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Roger Fink - 29 Mar 2006 04:51 GMT

Dumb question - does deleting a shortcut from Disabled Start-up Items in the
Start Menu restore the function or have any other predictable effect?

I ask this because for some reason, GoBack is now listed there, but I didn't
put it there, at least not knowingly. The mission critical parts of the
program are functioning OK, and <GBPoll>, the notation in the start-up box
in msConfig, is checked as it should be. However, certain minor things the
program is supposed to do, such as automatically present you with a list of
restorable files at the end of a revert, don't occur, and I notice the
particular splash screen sequence that occurs on boot-up has changed a
little.

Will probably leave things the way they are if there's no easy workaround
via Windows.

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PCR - 29 Mar 2006 07:07 GMT

| Dumb question - does deleting a shortcut from Disabled Start-up Items in the
| Start Menu restore the function or have any other predictable effect?

It will go into the Recycle Bin, is all, & no longer show up in MSConfig as an unchecked item. Therefore, you may no longer check it there, which would move it into Startup Items.

But, if there already is an identical item in Startup Items, checking the other (even refusing to reboot when asked) will actually do the delete for you (it won't go to the BIN, though).

| I ask this because for some reason, GoBack is now listed there, but I didn't
| put it there, at least not knowingly.

It gets there by unchecking it in MSConfig. It moves from...
C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp
...to...
C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\Disabled Startup Items

Then, if at reboot GoBack automatically puts itself back into the Startup Group, the unchecked one remains. That is how you get TWO of them in MSConfig-- one checked & one not.

| The mission critical parts of the
| program are functioning OK, and <GBPoll>, the notation in the start-up box
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| particular splash screen sequence that occurs on boot-up has changed a
| little.

I don't know GoBack. Could be it has two different startup items. You may examine the shortcuts by... R-Clk the START button, & select Explore. That puts you at the Start Menu folder. Then, look at the Properties of those shortcuts to see whether their Targets are identical.

| Will probably leave things the way they are if there's no easy workaround
| via Windows.

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Roger Fink - 29 Mar 2006 21:04 GMT

I have to disable GoBack before a defrag and then re-enable it afterwards.
That might explain how it finds its way into Disabled Startup, but if so,
you would think it would remove itself from there once I re-enable it. I did
just delete it from Disabled Startup and then reverted to see if there were
any consequences, and there were none that I could find in a cursory
once-over, including repair of the minor program glitches I mentioned.

>> Dumb question - does deleting a shortcut from Disabled Start-up
>> Items in the
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>> workaround
>> via Windows.

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PCR - 29 Mar 2006 23:04 GMT

That's acceptable. (I would have examined the Target fields.)

Well, look through GoBack's program menus or context menus to see whether options are available for the functions you miss, or reinstall it. In either case, direct all further complaint to Badour.

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should things get worse after this,
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| I have to disable GoBack before a defrag and then re-enable it afterwards.
| That might explain how it finds its way into Disabled Startup, but if so,
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| >> workaround
| >> via Windows.

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Ron Badour - 29 Mar 2006 09:04 GMT

Reinstall Go Back.

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> Dumb question - does deleting a shortcut from Disabled Start-up Items in
> the
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> Will probably leave things the way they are if there's no easy workaround
> via Windows.

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Roger Fink - 29 Mar 2006 21:05 GMT

Yes, I think so too.

> Reinstall Go Back.
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>> Will probably leave things the way they are if there's no easy
>> workaround via Windows.

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