be "svchost.exe" - which doesn't appear in either under normal conditions but does via CTRL+ALT+DEL. If in doubt, don't do anything.
To avoid the database becoming too large, all virus entries are only shown using the registry version which is common to all Windows versions. Otherwise there would be multiple entries for popular filenames that viruses often use - such as "svchost" above for example. Multiple viruses can also use the same startup entries, in this case only those with significant differences (such as file location) are repeated in this database.
NOTE: There are a number of virus and malware entries listed in this database where specific removal instructions haven't been given. If this is the case then you could try ComboFix, a program written by sUBs that can remove many different types of Trojans and Worms. See here for a tutorial on how to use the program
IMPORTANT: A number of entries are repeated due to the way that different operating systems display startup items. For example, WinMe lists "POPROXY.EXE" as "Norton eMail Protect" in both MSCONFIG and the registry whereas WinXP lists it as "Poproxy" in MSCONFIG and "Norton eMail Protect" in the registry.
SERVICES: "Services" from the NT/2K/XP/Vista/7 operating systems are not included. I fully understand that some programs with these OS's use "Services" as an alternative to load their component parts at startup but these are handled in a different way. We recommend you try BlackViper for information on services for the relevant operating systems.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
If you're looking for a startup manager then why not try Spybot - Search & Destroy (by Safer Networking Ltd) as the startup programs section (select the Advanced mode) includes descriptions from this database. You might also want to try their RunAlyzer and FileAlyzer tools.
As there are more than 10,000 entries in this database related to viruses, trojans, worms and other malware we recommend you use a quality internet security package. Which ever you choose, keep it updated.
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