Autoruns shows programs that run during system bootup or login, as well as entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce and other Registry keys. You can configure Autoruns to show other locations, including Explorer shell extensions, toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications, auto-start services and much more. Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility.
A 64-bit version is available (within the folder).
Alternatively, Autoruns Portable is stealth and will only show the EULA once.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Windows registry |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Startup Control Panel |
What's new? | See: https://docs.microsoft.com/sysinternals/#whats-new-rss |
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MoisheP
on 2018-12-10 21:35
Though v. 13.93 is available here, at Portable Freeware, the MS site only has v. 13.91 . Is this version again being recalled by MS?
Ander22
on 2021-08-22 21:48
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schemer > Stick with the older (pre-Microsoft) versions if you have them. The file-sizes on these newer ones are substancially larger... |
DevManView is an alternative to the standard Windows Device Manager. It displays all devices and their properties in a flat table, instead of a hierarchical treeview. In addition to displaying the devices of your local computer, DevManView also lets you view the device list of another computer on your network, as long as you have administrator access rights to that computer.
DevManView can also load the devices list from external instance of Windows and disable unwanted devices. This feature can be useful if you have trouble starting Windows on a particular machine and you need to disable a problematic device.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DevManView.exe. |
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WhatInStartup displays the list of all applications that are loaded automatically when Windows starts up. It allows you to easily disable or delete unwanted programs that runs in your Windows startup. You can use it on your currently running instance of Windows, as well as you can use it on external instance of Windows in another drive. Additionally, the program will "ban" programs from re-adding themselves to startup.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch WhatInStartup.exe. |
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webfork
on 2010-03-31 17:42
I really didn't think there was anything else a startup program should do but Nirsoft continues to surprise.
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on 2010-06-14 20:15
how does this compare to autorun? been using that for a while and just wanted to know, I'll try this one too later if I need it before using autorun
xor
on 2016-01-23 23:13
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Types allows you to customize how Windows handles different file types. Includes changing program associations, icons, context menus and other settings.
Supports many world languages.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Dependencies: | .NET Framework 3.5 or higher |
Stealth: ? | No. HKCU\Software\Types |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Types.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | FileTypesMan, ExtMan |
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Peter202
on 2014-03-17 16:33
Where can i find list of the command parameters that can be used when creating association? I am talking about parameter like this "%1" which is used with the Open action.
lautrepay
on 2014-03-17 20:44
@Peter202: You will have to take a look at each program documentation (help files, wiki pages, even forums).
Midas
on 2014-05-23 14:01
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According to Softpedia, which rates it with 4 stars, current Types version is v2.1.6.10711, but I couldn't find a changelog anywhere, or any program info for that matter (see http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/Types.shtml). |
ShellExView displays the details of shell extensions installed on your machine and allows you to easily enable/disable each shell extension. ShellExView comes in handy for solving problems caused by third party shell extensions.
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Runs on: | Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch shexview.exe. |
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roger
on 2010-05-04 08:05
@Tad: link to website
portaFreeUser
on 2011-02-14 19:53
I really like this simple program. I used it first to hide/disable a corrupted Magic ISO contextual menu in mere seconds. Then later on I learned about some features of Explorer that could be turned off using this program, so I did that. It worked both times without any problems. I like that you can undo the changes too if you like. Good program. Thanks for updating this.
rogerthedodger
on 2013-06-01 00:37
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Love this program, recently had the dreaded explorer crash and this program allowed me to easily identify the culprit, and a uninstall/reinstall of the offending (acronis) software fixed my issue. Would have spent an eternity without this software. Should be part of Windoze. |
Starter allows you to view and manage all the programs that are started automatically at system startup. You can temporarily disable selected entries, edit them, create new, or delete them permanently. It also lists all running processes with the ability to view extended process information such as used DLLs, memory usage, thread count, priorities etc. You can terminate selected processes or services.
Languages: Supports 22 including French, German, Italiano, Japanese, Portuguese, and Russian,
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder. |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
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Alternatively, after running the application, select Configuration, Options, General. Then under "Location to store settings", select "Program directory". |
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Further changelog at http://codestuff.obninsk.ru/news.html. |
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portafreeuser
on 2011-01-10 03:46
Still loving this program. It worked well on Vista, and it still works great on my upgrade (yes upgrade) to XP SP3. I just recently used it to disable some unneeded stuff launching with my partition backup program. thanks.
webfork
on 2013-12-29 02:31
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Emka: entry updated. This is one of my favorite system programs so I was very happy to get this back online. Although it doesn't list support for it, I had no trouble using it successfully in Windows 7. |
AutoRun Settings gives easy access to the basic Windows AutoRun settings.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | None |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch AutoRunSettings.exe. |
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Code the Coder
on 2010-12-09 08:47
@happyluser.com: have you tried Sysinternals' Autoruns?
NickR
on 2012-02-16 15:57
The downloaded zip of this very useful config tool
guinness
on 2012-02-16 16:51
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Without any changelog it's hard to know as the interface looks exactly the same. I've updated the entry, thanks NickR. |
MyUninstaller is an alternative utility to the standard Add/Remove Software control panel applet. It displays the list of all installed application, and allows you to uninstall an application, delete an uninstall entry, and save the list of all installed applications into a text file or HTML file. It also provides additional information for most installed applications that the standard applet does not display: product name, company, version, uninstall string, installation folder etc.
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Runs on: | Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch myuninst.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | UninstallView |
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Beau
on 2010-01-21 19:46
RevoUninstaller Portable:
User
on 2010-02-03 03:13
@Fred, I use Safarp to remove Java updates all the time.
webfork
on 2011-09-30 21:00
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I generally use Revo (http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=1398) to make sure files are removed but to get multiple programs off quickly, I use FreeUninstaller (http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1350), which has a local and online search, use frequency, website, and other features. |
Double Driver lets you view all the drivers installed on your system and backup, restore, save, or print all chosen drivers. It analyzes your system and lists the most important driver details such as version, date, provider, etc and offers you the chance to update to the latest version.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch dd.exe. |
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Specular
on 2016-06-17 16:41
Just heard about this program from Security Now podcast #564. Since both download links were dead the co-host mirrored the version [1] from Snapfiles.com on his own site for people to download.
Midas
on 2016-06-17 17:59
@Specular: the problem here might be the sudden popularity -- here's the message I get when trying to download from the homepage: "Error (429) This account's links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled!"...
Specular
on 2016-06-19 15:06
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@Midas: the host found and tested the program prior to mentioning on the show and noted the download links had been broken for a while, in addition to several users here for the past several years, so I think the site is just outdated. |
WebVersions keeps your software up to date by adding applications to the database and checking for updates.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder. |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
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shaka
on 2010-02-12 14:42
Anyone know why i can't seem to scan ESET SysInspector's webpage?
Hydaral
on 2010-03-30 01:59
@shaka - I don't think it likes the user agent for WebVersions (or WGET for that matter), a web proxy seems to work:
shaka
on 2010-04-01 15:37
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Thank you for the idea, it explains the error alright. |